On Saturday 6 August David Bonnett unveiled the long awaited historic map of Somersham branded affectionately by the working group as ‘Hattie’s map’. The idea came about as a tribute to Miss Hattie Skeggs and her in-depth knowledge of Somersham and its historic names in case they should be lost forever. The map incorporates the village as it is today together with the old names and places plus photographs. Hattie easily put names to faces in the old pictures shown on the map which brought it all to life.
Looks great but where is it ?
The map is located in Church Street, Somersham.
How lovely to see the Map finally up and a pleasure to be able to see the unveiling thanks to this site – unfortunately I flew to the US on Saturday and couldn’t be present in person, sadly.
For those interested in a little more technical detail of how the Map was created – along with a big version you can study on-screen – see the Brideswell blog at http://brideswell.com/content/art/hatties-map-unveiled-at-last/
Found it yesterday (not hard to find at all is it??) it’s lovely and also a really useful map of the village!
Looks fantastic!