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On this day, footballer Stanley Matthews made his first visit to Cambridge, a diesel engine crashed in Stretham Fen, and Sir Graham Greene argued that country folk should have the same access to fiction as those in towns.
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On this day, four meteor jet fighters crashed in the Duxford area, the landlord of the Boot Inn at Histon was tossed by an infuriated bullock, and wartime clothes rationing led to a decline in the importance of underwear.
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On this day, Cyril Ridgeon recalled his business' early days, the Tivoli cinema was converted into The Exchange, and future TV presenter Hughie Green entertained crowds at Newmarket.
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On this day, work began on a bypass for St Ives, suffragettes were prevented from meeting in the Guildhall, and some well-known film stars shot scenes on King’s Bridge for The War Lover.
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On this day, R C Lehmann explained the origins of Granta magazine, Mrs Pankhurst attended a Suffragette meeting at the Guildhall, and a well-known Cambridge character died aged 66.
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On this day, students were taught how to operate washing machines, 500 people attended the dustman’s Christmas ball, and four young Cambridge musicians found fame as The Phantoms.
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On this day, a fire at Trinity burnt a hole in the roof, work began to demolish the Ely Corn Exchange, and a brick-making furnace off Coldham’s Lane was turned into a pile of bricks.
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On this day, the Cambridge Milk Bar opened on Market Hill, eight bombs were unearthed at Mepal airfield, and the mayor opened an important link between Newnham and Cambridge.
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On this day, a reporter inspected the city's air raid shelters, the rivalry between the city's bus drivers played out in court, and there was an exciting addition to the birds of Cambridgeshire.
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On this day, a map was made of every drinking den in Cambridge, Swaffham Bulbeck windmill was passed into the hands of its destroyers, and the Cambridge Folk Museum curator retired.
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On this day, a December election was held, members of the Ely Musical Society were injured in crash, and a reporter visited a pub in Fowlmere to interview the landlord and his pet alligator.
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On this day, a man was injured when a fire broke out at the Ely beet factory, Heffer’s bookshop opened in Petty Cury, and the City Council objected to plans to demolish the Shire Hall courts.