What's new

Portrait in the Oval Office.

New and Revised Pages and Comments

It's origins and continuing relevance

Approached from Maple Road

Son of Harpenden dentist John James Bailey

and now you can peek at the answers - in the downloadable document at the end!

Yugoslav Embassy flagpole replaced

Stories from Michael Weaver's life

A Mission Change Protecting the Past

An ever-changing road in the heart of Harpenden's Conservation Area

From the 1930s to 1965

Living in Cross-way, the field (and indeed all the area surrounding Harpenden...
By Graham Major
On 11/03/2021

Darwin, evolution and links with Milton Road

I attended the funeral of both Harry and his sister Margaret who are buried...
By Stephen Cox
On 11/03/2021

From Wartime Day Nursery to Ministry of Education Nursery School

I attended Batford Nursery school in the late 1950s. My parents lived in Grove...
By Jeremy M Winkworth
On 11/03/2021

Memories of life at the N.C.H, Highfield Oval, in the 1940s and 1950s

Many years ago, my parents had quite a lot of involvement with the Harpenden...
By Jenny Goodridge nee Nette
On 04/03/2021

Institute of Pyramidology

Pyramidology V has been published 2019 and due Covid-19 matters have been...
By Erlingur Thorsteinssonn
On 04/03/2021

Harpenden's Barclays Bank - from Jubilee to Jubilee

I lived at Barclays Bank House, Harpenden from l951 until 1957 during the time...
By Susan Robinson
On 25/02/2021

In the Picture I am the boy in the picture on the right on the top row  I...
By Gerald Leuw
On 25/02/2021

A Tribute to the Men who died in the Great War

Major Charles Henry Lord is buried in Bournemouth East Cemetery.  His...
By Sarah
On 25/02/2021

Compiled from the prospectus and notes in our archives

I was a pupil at Moreton End from 1972 through to 1978. A full Tour of...
By Chris Ward
On 17/02/2021

Memories of my time there from 1947-51- School Number 81

I remember you Chris, at least the name. I attended between 1948 and 1957 when...
By Martin Howard
On 17/02/2021

A Montessori school - later moved to Gorselands

Think I might be the "Valerie" on Gavin's list. Can remember many more than...
By Valerie Gaubert
On 17/02/2021

Benefactor of young people in Wheathampstead and Harpenden

Bill Batchelor posted his appreciation of the James Marshall Trust on the Old...
By Rosemary Ross
On 08/02/2021