The Inner Wheel Club of Sandy meets on the fourth
Monday of the month at 7.15 for 7.30pm at The Green Man, Stanford. This lively club was chartered in 1982 and
currently has 15 members.
Sandy
has an interesting history which goes beyond Roman and Anglo Saxon times. An archaeological dig in May 2006 revealed
that the town’s ancestors may date back further than 250BC. There was a Roman Settlement and Sandy was probably an
important trading centre and staging post.
An ancient hill fort, now heavily wooded and known as ‘Caesar’s
Camp’ overlooks the town.
Mentioned in the Doomsday book where it is
referred to as ‘Sandeia’ - a derivation from the Old English ‘Sandieg’ which means sand-island.
Sandy
is probably best known today as the headquarters of the RSPB. The Society moved to The Lodge in 1961. This mansion and grounds was originally
built in 1870 for Viscount Peel, fifth son of Sir Robert Peel, the founder of
the Police force.
In earlier times, Sandy was noted as a centre of
agriculture and horticulture but latterly there has been a shift in employment
towards light industry.
Sandy has been
twinned with the town of Malaunay
in France
since 1982.