Trumpington Women’s Institute: Photographs from the Archive

Since its foundation in 1920, Trumpington Women’s Institute has built up a collection of photograph albums and scrapbooks. This page has extracts from the archive, with the kind permission of the Women’s Institute. See also the page about the history of the Women’s Institute.

Trumpington Women's Institute chorus, Cambridgeshire Festival of Music, 1925. The Trumpington Women's Institute was placed First in the competition for Choruses of Female Voices (from Villages) at the Cambridgeshire Festival of Music, 1925. Caption above the photograph: Cambridge Festival of Music, 1925. Caption below the photograph: [top row]: Rose Pamplin, Mabel Chapman; [next row]: Catherine Barker, Fanny Scott, Ruth Vinter, Viola Pemberton, Jessie Forbes, Doris Porter, Gladys O'Bryen Hodge; [next row]: Milly Pamplin, Olive Pamplin, Frederica Thomas, Bertha Lawrence, Mrs Pemberton (President), Ada Pamplin, Alice Stearn, Hilda Chapman, Mary Stearn; [front row]: Adelaide Pamplin, Elizabeth Bavey, Dorothy Smith, Olive Stearn. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington Women’s Institute chorus, Cambridgeshire Festival of Music, 1925. The Trumpington Women’s Institute was placed First in the competition for Choruses of Female Voices (from Villages) at the Cambridgeshire Festival of Music, 1925. Caption above the photograph: Cambridge Festival of Music, 1925. Caption below the photograph: [top row]: Rose Pamplin, Mabel Chapman; [next row]: Catherine Barker, Fanny Scott, Ruth Vinter, Viola Pemberton, Jessie Forbes, Doris Porter, Gladys O’Bryen Hodge; [next row]: Milly Pamplin, Olive Pamplin, Frederica Thomas, Bertha Lawrence, Mrs Pemberton (President), Ada Pamplin, Alice Stearn, Hilda Chapman, Mary Stearn; [front row]: Adelaide Pamplin, Elizabeth Bavey, Dorothy Smith, Olive Stearn. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington Women's Institute 30th anniversary, 4 May 1950. Caption: Cutting the birthday cakes for party, May 4th 1950. (Left to right): Miss A. Pamplin, Mrs Pemberton and Mrs A. Parker and other original members. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington Women’s Institute 30th anniversary, 4 May 1950. Caption: Cutting the birthday cakes for party, May 4th 1950. (Left to right): Miss A. Pamplin, Mrs Pemberton and Mrs A. Parker and other original members. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington Women's Institute 30th anniversary, 4 May 1950. Caption: 'The Spinsters of Lush', played by members of the Entertainment Committee for the W.I. Birthday Party, May 4 1950. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington Women’s Institute 30th anniversary, 4 May 1950. Caption: ‘The Spinsters of Lush’, played by members of the Entertainment Committee for the W.I. Birthday Party, May 4 1950. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. Tea Party, Trumpington Hall, Wednesday July 5th 1950. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. Tea Party, Trumpington Hall, Wednesday July 5th 1950. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington Women's Institute, 1952: meeting when Mrs Viola Pemberton returned from her journey around the world. Caption: Members of Trumpington W.I. at the 'Welcome Home' meeting. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1952: meeting when Mrs Viola Pemberton returned from her journey around the world. Caption: Members of Trumpington W.I. at the ‘Welcome Home’ meeting. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
The Pageant of 'The Queens of England' acted by Trumpington W.I. and friends, to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, June 6th 1953. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
The Pageant of ‘The Queens of England’ acted by Trumpington W.I. and friends, to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, June 6th 1953. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Cambridgeshire W.I. Area Exhibition at Trumpington Village Hall, May 1958. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Cambridgeshire W.I. Area Exhibition at Trumpington Village Hall, May 1958. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington W.I. Committee, 1963-64. Caption [top row]: Mrs Humm, Mrs Storey, Mrs Pollock, Mrs Jordan, Mrs Collins, Mrs Gurney, Mrs Granger, Mrs J. Wooffenden, Mrs Wedd, Mrs Wood, Mrs King; [bottom row]: Mrs Bullman, Mrs Bown, Mrs Wooffenden (Hon. Secretary) Mrs Pemberton (President), Mrs Savill-Peck, Mrs Chown, Mrs Carr. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington W.I. Committee, 1963-64. Caption [top row]: Mrs Humm, Mrs Storey, Mrs Pollock, Mrs Jordan, Mrs Collins, Mrs Gurney, Mrs Granger, Mrs J. Wooffenden, Mrs Wedd, Mrs Wood, Mrs King; [bottom row]: Mrs Bullman, Mrs Bown, Mrs Wooffenden (Hon. Secretary) Mrs Pemberton (President), Mrs Savill-Peck, Mrs Chown, Mrs Carr. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, Title page. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, Title page. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, Introductory page. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, Introductory page. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, photograph of Mrs V. Pemberton, President for Golden Jubilee Year, at Trumpington Hall. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, photograph of Mrs V. Pemberton, President for Golden Jubilee Year, at Trumpington Hall. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, photograph of War Memorial and Red Lion public house, High Street. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, photograph of War Memorial and Red Lion public house, High Street. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, photograph of The Unicorn public house, Church Lane. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, photograph of The Unicorn public house, Church Lane. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, photograph of houses in Grantchester Road, number 18 to right, numbers 20-22 centre. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Golden Jubilee, Scrapbook for 1965, Trumpington Women’s Institute, 1915-1965, photograph of houses in Grantchester Road, number 18 to right, numbers 20-22 centre. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. Committee, January 1967. Caption: front row: Mrs Shanks, Miss Double, Mrs Woolfenden (Secretary), Mrs Chown (President), Mrs Bown (Treasurer), Mrs Pollock; Mrs Hume, Mrs Stalham, Mrs Parsons, Mrs Hunter, Mrs D. Wedd, Mrs Dring, Mrs Granger, Mrs Goody, Mrs Woolfe, Mrs Robinson. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. Committee, January 1967. Caption: front row: Mrs Shanks, Miss Double, Mrs Woolfenden (Secretary), Mrs Chown (President), Mrs Bown (Treasurer), Mrs Pollock; Mrs Hume, Mrs Stalham, Mrs Parsons, Mrs Hunter, Mrs D. Wedd, Mrs Dring, Mrs Granger, Mrs Goody, Mrs Woolfe, Mrs Robinson. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Front cover of The Countryside 1970, Trumpington Women’s Institute.
