This category includes articles on talks given at Local History Society meetings, and on group visits associated with talks.
Passionate about Farming around Harpenden
Report on a talk by Jamie Burrows on 26 February 2019
'Life and Death during World War I'
William (Bill) and Leonard (Len) Fisher
My 300 Years of Harpenden History - Part II: 1823 onwards
The turbulent lives of Peter Wilson's ancestor, Peter Parrot and his associates
Remembering the Coronation of 1953
A summary of the talk given by John Seabrook at the Society's meeting on 24 October 2017.
Salisbury Hall and the de Havilland Aircraft Company
Summary of a talk given by Alistair Hodgson at the Society's meeting held on 23 January 2018.
Lawes and Gilbert: an unlikely Victorian agricultural partnership
Report of a talk given by Roger Plumb at the Society's meeting held on 28 June 2017.
My Dream Job at the BBC Natural History Unit
Summary of a talk given by Mike Salisbury OBE at the Society's meeting held on 22nd May 2017.
Harpenden, Batford and the Danelaw Boundary
A report on the presentation given to the Society by Alexander Thomas on 22 March 2016.
Living on the Common: a landscape history of Harpenden Common
Report of a talk given to the Society on 20 September 2016 by Anne Rowe, freelance historian
F. H. Crittall: Metal Windows and Modernism
Report of a talk given to the Society on 26 April 2016 by Adam Smith.
Being Prepared: A Brief History of Scouting
Report of a talk to the Society at the Society's meeting held on 23 February 2016.
Before the Developers got at it: Harpenden 1945-1960
Report of a talk to the Society at the Society's meeting held on 26 January 2016.
The Spy who is buried in Harpenden
Report of Dr John Versey's talk to the Society on 23 June 2015
Frank Salisbury - Artist in Stained Glass
A talk by Nigel McMurray to the Society on 22 October 2013
The Life and Times of Charles Hill
Talk by Susan Fairbairn, daughter of the late "Radio Doctor", on 25 February 2014
Elmfield School
Illustrations from a talk by Judy Hamblin and Margaret Hewitt on 29 January 2013.
Batford Springs: Harpenden's local nature reserve
A talk given by Oliver Randall to the Society on 25 September 2012.
From Arkwright to Mayor
Talk by Michael Weaver, June 2012
The Civil War in Hertfordshire - 1642-1647
Talk to the Society by Dr Alan Thompson, September 2011