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Harpenden maps
Historic maps of Harpenden and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Harpenden maps
Historic map of Harpenden
Illustrated Victorian map of Hertfordshire
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Harpenden books
Displaying 3 of 4 books about Harpenden and the local area. View all Harpenden books
Hertfordshire Living Memories
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Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
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Hitchin Town and City Memories
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4 Harpenden photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Harpenden
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This pond used to be known as The Silver Cup Pond but I do not know where the name originated. Here was where children would sail toy boats or paddle. I have not yet come across a current photo or reference to this pond so I am wondering if it has survived health and safety strangulation. Would love... [more]
Shared on 28 August 2008
Silver Cup Pond, Harpenden, Herts.
Having grown up in Harpenden I remember The Silver Cup Pond very well. Firstly, to answer the question posed, I'm sure that the pond was named after the pub that stands on the main road not far away, which in my time was the A6, in it's day the fore-runner of the M1. It is possible that the silver cup itself... [more]
Shared on 05 October 2008
Hertfordshire memories
Oh my goodness. I was bought up in Wheathampstead and I can still see it now, the newsagents on the High Street and the then "Old fashioned" chemist called Busbys at the end!
Shared on 02 April 2007
who remembers the Goodger family from Shoreditch London
My Mum Ivy Goodger was Born at 43 Fish street in 1942 Along with her Twin sister Patrica
My Grandparents Rose & Alf Goodger moved from Shoreditch London to Redbourn during world war two. And they moved back to Shoreditch after 1944/45, does anyone have any memorys of The Goodger Family, (They were a big family 13 children) My Mum still... [more]
Shared on 22 December 2007
A delightful place to work if only for six months. We would lunch at the Brocket Arms or take a picnic into the grounds by the swimming pool. We did work as well; caring for the silk worms in the mornings and showing visitors around in the afternoons. My favourite task would be to walk the grounds collecting... [more]
Shared on 29 August 2008
Whitethorn Morris dance in front of Ye Olde Fighting Cocks
Although this ancient inn is protected and little changed over the years, the surrounding landscape is now attractive with paving, seats and trees by the edge of the millstream which flows into the lake at the bottom of Fishpool Street. The new landscaping provides a good area for displays of morris dancing so it always features in the programme for... [more]
Shared on 30 June 2008
Whitethorn Morris dance at St Albans "Folk at the Festival"
One of the highlights of the Festival is the Festival parade and Day of Dance which traditionally takes place on the Saturday of each year's Festival.
The procession was led through the City Centre by the Abbey puppets and traditional local morris dancers, plus Trachtengruppe Kussnacht from Rigi, Switzerland. The climax of the parade was a massed display... [more]
Shared on 30 June 2008
My dad used to live in the end cottage up until the early 1950s (the one next to the car). Both my grandparents lived there until about 1965.
The cottage was very small, with no running water and an old earth closet toilet. The water had to be collected in pails from standpipes every day.
These were dotted around the... [more]
Shared on 18 December 2008
Extracts From Harpenden & Hertfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Harpenden, inspired by Frith photos.
This restful scene of the village pond in the High Street with its magnificent trees, thatched cottages and elegant pair of swans, fell victim to the sweeping expansionism and development of the 20th century. The pond was drained and grassed over during the 1920s, as the village grew into a 'garden town'.
This is an extract from English Villages.
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Railways made Victorian countryside accessible to city dwellers, and writers romanticised it so much that many moved out there. Urbanisation had begun. This was the land of town planner Ebenezer Howard's dreams. With a gorse-clad common, walks through fields and woods and a car factory just up the road in Luton, what better place for a dream come true?
This is an extract from Luton Photographic Memories.
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Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
Sad to relate, this restful scene of the village pond in the High Street with its magnificent trees, thatched cottages and elegant pair of swans fell victim to the sweeping expansionism and development of the 20th century. The pond was drained and grassed over during the twenties as the 'highway-valley' village grew into a 'garden-town'.
This is an extract from Hertfordshire Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
