Hertford, Port Hill From Hartham 1929
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The young girl in her fashionable cloche hat dips for minnows in the River Beane, whilst her friend waits patiently for her turn. In the background are the 'stepped' houses on Port Hill, which leads from Cowbridge up to Bengeo. Port Hill is the steepest in Hertford, and the road was strewn with sand to help the horses drawing the drays to obtain a firm grip. The sand boxes still stood by the side of the road until recent years.
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