I love this archive footage from the British Pathé. It lasts just over a minute so worth a watch to show how the town was saved from all the traffic!
If you have 14 minutes to spare then this is a good overview of Stamford and highly recommended. The various churches around Stamford are mentioned as well as St. Georges square home of the Arts Centre and the filming of Middlemarch. Whilst this is not an exhaustive list of everything that is covered it is …
There is some great footage of All Saints Church and the road, All Saints’ Place shown during the sad footage of the passing of Sir Malcolm Sargent.
It was purely by chance that the Burghley Horse Trials started in 1961 because there was due to be a three-day event at Harewood House. However, that was cancelled due to a suspected outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease. When the Marquess of Exeter heard this he invited the British Horse Society to move the …
This is more of a slide show (lasting 10 minutes) than a video but it highlights many of the buildings of Stamford and includes some aerial shots as well as images of the mid-lent fair, finishing with Burghley House.
Today a bit of history has occurred as we lead up to the 2012 Olympics with the Olympic Torch making it’s way through Stamford. It leaves Tinwell Road and carries on down West Street and ultimately reaching Peterborough by the end of the day.