The first major Harpenden Local History Day proved a huge success, packing out the Eric Morecambe Centre with residents and visitors alike keen to find out more about the town's past. Saturday's free family day out celebrated both the 50th anniversary of the local history society and the official opening of...
Harpenden Photographic Society’s annual exhibition returns next Saturday (April 27) at High Street Methodist Church, Harpenden. The event features inspirational work from HPS members, with images including landscapes, macro, street, abstracts and the natural world, and features many award-winning images on display, including prints from the society’s Photographer of the Year...
There’s a chance to discover obscure details from Harpenden’s rich and fascinating past at the town’s first Local History Day. The event, on April 20 at the Eric Morecambe Centre, includes a free mini conference with local experts exploring the surprisingly ancient origins of Harpenden and how the foundations for the...
The backlash against SADC’s proposed removal of free car parking across the district has resulted in further condemnation from businesses. The budget-saving exercise is part of a wider review of on-street car parking taking place over the coming months, and could mean the end of one and two hour free parking...
New drone footage being premiered at Harpenden Local History Day will reveal the exact location of the town's former racecourse. For 67 years between 1848 and 1914, an annual horse racing meeting took place on Harpenden Common on the last Friday (and later the last Saturday) of May, the week before...
The Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted have dismissed suggestions that Labour could win the seat in the next General Election. A new poll of 15,000 people by agency Survation on behalf of the Best for Britain campaign group was published in the Sunday...
The second Hertfordshire Business Growth Show took place at Rothamsted Conference Centre in Harpenden last week and was another resounding success with more than 200 like-minded local business owners and entrepreneurs spending a day together learning, connecting and growing. The event was the initial brainchild of Peter Barker, local entrepreneur and...
Cassivellaunus, the tribal leader believed to have fought the Romans at Wheathampstead is just one of many characters to be found at the Harpenden Local History Day at the Eric Morecambe Centre on April 20. Using rarely seen maps and images from its archive, the History Society will track the history...
Retailers have condemned plans to scrap free parking bays across the district as part of a major review by SADC. As revealed in last week’s St Albans Times, the council wants to examine the provision of on-street car parking across the district, and decide whether it is sustainable to continue to...
Sweeping changes to parking regulations across the district – including scrapping free places in Harpenden, Redbourn and elsewhere – are being mooted as part of a major council review. Meanwhile, older residents face losing their senior citizen parking permits, with any renewals now subject to means-testing following a decision at the...
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