It’s just one small road tucked away in the heart of St Albans, but thanks to meticulous research by a local resident, it now provides a fascinating insight into local life during a 50-year period in the middle of the 20th century. ‘Down Our Way, Life in King’s Road, St Albans...
The city centre burst into festive colour this morning as the St Albans Postboxes 2025 campaign was officially launched at the Clock Tower – with crocheted and knitted postbox toppers now appearing across the city to raise funds for Herts Domestic Abuse Helpline and Comfort Cases UK. The launch was hosted...
The ruination of Redbourn remains a very real threat to the rural community, with unwelcome plans for more than 1,000 new homes on Green Belt land next to the village the latest in a long line of development schemes. Proposals by the Lawes Agricultural Trust (LAT) – a charitable trust which...
A St Albans estate agent had to take drastic steps to change a listing marketing a piece of public highways land as suitable for development - wasting the time of buyers, council planners and community campaigners if any application was put forwards. Connells is handling the auction of a corner of...
The hunt is on to find the most festive dog in St Albans, as a city church launches its Christmas programme by singing carols in Clarence Park. Singers from St Paul’s Church, Fleetville, will be leading popular carols at the park’s bandstand on Saturday December 6 from 3pm for around 40...
We ask a different figure from the local community to choose 10 questions to answer from a list of 50. This week: Ted Hill MBE, who served as a St Albans district councillor from 1999 to 2004, and as Commanding Officer of St Albans Sea Cadets and Hertfordshire District Officer...
The St Albans Times has always been passionate about its support for the city’s heritage, and over the years we have highlighted various cases where this has been put at risk, most recently the dangers arising from central St Albans being left unparished following local government reorganisation. Many readers will have...
St Albans City 3 Burgess Hill 4 (Isthmian League Premier Division) From Times sports correspondent Jess Unwin at Clarence Park, photos by Jim Standen After the elation of Saturday’s late, late victory, St Albans City found themselves on the wrong end of a last-gasp winning goal on Tuesday night, with a 4-3...
Our man on the ground, St Albans Times photographer John Andrews, was at Chester Gibbons Green on London Colney High Street for the switch-on of the village’s Christmas lights. Sunday’s free event included performances by NCD Dance School, Excel Dance School and Rock Choir, Santa’s grotto, a mini funfair, food...
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