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World War Two

  • Air Raid Precautions
    Air Raid Precautions
    Protecting civilians from danger
  • And so the bells were silent
    And so the bells were silent
    Bell ringing, or rather, change ringing origins lie in the sixteenth century when church bells were hung with a wheel. ...
  • Bombs over Herts
    Bombs over Herts
    Four months of intense bombing takes its toll
  • Children's lives
    Children's lives
    The effect on children's education
  • de Havilland factory bomb
    de Havilland factory bomb
    Bomb kills 21 workers
  • Dolly Shepherd, The Pioneering Edwardian Lady Parachutist
    Dolly Shepherd, The Pioneering Edwardian Lady Parachutist
    Meet Dolly Shepherd, The Edwardian Parachutist, Trapeze Artist, Hot Air Balloon Jumper.
  • Eyewitnesses
    Eyewitnesses
    Some local accounts
  • Frederick Charles Harvey, died in WW2 aged 16
    Frederick Charles Harvey, died in WW2 aged 16
    Frederick Charles Harvey, a Flamstead resident, died in an explosion in a munitions factory in Hemel Hempstead, aged just 16. Although a non-combatant, as he was carrying out war work when he died, following a campaign by the Rev. Cecil Russell, vicar of St Leonard’s, his name was included on the war memorial.
  • Gwendoline Page – From Boreham Wood To Bletchley
    Gwendoline Page – From Boreham Wood To Bletchley
    Gwendoline Page – The WW2 Code Breaker At Bletchley Park
  • Hertfordshire reports the end of the War
    Hertfordshire reports the end of the War
    VE Day is announced
  • Kitty Hart-Moxon, Survivor
    Kitty Hart-Moxon, Survivor
    Kitty Hart-Moxon, Survivor.
  • Pilots and planes
    Pilots and planes
    Some pilots with Hertfordshire connections and the Spitfire Fund
  • Taking shelter
    Taking shelter
    How residents prepared for air raids
  • The Amazing Dolly Shepherd!
    The Amazing Dolly Shepherd!
    My Hertfordshire Hidden Heroine: Dare Devil & Pioneer Edwardian Lady Parachutist, Miss Dolly Shepherd.
  • The ATA Girls (Air Transport Auxiliary) World War Two
    The ATA Girls (Air Transport Auxiliary) World War Two
    Read About The Women Who Flew Spitfires In World War 2
  • The Blackout
    The Blackout
    A nationwide effort to turn off all the lights
  • Unexploded bombs & the homeless
    Unexploded bombs & the homeless
    Bombs still a threat
  • Yvonne Maslinksa, War Intelligence Worker
    Yvonne Maslinksa, War Intelligence Worker
    Meet Yvonne Maslinksa who worked for MI6 during WW2
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