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Radlett, Hertfordshire
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Historic maps of Radlett and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Radlett maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Hertfordshire
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Radlett books
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Hertfordshire Living Memories
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Hertfordshire Photographic Memories
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Hitchin Town and City Memories
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6 Radlett photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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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
Shared on 19 November 2009
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... [more]
Shared on 21 March 2008
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... [more]
Shared on 14 January 2008
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... [more]
Shared on 01 August 2007
Hertfordshire memories
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... [more]
Shared on 01 October 2008
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... [more]
Shared on 15 January 2008
I was born in Newcombe Road, no 52, in 1962. I remember the village shop opposite the White Horse pub, the garden centre and the village pond near the King Will pub. I used to stay a lot at my uncle and auntie's flat in Borehamwood in Leaming Road, their names were Ray and Maureen Atkins. My mum and dad were... [more]
Shared on 26 May 2008
Upon passing frogmore recently the other day, I, Fred Whatmore, saw a small sign directing me to what I would later come to call Frogmore; home; the land of my dreams
The luscious green fields spread before my eyes, and fromore mausoleum doors wide open welcomed me in. . . ? I sat for a while with Willy... [more]
Shared on 16 January 2008
Extracts From Radlett & Hertfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Radlett, inspired by Frith photos.
Hemel Hempstead - A History & Celebration
What life was like for the unfortunate plait children can be gleaned from a Factory Inspector's report in 1870. He associated their mothers, the plait women, with 'vacant minds, dirty cottages and neglected children'. The decline of the plait schools was caused mainly by the deterioration of the plait industry; aided by the fact that from 1891 education was not only compulsory, it was also free. The 19th century was... [more]
This is an extract from Hemel Hempstead - A History & Celebration.
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Hemel Hempstead - A History & Celebration
The 18-storey Kodak House was built in 1971. As one of the town's major employers, Kodak gave £10,000 for a new children's playground to be built in Gadebridge Park to replace the one lost by the construction of the Plough roundabout. Kodak are now considering turning the photographic giant into a digital company. Plans have already gone ahead to sell Kodak House and to move its HQ to Harrow, with... [more]
This is an extract from Hemel Hempstead - A History & Celebration.
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Hemel Hempstead - A History & Celebration
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, in Hertfordshire, is probably best known as a New Town, being built after the Second World War, but this overlooks its long and historic past. Over the years there have been a variety of spellings of the name Hemel Hempstead. For instance, Hamaele is the Saxon name for the district of the early settlement, but by the 13th century the town was known as Hamelhamstede. Later, by the 17th... [more]
This is an extract from Hemel Hempstead - A History & Celebration.
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