"Thus the NAAFI became the Holy Grail, and I’m sure went a long way to perhaps saving my life!"
"learning the rules not to refuse"
"the others were suspicious of my britishness"
In the early stages of the war there was little problem with recruitment. On the outbreak of war in August ...
Sir John Boteler granted some property and land to John Kent in free socage (that is for payment of rent ...
Buildings along High Street, Flamstead
Thomas Saunders of Beechwood was responsible for the construction in 1669 of Flamstead’s almshouses. The four dwellings were originally provided ...
Water pumps used in Flamstead until piped supply from 1937
View northwest from the church tower, in the 1900s and in 2020
I visited a supermarket for the first time in a year or so last Thursday! It was not too busy ...
Frank Pulley was born and enlisted in Royston. He was one of the first to leave for France and one ...
Frederick Percy Gee was from Thorley and was already in the 1st Hertfordshire Regiment at the outbreak of war. He ...
