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A heritage to be cherished

Transcript of a document in the LHS Archives

Tracing occupants since the first houses were built in 1883

Report on a talk given by Karen Poore on 22 October 2019

Exhibition on 7 March 2020

Tracing occupants since the first houses were built in 1883

Beginnings on Harpenden Common in 1894

Harpenden 1939/45

Private, informal and voluntary

Research Worker and Historian (1859-1955)

My boyhood memories of the 1890s and 1900s

In the main photo of work in the forge, my grandfather Bill Clark is swinging...
By Roger Clark
On 01/07/2020

Distinguished Geneticist and Biologist

Dr. Hans Kalmus was my friend and colleague at University College, London, in...
By Krishna Dronamraju
On 01/07/2020

An orphange for "friendless little girls"

I wonder if anyone has any knowledge of my mother Annie Fletcher who was in...
By David Bond
On 01/07/2020

A short history

My mother lived in this home for a while. I'd love to know if anyone...
By ashanti
On 22/06/2020

We recently received an enquiry about whether copies of any these and other...
By Rosemary Ross
On 22/06/2020

extracts from Herts Countryside no. 167, March 1973

I’ve been trying to remember the names of the various people in the photo...
By Nigel Lindsell
On 10/06/2020

A gallery of some of the older houses

Mike and Diana Ansell lived at No 42 from 1970 to 1972/73 with their baby...
By Diana Hennell
On 10/06/2020

Compiled from the prospectus and notes in our archives

I was at this school and thankfully didn't experience too much of the abuse...
By Trevor Pearce (1971-1976)
On 10/06/2020

A short history

Roland Walker was my grandfather - he lived at Field House with his wife Irene...
By Marcus Field
On 29/05/2020

A long life of community work

I had the privilege to know Ian in both his professional roles. He left a...
By Nick Holdsworth
On 29/05/2020

A Tudor timber-framed house transplanted from Suffolk to Harpenden in the 1920s

My grandfather was Jack Dennis builder of St Albans who worked on rebuilding...
By Ellie Titmuss
On 20/05/2020

Almost unique to our area

As a young boy in the 1940s I saw many examples of this. We had a lump of it in...
By Roger Clark
On 20/05/2020