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Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies is the specialist centre for the discovery of Hertfordshire's heritage from 1060 to the present day.
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Visiting us soon? Do take a look at our free fascinating exhibition 'Treasures of the Archives' located in the foyer. Do let us know which one is your favourite treasure!
#ArchiveTreasures #LoveYourArchives
This beautifully illustrated design for Mr Heddons Threshing machine caught our eye. Horses would have been fixed to the arms shown by the letter B on the design.
#EYANature #Agriculture
For today's #MapMonday we have this 1797 map of Amwell, showing the course of the river (66856). As ever, we love the details and drawings on these older maps!
#OTD in 1908 St Albans City Football Club was formed. They played at Clarence Park, but had to pay one guinea for the use of the dressing rooms
St Albans City FC
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One for those who are folk music fans. A poster from 1983 for 'Three Faces of Folk' spread over three occasions at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage. You could have seen Tom Paxton, The Albion Band and The Yetties!
#FolkMusic #Stevenage
On Monday 17th January 1881 a period of extremely cold weather hit Hertfordshire, with a large snowstorm causing havoc. Read more about the impact this cold weather had in communities in Hertford here: ourhertfordandware.org.uk/content/places…
#ExtremeWeather #Weather #Hertford #DeepFreeze
This photo is from the Watford Carnival of 1935 and shows a man wheeling the 18th Century Watford Parish Fire Engine, a world removed from the fire engines of today (ref: Acc 1236). It looks quite cumbersome to transport in an emergency
#FireService #FireEngines
Looking for a free activity for the Easter break? Use your detective skills to solve puzzles in our Archive Adventure Trail. Drop in, today between 10am - 4pm, no need to book
#ExploreYourArchive
Two new books are available in our Bookshop: Gallows Hill Life and Legend by Hertford Oral History Society and High Wych History in Pictures by Theo van de Bilt. Available to buy instore or online:
hertfordshirearchives.org.uk/product/gallow… and hertfordshirearchives.org.uk/product/high-w…
#Bookshop #LocalHistory
We've been busy adding catalogue description for some of our older documents and we came across this Latin grant which has gorgeous handwriting.
The grant is for the Manor of Lynley (known as Lilley today) dated 27 Jul 1476 (Ref: 36941).
#Calligraphy #Handwriting #LatinDocument
A selection of the fabulous new books in our Local Studies Library. Do check out our display of new books when you next visit!
#NationalLibrariesWorkersDay #LoveYourLibrary
For #MapMonday we have this delightful 1928 map showing parts of Hertfordshire produced by the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company who provided electricity to the parts of London, Hertfordshire and Essex, from 1907 until 1948.
#ElectricitySupply #Utilities #Maps