18:00
Cambridge University
October 13
Ross Street Community Centre
Claire Martinsen explores the extraordinary life of Victorian heiress Annie Amos, whose story reads more like a novel than a conventional biography. Annie spent the majority of her life living at Paston House (now St. Mary’s School). Drawing on spellbinding diaries discovered in the Downing College archive, Claire reveals a life of culture, travel and privilege, before Annie’s burial at Mill Road Cemetery in 1908. Claire has been a member of the Mill Road Cemetery History Group for a number of years and has given several well received talks to the Mill Road History Society drawn from her research in the cemetery. By day Claire is a successful entrepreneur and runs Breckland Orchard which makes carbonated drinks. She is also a member of the Mill Road WI. This talk takes place at Ross Street Community Centre which is fully accessible. Doors open at 7pm and the talk starts at 7:30pm. Tea and biscuits provided. Note as audience numbers are unpredictable we urge people to arrive early so as not to be turned away if we reach capacity.