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Living Magazines Foundling Hospital Boundary Marker

Foundling Hospital Boundary Markers

Hiding under a wooden dairy cart in the DHT Large Object Store is a fairly plain lump of cast iron. For a long time not paid much attention was paid to it, until one of our volunteers (Robin) drew our attention to it last year. It turned out to be very interesting. In the 1920s […]

Living Magazines A41 Spring Clean 2020

A41 gets a spring clean

Dacorum Borough Council’s Clean, Safe and Green team have completed a fantastic clear up of the A41. The crew of 17 operatives have done a brilliant job and collected four tonnes of rubbish in seven days. Despite challenging conditions for staff logistics due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the clean-up crew cleared litter from over 20km […]

Living Magazines Hanne Grice and Howard

Dogs at risk of separation distress after Covid-19 lockdown

The Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors (APBC) warns dog owners that their pets are at risk of showing separation-related problems at the end of the coronavirus lockdown when they return to work. Periods of time when dogs have company 24/7 followed by a change in routine that means dogs have to be left at home […]

Living Magazines Ashridge Home Care live-in carers

Ashridge Home Care Is Recruiting Live-In Carers

21,000 live-in carers needed across the UK Hospitals struggle to find places for the vulnerable and elderly in the community to free up much needed hospital beds for COVID-19 patients. Residential nursing homes are turning away elderly patients being discharged from hospital. Ashridge Home Care has joined forces with the Live-In Care Hub and several […]

Living Magazines Heritage Open Days

Heritage Open Days Update

Our thanks to the Heritage Open Days team for the following update: Lots has changed over the last few weeks in these difficult and unprecedented times, so what does this mean for HODs? Basically, it is a hopeful waiting game right now. It is too soon to know how things will evolve over the summer […]

Living Magazines Garden Waste

Think about your waste this Easter

The Easter bank holiday weekend is normally a great opportunity to have a spring clean either at home or in the garden, but this year Dacorum Borough Council is urging residents not to create excess waste. Waste Services resources are already heavily stretched due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, which has led to severe staff […]

Living Magazines Black Goo Tring

Baking with Black Goo

Find out what Black Goo have been doing during this lockdown period and the impact of Coronavirus on the restaurant and hospitality sector… Like the rest of the country, the coffee business came to a grinding halt on 23 March when the lockdown came into effect for the hospitality and entertainment sector. Many cafes’ and […]

Living Magazines Aerial photo of Waddesdon. Image (c) Waddesdon, A Rothschild House & Gardens

Family Fun with Waddesdon online

Despite cultural organisations around the world closing their doors as a precaution to reduce the spread of coronavirus, access to bite-sized pieces of history, art and culture is arguably now more important than ever, offering much-needed respite during these anxious and uncertain times. From archive recipes and Waddesdon junk modelling to home schooling resources, there […]

Living Magazines Herts Police Headquarters

COVID-19: Reminder to stay home this bank holiday weekend

With the Easter bank holiday weekend approaching, police are reminding people to adhere to the social distancing measures which are still very much in place. These policies have been introduced by the Government to help support the NHS, stop the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and ultimately save lives. Officers will be carrying out additional patrols […]

Living Magazines Network Rail WCML track renewals

Essential travel only on West Coast main line this Easter

Passengers were today reminded to continue to only use public transport for essential journeys over Easter. Between 10-13 April Network Rail is carrying essential upgrades to improve journeys on the West Coast main line for passengers and freight. This includes a major junction being replaced at Euxton near Chorley, track renewal work in Wolverhampton and preparation work for the removal of a […]

Berkhamsted Living Magazine Plastic Free Berko

Plastic: friend or foe

Although we use them every day, plastics are very unnatural. Their dense material is so different from most substances that have evolved on Earth. Think about it, when you pull a piece of paper apart it will tear quite quickly. If you then put that paper in a bin with waste-food it will slowly disintegrate […]