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Digswell books (9 available)
- 3 photos on Digswell appear in 1 Frith books - View photos of Digswell
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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
Welwyn Garden City, Sweet Briar
This view is from the west side of Sweet Briar looking south down the hill towards Cole Green Lane (out of view). To the left is the entrance to Heronswood School (since closed, now a modern housing area).
I understood that the area was once very wooded, borne out by the many well established trees still lining the road and verge areas. I think my parents occupied our house from new in about 1954 until leaving the area in the early 1970s.
I lived further along Sweet Briar on the west side of the road near a layby (out of view). It was a very pleasant location to grow up in with many friendly folk.
There were lots of grassed ...read more here
A memory of Welwyn Garden City contributed by Alan Vacani
Templewood school.
I attended this school from 1954/55 - 1960. This view is taken looking towards the Infants playground and entrance to their classrooms, with the main dining hall in the background.
A memory of Welwyn Garden City contributed by Kenneth Street
Stonehills 1958.
I lived next door to the police station which is just to the left of this photo from 1952 until 1959 when my father (the local police station sergeant) retired. This photo is very evocative of memories I had as a young child living in the town centre. I well remember the buildings opposite my home including Munts cycle shop (they sold good fireworks!), Broadwater Press (kept my mother awake at night when the presses were working) and Williams Bros discount store. I well remember in the dead of night hearing the expresses racing through the railway station to and from Kings Cross (steam hauled of course) - this began my lifelong interest in railways. The Cherry Tree public house was ...read more here
A memory of Welwyn Garden City contributed by Kenneth Street
Extracts From Digswell & Hertfordshire books
The Cowper Arms lies at the corner of Colyer Close and Station Road. In the 1850s, when a terrible accident occurred in the nearby railway tunnel, some of the bodies were brought here in preparation for the inquest. Today, the house has changed little, although the black barn has been demolished. Also, with the conversion of the railway from steam to electricity, the overhead wiring is strung along the skyline.
An extract from from"Hertfordshire Living Memories".
The 1560ft-long Welwyn viaduct at Digswell carries the London to Peterborough railway 100ft above the River Mimram a mile or so north of Welwyn Garden City. Opened on Monday 6 August 1850, the 40 semi-circular arches are built from sixteen million locally made bricks capped with Hexham stone blocks; the cost was £80,000. It was the third largest viaduct in Great Britain - only Stockport and Congleton were larger. A year after its opening, on 28 August 1851, Queen Victoria’s Royal Train crossed the viaduct as it took the royal family to Balmoral Castle.
An extract from from"Hertfordshire Living Memories".
The post office and shop survived until about 1995, when the premises were taken over by Weddinghouse, a business selling and hiring wedding dresses and costumes. The post box still stands in the garden of the shop at the corner of Station Road and Woodside Road, but the telephone box, peeping into the left of the photograph, has disappeared.
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".