We previously brought you the news that Dacorum Heritage Trust had received a grant from SHARE Museums East for a project exploring Hidden Histories which would include research into Kodak’s role in the New Town of Hemel Hempstead. Dates have now been set for an exhibition telling the history of Kodak and photography in Dacorum. […]
Pet wellbeing company, Paws.com, provides advice on how to look after your dog in this blistering heat. The RSPCA received 8290 calls relating to animals and heat exhaustion last year. Today is reported to be the hottest day that the UK has ever seen with some areas looking to see highs of 39 degrees. Thousands […]
Our thanks to Gordon Bluck of Berkhamsted Citizens Association for this news item. Members may remember that the Association has been producing a Fieldpath map since the 1937 edition was published by Edward Stanford Ltd of Long Acre in sections mounted on linen. All this for a princely 3/-; that’s three shillings to you and […]
Staff at Breakspear Park have had their palates tantalised and tickled this week, as the team at Britvic challenged the building’s employees to take the Pepsi Max Taste Challenge. The Pepsi Challenge has run for more than 40 years, and is a blind taste test between Pepsi and the UK’s largest-selling cola to establish which […]
It’s that time of year again, when all around the UK thousands of school children breathe a sigh of relief…….whilst parents take a large intake of breath, in preparation for the long 6 to 8 weeks that lie ahead! Whilst the summer holidays bring lots of opportunities for fun, with days spent playing in the […]
Our thanks to Berkhamsted Citizens Association for this news item. “A piling rig, A piling rig, my kingdom for a piling rig!” as Shakespeare [Richard III, Act V, scene IV] might (not) have said…. At long last, a piling rig has finally arrived on the Multi-storey Car Park site on Lower Kings Road and works […]
Hemel Hempstead MP, Sir Mike Penning, congratulated Boris Johnson on becoming the new Leader of the Conservative Party yesterday ahead of becoming Prime Minister today. Sir Mike, who backed Boris from the start of the campaign, said: ‘I am delighted that Boris secured such a resounding victory in the leadership campaign. With the support of […]
An exhibition of images taken during an expedition to the foothills of Mount Elgon in Uganda to document the work and story of Evergreen Africa will be held at The Black Gallery, Silk Mill Business Park from Sat 7 to Sat 21 September. About Evergreen Africa In just five years, Evergreen Africa has helped prevent cholera […]
Our thanks to Berkhamsted Citizens Association for this news item. Alert, all dog owners and walkers! A Dacorum-wide restriction we reported on last year came into force in July and applies to all play areas, fenced and unfenced, in the Borough. It has the benevolent intention to restrict all dog access to play areas but, […]
More than 300 rarely seen objects spanning two millennia to be revealed in new, permanent gallery at Waddesdon. From a 1st-century cameo of Augustus Caesar’s grandson, to a microscope used by entomologist and flea expert Charles Rothschild, via jewellery given as presents from Queen Victoria, to objects bearing Nazi inventory numbers, gold boxes, silver and […]
Our thanks to Berkhamsted Citizens Association for this news item. It seems a long time since we gave the Environment Award for 2019 in March. Once more there was no plaque awarded, but a certificate of Commendation went to each of: 5A Castle Hill: remodelling and environmental upgrade – awarded to John Minshull, (architect), Phil […]
On Friday 21 June Frogmore Paper Mill was presented with the 2019 Engineering Heritage Award by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. This prestigious award recognises the significance of Frogmore as the site of the world’s first mechanical paper making machine installed in 1803. The Fourdrinier Paper Machine was invented by Louis Robert and perfected by […]