LDLiz Davies

1. Article · Aug 23, 2026 · Liz Davies

   History looks at centuries of bad harvests in St Neots (opens the original)

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   St Neots historian Liz Davies shares a look-back on wheat harvest Bread has been a central part of our diet since the Neolithic period, over 6,000 years ago, when our hunter-gatherer ancestors began farming cereals and domesticating animals. Once people had begun to live on small farms growing cereal crops, the success of the wheat harvest, used to make bread, was of crucial importance, and across the centuries bad weather was feared because it could severely damage crops and lead to a poor harv

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2. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Liz Davies

   Looking back at holidays and special events held in St Neots (opens the original)

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   This year many people are planning a holiday closer to home because of worries about rising costs, EU security checks, foreign wars, and severe heatwaves. The idea of holidaying at home is certainly not a new one and was all that most people could afford in the past. As machines began to change working life during the Victorian period, the need for planned holidays emerged and it was in 1878 that an August bank holiday was introduced. Demand for holiday entertainment grew and already by this per

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