Hoddesdon

The Spinning Wheel

Sep 12th, 2009
The Spinning Wheel (image courtesy Harris Digital Productions) The Spinning Wheel is a grade II listed building, and when first built in 1849, it was called the Italian Cottage,... 
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Broxbourne

Broxbourne Mill Restoration

Jan 5th, 2010
In February and March, the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) carried out the first phase of the latest project to conserve the remains of the Mill and ensure ‘that it continues to... 
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Cheshunt

St Mary’s Church, Cheshunt

Feb 13th, 2010
A guide to St Mary’s Churchyard The parish church of St Mary the Virgin, located in the Churchgate Conservation Area, lies half a mile from Cheshunt Old Pond at the western side of College... 
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Goffs Oak

Goffs Oak Windmill

Jan 12th, 2010
Environmentally-friendly energy sources are much in the news; but Goffs Oak had it’s own windmill about 145 years ago! It stood at the eastern edge of ‘The Crest’ and could... 
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Wormley

The Queen’s Head, Wormley

Jan 12th, 2010
The Queen's Head By the mid-eighteenth century when stage-coaches were running regularly, the trade of the wayside taverns in Wormley must have been one of the principal... 
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Waltham Cross

WHSmith Waltham Cross

Mar 6th, 2010
The town centre is a a bustling pedestrianised shopping district attracting shoppers to the mix of chain stores and independent shops, supermarkets, banks, a covered shopping mall (Pavilion)... 
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Exhibitions

Picture Past

Sep 3rd, 2009
Picture Past Exhibition Picture Past Exhibition at Lowewood Museum 7 November – 27 February 2010 Please note that this exhibition has now ended A box of old photographs... 
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Learning

The V-1 Flying Bomb

Jan 19th, 2010
The V-1 flying bomb was a terrifying weapon which the Germans used against Britain during WW II. Unlike other bombs which were dropped from planes, the V-1 bomb had an engine... 
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World War 2

The V-1 Flying Bomb

The V-1 flying bomb was a terrifying weapon which the Germans used against Britain during WW II. Unlike other bombs which were dropped from planes, the V-1 bomb had an engine which allowed it to “fly” from where it was launched.  The bomb was very...