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Wimpey estate on Upper Wheathampstead Road in 1967 and Royco houses in Aldwickbury Crescent in 1972

His work in Kenya and life in Harpenden

Station Road North

Can you name anyone?

Chinese delegation visits George Hogg's birthplace

Exhibition on 1 December 2018

A much-valued Harpenden charity

Derived from Harpenden Free Press articles, 1952 &1958 and "Harpenden British Schools" by Lieut.-Col. Durnford, 1891

with the families of some of the men on the Memorial

St George's pupil on the Harpenden War Memorial

Memories of a local lad

Brilliant trip down memory lane Nigel. Many thanks. I was born in Batford and...
By Roger Martin
On 15/01/2019

Their Origins

My first home was in Meadway from baby to two years old; then moved to 36...
By Debbie West
On 15/01/2019

Memories of life at the N.C.H, Highfield Oval, in the 1940s and 1950s

I was at no 5 ogb (Old Girls & Boys House) from approx. 1953 to 1962....
By Edwin Price
On 08/01/2019

Junior school and WI

Estimating that I was about 5 at the time of the WVS party photo it would have...
By Darrel Long
On 08/01/2019

Parking his car

What a lovely and very funny man he was. I well remember him coming out of...
By Graham Forsaith
On 08/01/2019

1914 - 1915

The hospital at the Institute treated the injuries of Private Alexander Steel...
By Rosemary Ross
On 18/12/2018

A Tribute to the Men who died in the Great War

Keith Smart points out that his great uncle William Whitmarsh lived in Heath...
By Diana Parrott
On 18/12/2018

From Harpenden to Ferry Master, Sydney Harbour NSW

Well it's now the end of 2018. Five years since my last comment on this...
By Graham Forsaith
On 11/12/2018

Private Preparatory school for boys, Wordsworth Road 1898-1966

Day boy from around 53 to 56 - Below are random memories:- I was in "Remove"...
By Tony Evans
On 11/12/2018

A Harpenden Benefactor

John Blundell Maple is interesting to me as my grandfather, father and I acted...
By Peter Smith
On 11/12/2018

Guided tours of sites in Harpenden associated with the artist

I have completed my book 'A Life in Glass', a biography of my...
By Francesca Stevens
On 07/12/2018

Recollections by Theodora Wilson and Edwin Grey

At the Beacon of Light Ceremony on Sunday 11 November 2018 at 7.00pm on...
By Jane Juby - Harpenden Town Council Mayor's Secretary
On 20/11/2018