What do you think makes Cambridgeshire the unique place that it is? We asked you what's special about where you live and your contributions have helped to shape this very special radio series.

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The project is called 'A Sense of Place' and consists of a series of programmes looking at what people view as their home, and what gives them a sense of affinity with the city, town or village in which they live. The shows explore both the natural and human elements that make that place unique.

What is 'A Sense of Place'?
'A Sense of Place' is a landmark series broadcast across English Local Radio in April 2002. BBC Radio Cambridgeshire aired six programmes exploring your connection with Cambridgeshire - where you live, work, and play.

It is a collection of stories, reminiscences, personal histories, comments and ideas about what the place means to you.

The Programmes
ACCENTS - Sunday 28th April - A journey in search of the Cambridgeshire accent. In one of the country’s fastest growing counties, attracting people from all over the world, does it even exist?
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MILL ROAD, CAMBRIDGE - Sunday 5th May - A portrait of Britain in miniature. Many people see Cambridge as a leafy university town. It is, in part, but Mill Road is as urban and varied as any street you could find in a big city.
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TRAVELLERS - Sunday 12th May - Traditionally on the move, but much less so now; what does Cambridgeshire mean to them? How hard was it to settle down, and do they miss life on the road?
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AM-DRAM - Sunday 19th May - Cambridgeshire has hundreds of amateur dramatic companies: we look at one whose members have been acting together for a quarter of a century: they’ve married each other and are now spawning the third generation of enthusiastic amateur actors.
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RIVER JOURNEY - Sunday 26th May - From the Nene to the Cam, we travel through the county meeting the people who live, work and play on our waterways. Take a scenic cruise.
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CAMBOURNE - Sunday 2nd June - Meeting the people who live in Cambridgeshire’s newest town and asking if such a new development can have a sense of community?
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Series Producers

Katy Prickett - after a stint in publishing and a brush with the law (college), I’ve worked for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire since 1993. In the time-honoured tradition of the programme department, I started as a volunteer and worked my way up from photo-copying duties to producer. I’ve produced all the different daytime and weekend programmes over the years and also presented the Sunday breakfast programme County Life. My most recent job has been looking after Graham Daniels (and Dave Aarons), which is an aging but enjoyable experience!

Eva Simmons - I’m a journalist by trade, have worked at BBC Radio Cambridgeshire since Day 1 - mostly in the newsroom, but latterly making documentaries and interviewing people about their lives, for a project called "The Century Speaks". Since that finished, I have continued to interview people for the British Library’s "National Life Story Collection" - an archive of people’s lives. I’ve lived in the county for over thirty years; before that I worked in broadcasting and newspapers, in America and Israel. I’ve taught journalism for - among others - the BBC World Service, in Britain, Malawi, and Romania.

Sara Varey - I’m the new girl on the block, having recently joined the BBC after taking a degree in Communications Studies with French at APU in Cambridge. Similarly to Katy, I started as a volunteer in the newsroom, working for Drivetime, and then continued as a freelance journalist. I’ve had a variety of other jobs, including working in the fund-raising office of the Children’s Hospice at Milton, where I got my first taste of radio broadcasting. I was hooked from then on, and have finally achieved my ambition to work in the medium.

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