Thursday Group see historic Cambridge sights

Every six weeks, the Thursday Group exchanges lunch at the Centre for a trip by road or rail to historic destinations such as Ely, Lincoln, Norwich, Hampton Court, Bury St Edmunds, St Paul’s cathedral, Aldeburgh and Wells next the Sea. We usually take an historic picnic lunch, including historic pork pies and egg sandwiches, which we demolish en route.
	Last year, having decided that there were lots of attractions on our own doorstep, we went on a walking tour of historic Cambridge. We repeated the exercise this year minus the mini pork pies and egg sandwiches. The first photo opportunity was on Regent Street, outside the historic newsagents for which Norman Worton delivers newspapers 364 days a year. (His one day off is Christmas Day).
	The second port of call was the Cancer Relief charity shop where Norman is a regular customer.  Then it was time for a cup of rosy lee – and hot buttered toast – at the Stoneyard café where Nigel Bloomer proudly showed us an historic photograph of himself aged 10 sitting on a small Indian elephant at London Zoo. Where to next? Great St Mary’s no less and an historic climb of its historic tower for an historic view of historic Cambridge.
King's College chapel? We went there last year so why not go there again? We entered the historic chapel through the side door, past the historic gates to Clare College and the historic spot on which JQ  - in his only silver screen appearance to date – stood within touching distance of Gwynneth Paltrow, as an uncredited extra in “Sylvia”. Then an historic lunch of pollock and chips at The Mitre and back to the Centre, taking in All Saints church (historic) and Mill Road cemetery.