Front cover of The Countryside 1970, Trumpington Women’s Institute.
W.I. report on The Countryside, 1970: Illuminated capital letter 'T' by Mary Smith (The Changing Village). Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. report on The Countryside, 1970: Illuminated capital letter ‘T’ by Mary Smith (The Changing Village). Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. report on The Countryside, 1970: Illuminated capital letter 'A' by Mary Smith (Flowers).
W.I. report on The Countryside, 1970: Illuminated capital letter ‘A’ by Mary Smith (Flowers).
Mrs Mary Chown, President of Trumpington W.I., planting a crab-apple tree beside Trumpington Village Hall to commemorate the W.I. golden jubilee, with the blacksmith's forge in the background, 1970. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Mrs Mary Chown, President of Trumpington W.I., planting a crab-apple tree beside Trumpington Village Hall to commemorate the W.I. golden jubilee, with the blacksmith’s forge in the background, 1970. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington W.I. Conservation display at Ideal Home Exhibition, 1972. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington W.I. Conservation display at Ideal Home Exhibition, 1972. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Mrs Enid Newell, Trumpington W.I., with the shield for the best Darby and Joan display at the Cambridgeshire Federation of Women's Institutes produce show, 1972. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Mrs Enid Newell, Trumpington W.I., with the shield for the best Darby and Joan display at the Cambridgeshire Federation of Women’s Institutes produce show, 1972. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. Diary for 1988, Trumpington Women’s Institute, photograph of village sign outside Bidwells, by M. Rayner. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. Diary for 1988, Trumpington Women’s Institute, photograph of village sign outside Bidwells, by M. Rayner. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. Diary for 1988, Trumpington Women’s Institute, photograph of High Street from Lambourn Close, with the Esso garage, by M. Rayner. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. Diary for 1988, Trumpington Women’s Institute, photograph of High Street from Lambourn Close, with the Esso garage, by M. Rayner. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. Diary for 1988, Trumpington Women’s Institute, photograph of cottages on Grantchester Road, by M. Rayner. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
W.I. Diary for 1988, Trumpington Women’s Institute, photograph of cottages on Grantchester Road, by M. Rayner. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Molly Bown planting an oak tree in the grounds of Fawcett School to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Trumpington Women’s Institute, autumn 1999. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Molly Bown planting an oak tree in the grounds of Fawcett School to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Trumpington Women’s Institute, autumn 1999. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Planting an oak tree in the grounds of Fawcett School to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Trumpington Women’s Institute, autumn 1999. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Planting an oak tree in the grounds of Fawcett School to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Trumpington Women’s Institute, autumn 1999. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
80th anniversary of Trumpington Women’s Institute at The Unicorn, February 2000. Centre: Maureen Harris (President), right Audrey King. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
80th anniversary of Trumpington Women’s Institute at The Unicorn, February 2000. Centre: Maureen Harris (President), right Audrey King. Trumpington Women’s Institute Archive.
Trumpington Women's Institute (WI) centenary tea, Jubilee Room, Trumpington Village Hall. Photo: Edmund Brookes, 6 February 2020.
Trumpington Women’s Institute (WI) centenary tea, Jubilee Room, Trumpington Village Hall. Photo: Edmund Brookes, 6 February 2020.
Janet Hendy, President of Trumpington Women's Institute, and Sally Kingman, Chairman of the Cambridge Federation of Women's Institutes, at the Trumpington Women's Institute (WI) centenary tea. Photo: Edmund Brookes, 6 February 2020.
Janet Hendy, President of Trumpington Women’s Institute, and Sally Kingman, Chairman of the Cambridge Federation of Women’s Institutes, at the Trumpington Women’s Institute (WI) centenary tea. Photo: Edmund Brookes, 6 February 2020.
Audrey King at the Trumpington Women's Institute (WI) centenary tea. Photo: Edmund Brookes, 6 February 2020.
Audrey King at the Trumpington Women’s Institute (WI) centenary tea. Photo: Edmund Brookes, 6 February 2020.