A fascinating view of life 60 years ago – A Day in the Life of a Hertfordshire Mercury Reporter
- can present problems, sometimes
The Army Mutiny at Corkbush/Cockbush Field - 15th November 1647
Looking through some old photographs at Hertford Local Studies Library, my attention was caught by an old railway photograph. Closer ...
This article appeared in the Hertfordshire Mercury, 18th November, 2010, in the ’10 YEARS AGO’ section. The author of the first complete ...
A grand tomb following a tragic accident
The story of Hertford Cricket Club
Diary of his mayoralty of Hertford
By Peter Ruffles, Jean Purkis & Stephen Jeffery-Poulter
At the beginning of the 19th century there were numerous yards in Hertford, many of which provided crowded and unsanitary homes ...
I remember how enthusiastically we all dressed up for one of our Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies Open Days. For ...
From Wareside Parish Magazine in 1966
An incident in the life of a waretime schoolboy
From an anonymous account
Ware is a town steeped in history with many memories and secrets to share if you look hard enough! The ...
Chaseside Engineering Company 1959-62
Hertford is a town with a proud brewing tradition. McMullens have been brewing since 1827, and are well known throughout ...
This is the ‘behind the scenes’ view of the day the Peace Pole was ‘planted’ in the Quaker Garden. It ...
This petition was sent by Hertfordshire freeholders to William Hale, High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, calling for a county meeting to petition Parliament ...
The sad demise of a Council 'employee'
It is a truth universally acknowledged (well, maybe …) that Jane Austen was clearly quite familiar with Hertfordshire and used ...
A scrapbook of Ware Road, Hertford and its environs
This memorandum, dated 31 December 1768 was found in Hertford Borough Records. It reads: ‘The Corporation Seal was put to a ...
In 1882 the signals, and possibly some of the points, at Ware were operated from an outdoor frame near Viaduct ...
