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Harpenden

For further information visit Harpenden History, the website of Harpenden Local History Society.

A great feat of engineering
The Skew Bridge
Ace of Herts
Harpenden corps of drums
An introduction to Harpenden
2,000 years of history
Annables donkey wheel
Dink the donkey replaced by a mechanical pump
Armistice Day - Harpenden 1918
Two people met on the morning of 11 November 1918 in Harpenden. Both left a record of this encounter.
ARP Warden post C4a (Harpenden?)
Log book from 7 June 1940 - 11 June 1945
Christmas shopping 100 years ago
There were shortages and, for many families, little reason to celebrate Christmas in 1917 but commerce encouraged celebration.
Church Green c.1895
A panoramic view
Claud & Jean Bradshaw
c.1948
Coronation Day May 12th 1937
Pictures of Harpenden and Selfridges
Dame Ellen Terry, Actor
Dame Ellen Terry, was considered the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain.
Do you remember the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 60 years ago?
Towns and villages in Hertfordshire celebrated the Coronation with a format which had been used for many previous Royal occasions ...
Food shortages 100 years ago
2018 has not been kind to farmers, gardeners and allotment holders but similar problems were faced 100 years ago.
George & Hilda Hooper
c.1982
George Coburn and Sons
Builder, Cowper Road
Going a-Thomasing in Hertfordshire
Like most parts of the country, Hertfordshire had a number of “Mumping” days, when people could go around to homes ...
Harpenden Corps of Drums
Ace of Herts.
Harpenden Memory
When my Great Grandmother died in her 30s, my Great Grandfather could not care for the younger children. My Great ...
Harpenden: the growth of a village (1)
The coming of the railway
Harpenden: the growth of a village (2)
A changing community
Harpenden: the growth of a village (3)
The late 20th century
Harpenden. Maple Flats
Furniture, horses and philanthropy could summarise Sir John Blundell Maple’s life. He took over the family business, supplying good quality ...
Harpenden. Southdown Road
While Nikolaus Pevsner (p158) and Kate Thompson (Historical Atlas of Hertfordshire p151) state these were almshouses, it seems more likely ...
Hilary Ratcliffe OBE, Gender Equality Campaigner
Hilary Ratcliffe OBE, Soroptimist.

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