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Fours Years On (MoC2024)

‘Fours Years On’ Lockdown Cambridge 2020

Virtual Exhibition of Photos taken during 2020 Covid Lockdown in Cambridge

This digital exhibition is a collection of photos taken during the summer of 2020. It commemorates Cambridge during the first lockdown. This unique period of contemporary history involved the closure of businesses and the encouragement of the public to stay home in an attempt to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The lockdown restrictions came into effect on 23rd March 2020. The busy streets of Cambridge were suddenly empty. Local shops had to place closure notices in their windows. Even local hubs like the marketplace were devoid of life. Click on the images below and explore these everyday sites during an extraordinary time.

 

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If you have any memories or photographs of Cambridgeshire during the lockdowns and wish to share these with Capturing Cambridge, be sure to visit our ‘Contact Us’ page.

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This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Dear Visitor,

Thank you for exploring historical Cambridgeshire! We hope you enjoy your visit and, if you do,  would consider making a donation today.

Capturing Cambridge makes accessible thousands of photos and memories of Cambridge and its surrounding villages and towns. It is run by the Museum of Cambridge which, though 90 years old, is one of the most poorly publicly funded local history museums in the UK. It receives no core funding from local or central government nor from the University of Cambridge.

As a result, we are facing a crisis; we have no financial cushion – unlike many other museums in Cambridge – and are facing the need to drastically cut back our operations which could affect our ability to continue to run and develop this groundbreaking local history website.

If Capturing Cambridge matters to you, then the survival of the Museum of the Cambridge should matter as well. If you won’t support the preservation of your heritage, no-one else will! Your support is critical.

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Thank you,
Roger Lilley, Chair of Trustees
Museum of Cambridge