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Letchmore Heath maps
Historic maps of Letchmore Heath and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Letchmore Heath maps
Letchmore Heath photos
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Radlett| Bushey| Elstree| Bushey Heath| Oxhey| Garston| Watford| Colney Street| Borehamwood| Frogmore| Park Street| Stanmore| Hatch End| Abbots Langley| Langleybury| Edgware| Croxley Green| South Mimms| Whetstone| Northwood| Burnt Oak| Pinner| Northwood Hills| Kings Langley| Harrow| North Harrow| St Albans| Totteridge| Harrow On The Hill| Kingsbury
Letchmore Heath area books
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The Three Horseshoes
What a strange name for a pub! This has been the venue for much morris dancing over a great many years as the Three Horseshoes fronts on to a typically rural English village scene: an odd shaped green, a war memorial and a duck pond.
I have been playing my piano accordian for Whitethorn Morris for almost thirty years and for much of that time our dancers - including my wife Elizabeth - have made merry with music and dancing on the pub forecourt. This year, 2008, we celebrated the dance team's 31st "birthday" with a celebration dance at the Three Horsehoes followed by tea and cakes in the village hall. It was a beautifully warm sunny day at the end of September and great fun. The villagers came out from their cottages to watch, the pub served good beer and fine food, the ducks quacked loudly on the pond and conkers and horse chestnut leaves lay thick on the ground. Lovely memories of a day spent with... Read more
Leather Repairs in Butterfly Lane Near Letchmore Heath
I have been a piano accordian player with Whitethorn Morris for almost 30 years and sometimes I need help in getting repairs done! In the summer of 2004 I managed to snap the leather straps of my accordian - not through any accident, just simply the wear and tear of many years music! I found a local man to help me: the replacement straps were made by a local leatherworker craftsman – Gary - on a farm in Butterfly Lane, Elstree.
I am very pleased with both colour and comfort and can recommend him for any bespoke leatherwork or repairs. Just remember to allow enough time as he loves to keep you waiting while he talks! My wife, Elizabeth, and I were there for more than an hour on the first visit, and about two hours when I went to collect the straps – his bill included an accordian lesson from me!
Its a real joy to find such rural crafts are still kept alive... Read more
Hertfordshire memories
School Days
I am not quite sure of the year, but I attended Radlett Girls School which was at the bottom of Loom and the A5. I used to walk to and from school, sometimes through the village and up Aldenham Road. I passed shops and old Mr Allen who was a cobbler would be sitting in the window mending shoes and would wave to me. My birth family have lived in Radlett for over a hundred years the surname is Picton and all but one have moved away. I love visiting Radlett as it brings back many memories, like balancing on the tiny wall outside the Post Office and on a Saturday buying a pennies worth of stale cakes from Freestones. They made my wedding cake, after I had been to the library, generally getting a big book about Marmalade the cat. I worked in Olney's the shoe shop on The Terrace from 1966 to 1969 and my boss taught me all I needed to know about shoe fitting. I enjoyed... Read more
Growing up in Radlett
I was born in the King Street Nursing Home in Watford and spent the first few years of my life with my parents and Grandparents in Radlett on Gills Hill Lane. I went to the Infant School and then the Girl's School at the bottom of Loom Lane. When I was 4, we moved to some prefabs in Phillimore Place (which is now apartment blocks). The family name is Ward. I remember what fun I had swimming up at Aldenham Lodge and playing in the Rec field. What a scare it was walking down Gills Hill Lane at night (Murder Lane) - nobody liked that very much. I used to go to Sunday School at the Congregational Church, shopping at the Co-Op with my mother, the library, the fishmongers (Ted & Ron Humphreys), and the first movie I saw was Peter Pan with my mother (standing room only) at the Radlett cinema. I used to keep my bus money for home from school and spend it at the bakery on... Read more
Family History
I was born in Borehamwood but moved to Radlett when I was two weeks old. My father came from Radlett, his name was Peter Cole. His father was Charley Cole who owned the electrical shop in the high street, C&R COLE. My father played for the local football team. He also used to work for his father driving around Radlett doing electrical jobs. There was a time you could walk down the high street and know a lot of people but today it has changed and I think not for the better.
Radlett Park Estate Help
Hello, I am a Radlett Resident and I am desperate for any knowledge you may have of the Radlett Park Estate and its development in the early 1900s. Please call me as soon as you can - 01923 856754. Thanks. Nov/2009
The Warren Radlett
Does anyone know of someone who has knowledge of where the Mackay's from the Warren ended up? Or if anyone knew an Icelandic student who stayed with them in 1969? All information greatly appreciated!! Thank you ~Kris
