Cambridge, a historical city with a new age perspective.

By Anna Burnley-Davies
Anna Burnley-Davies

EXT. KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE - DAY

The day is bright and there are people everywhere,

walking, talking, eating and shopping. The college is
clean and crisp.
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EXT. MARKET HILL CAMBRIDGE - DAY

Standing in the heart of Cambridge. people walk between

the stalls shopping for food and trinket galore. People
walk by. Some are talking, eating or haggling.
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EXT. RIVER BANK - DAY

The river bank there are boats on the river and people
rowing as families play in the park and walk their dogs.
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EXT. MILL ROAD - DAY

There is a road of ethnic shops and restaurants. There

are people walking in and out, shopping smiling and
talking. They walk by.
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EXT. PARKERS PIECE - DAY

You see the police station then the fire station then the
pool. There are people picnicking, walking and cycling.
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EXT. ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY - DAY

You can see the the university then you see the Grafton
centre and forbidden planet.
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EXT. THE GRAFTON CENTRE - GRAFTON CENTRE DOORS - DAY

NATHAN, tall, 17, dark hair. he stands outside the GRAFTON

CENTRE doors.
NATHAN
My name is Nathan, I am going to
tell you all about Cambridge and
its vibrant culture and history.
Here is the Grafton centre. The
Grafton Centre is a covered
shopping centre in Cambridge. It
is one of the three main shopping
centres in Cambridge, the others
are the Lion Yard and the Grand
Arcade.
PAN AWAY FROM NATHAN
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EXT. KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE - DAY

NATHAN, stands on kings paradise.

NATHAN
This is KINGS COLLEGE. This is
one of the most pristine
university in the whole
country. Kings was founded in
1441 by Henry VI, soon after he
had founded its sister college in
Eton.
This is Kings College Chapel.
Kings College Chapel is
regarded as one of the greatest
examples of late Gothic English
architecture. It has the worlds
largest fan-vault, and the
chapels stained-glass windows
and wooden chancel screen are
considered some of the finest
from their era.
The chapels choir is one of the
most accomplished and renowned in
the world. Every year on
Christmas Eve the Festival of
Nine Lessons and Carols is
broadcast from the chapel to
millions of listeners worldwide.
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EXT. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE - DAY

NATHAN stand just in front of the Corpus Clock

NATHAN
This is the Corpus Clock. The
Corpus Clock is a large
sculptural clock at street level
on the outside of the Taylor
Library at Corpus Christi
College, Cambridge University, in
the United Kingdom, at the
junction of Benet Street and
Trumpington Street, looking out
over Kings Parade. It was
conceived and funded by John C.
Taylor, an old member of the
college. It was officially
unveiled to the public on 19
September 2008 by Cambridge
physicist Stephen Hawking.
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EXT. MARKET HILL - OUTSIDE THE CORN EXCHANGE - DAY

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NATHAN stands outside the Cambridge corn exchange.

NATHAN
Cambridge Corn Exchange is a
concert venue. The site, on the
corner of Wheeler Street and Corn
Exchange Street, was earmarked
for a new Corn Exchange in 1868
to replace the existing corn
exchange on St Andrews Street.
The site was popular location for
various events from ballet
recitals to rock concerts.
During the 1940s the venue was
used to clean and repair rifles
by local women. After the war,
the venue was popular for boxing,
wrestling and roller skating.
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EXT. MILL ROAD - DAY

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NATHAN stands MILL ROAD.

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NATHAN
This is mill road, mill road is
full of different cultures. For
example there is not only
Christian churches but a Chaotic
church and a Mosc. There are a
wide range of shops that contain
foods from all forms of
ethnicities, there are Chines
shops, Afro Caribbean shops and
European shops.
PAN FOR NATHAN TO THE REST OF THE ROAD.
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EXT. RIVER BANK - DAY

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NATHAN
As we know Cambridge is well know
fir its rowing for example there
is the world renowned Cambridge
vs Oxford rowing race.
The challenge was accepted and
the first race was rowed at
Henley on June 10th 1829. The
next two decades are notable for
the arguments that took place
between the two universities on
details relating to the
arrangements for the race and
although races were held in 1836,
1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1845,
1846, 1849, 1852 and 1854 it was
not until 1856 that it became an
annual event.
Since then this entirely amateur,
private challenge between the
Clubs of the two ancient
universities has only been
interrupted during war years.
From 1836 to 1842 the Race was
rowed from Westminster to Putney,
but from 1845 onwards, because of
the heavy commercial traffic on
that stretch of the river, it has
always been held on the Putney to
Mortlake stretch of the Tideway.
Three times in the early years it
was raced from Mortlake to Putney
but otherwise it has always been
from Putney to Mortlake.
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NATHAN (contd)
Therefor the rowing culture is
most popular in Cambridge. this
is in fact the river where all
the Cambridge rowing clubs row.
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EXT. ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY - DAY

NATHAN stands outside the university
NATHAN
Anglia Ruskin University is a
public university in East Anglia.
It has 39,400 students world-wide
and has campuses in Cambridge,
Chelmsford and Peterborough. It
also shares campuses with the
College of West Anglia in Kings
Lynn, Wisbech and Cambridge.
It has its origins in the
Cambridge School of Art, founded
by William John Beamont in 1858.
The school became Anglia
Polytechnic after it joined with
the Cambridgeshire College of
Arts and Technology and the Essex
Institute of Higher Education. It
became a university in 1992 and
was renamed Anglia Ruskin
University after John Ruskin in
2005.
It has been been named as one of
the top 350 institutions in the
world and joint 38th best in the
UK. Anglia Ruskin University has
also been named as one of the
most upwardly mobile universities
in the world. It is the only UK
university to feature in the top
20.
There is so much more to say
about Cambridge and its excellent
colleges and culture so youll
just have to come down and check
it out for your self. Until the
next time.

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