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Datchworth books (9 available)
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Childhood Memories
I remember when I was just a young teenager... you could roam around the village and just about everyone knew you.
I loved to wander down to Mill Stream Lane with my jam jar and fishing net and walk along the stream searching for stickle backs and anything else I could catch. The fields behind us would whisper in the breeze and the sunlight would filter through the trees and glisten on the water below. Life was not so demanding, not worried too much about stranger danger and you knew that you was nestled in a village that looked after its own.
I remember old "Snowy" who had worked for years in the local butchers shop.
I remember Mr ...read more here
A memory of Watton At Stone contributed by JOY ABBATO
Goldings
Thousands of teenage boys would have spent their formative years at William Baker Technical School which was housed in the historic mansion of Goldings in the village of Waterford. In 1922 around 240 boys and staff marched from Stepney Causeway where Barnodos had their training workshops to the station where they travelled by train to Hertford. Forming up behind their band they marched past the newly errected war memorial laying a wreath in memory of Barnodo Boys who had lost their lives in the Great War, and onto their new home at Goldings in Waterford. Within the 110 acres a number of good sporting facilities were created for football and ...read more here
A memory of Waterford contributed by J Parsons
Heaven
This is simply my most favourite place in the whole world! No words can describe the peace and tranquility I feel when I walk along The Avenue with my family and dogs. The autumn months are my favourite! The range of colours in the trees, the conkers falling to the ground, and the sound of the branches swaying in the wind. Here I am at peace with the world. I wish it were longer, I could walk for ever!
A memory of Stevenage contributed by sharon dudley
Stonehills WGC
This view is looking north from the west side of Stonehills towards the Cherry Tree Public House. Just out of view on the left was the old Police Station (the site of which has still not been developed) whilst across the road on the right is National Provincial Bank (now Nat West Bank) . Further along from the bank is Williams Bros, then Sketchley Cleaners. Continuing towards 'The Cherry' is the Broadwater Press Ltd, founded by the late Mr Harry Cheetham who died in 1938.
Harry Cheetham was my Grandfather. I understand that Harry and his wife Emily Anne Cheetham (my late Grandmother) were both keen members of the WGC Golf Club during the late 1920s - early 1930s altho confirmation ...read more here
A memory of Welwyn Garden City contributed by Alan Vacani
Extracts From Datchworth & Hertfordshire books
Behind the Best Kept Village sign (centre) stands Datchworth’s whipping post. It is said that it was last used in 1665 when ‘two vagabonds were publicly flogged here’. Up to two hundred years ago, the whipping of vagrants was a common practice; it seems that Datchworth was rather more understanding than most other villages and ceased the practice around the time of the Plague of London. A beautiful and ornate new village sign, commemorating the turn of the millennium, has replaced the Best Kept Village sign; as well, of course, as a mention of the whipping post, this shows the village at work and at play. The plaque says that it was given ‘To the village, for the village, from the village’.
An extract from from"Hertfordshire Living Memories".
The 17th-century post office stands at the corner of Bramfield Road and Mardlebury Road. It and the Plough beyond have today changed little since this photograph was taken. The telephone box is still in the same position, although a new brick-based post box has been installed, and goods for sale have now spilled out onto the pavement. Now, there is a low fence around of the Plough, which sells the finest Greene King beers. A parish notice board has been erected in the pillared garden of the next door cottage.
An extract from from"Hertfordshire Living Memories".
The pub was originally called the Tilbury Fort. The name and licence were moved from a public house standing on the corner of the churchyard and owned by the parish. The rent was paid to the Overseer for the relief of the poor. In 1838 the house was bought from the parish by William and Joseph Lucas, the Hitchin brewers, who transferred the sign and licence to the already existing Three Horsehoes.
An extract from from"Hertfordshire Living Memories".
In 1901, Hermitage Road was a pleasant, open avenue. The building on the left in view
46642, left, is the Hermitage, home of Frederick Seebohm; very little of it still remains.
Windmill Hill is just visible in the background.
An extract from from"Hitchin Town and City Memories".
A view of St Marys church in 1931, with the War Memorial in the foreground. In 1752, the Rewd William Cole wrote that the tower was `one of the most clumsy and heavy ones I ever saw`. Perhaps `solid` is a kinder description.
An extract from from"Hitchin Town and City Memories".