Hoddesdon Town Football Club

HODDESDON TOWN F.C., founded on 14th April 1879, is the third oldest Club in Hertfordshire, beaten in age only by Bishop’s Stortford F.C., founded in 1874, and Royston Town F.C. in 1875. Along with...

Open for Business

Nov 3rd, 2009

Hoddesdon Sorting Office It was “back to work” with a difference for Hoddesdon...

Hoddesdon Brewery

Oct 26th, 2009

Of late years one of the most important industries of the town has been the brewery of Messrs....

Broxbourne Civic Hall

Oct 1st, 2009

If you were asked where you could find a venue which hosts world class comedy shows, blockbuster...

Cinderella Pantomime, Broxbourne

Oct 1st, 2009

With the help of Buttons and Fairy Godmother, no matter what tricks her Ugly Sisters may try,...

Hoddesdon

Hoddesdon Town Football Club

Feb 7th, 2010

HODDESDON TOWN F.C., founded on 14th April 1879, is the third oldest Club in Hertfordshire, beaten in age only by Bishop’s Stortford F.C., founded in 1874, and Royston Town F.C. in 1875....

Broxbourne Mill Restoration

Jan 5th, 2010

In February and March, the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) carried out the first phase of the latest project to conserve the remains of the Mill and ensure ‘that it continues to...

Cheshunt Grammar School

Sep 20th, 2009

The County School was built in Windmill Lane in 1935 and became the first grammar school in our district, changing its name over the years to Cheshunt Modern School, Cheshunt Grammar School,...

Goffs Oak Windmill

Jan 12th, 2010

Environmentally-friendly energy sources are much in the news; but Goffs Oak had it’s own windmill about 145 years ago! It stood at the eastern edge of ‘The Crest’ and could...

The Queen’s Head, Wormley

Jan 12th, 2010

The Queen's Head By the mid-eighteenth century when stage-coaches were running regularly, the trade of the wayside taverns in Wormley must have been one of the principal industries of the...

Queen Eleanor Memorial

Jan 12th, 2010

The Eleanor Cross c1900 following the second restoration of 1887-89. Perhaps the most striking relic of medieval times in our district is the Queen Eleanor memorial at Waltham Cross....

Picture Past

Sep 3rd, 2009

Picture Past Exhibition Picture Past Exhibition at Lowewood Museum 7 November – 27 February 2010 A box of old photographs with hundreds of negatives where discovered in 2006 by Adam Bigg...

The V-1 Flying Bomb

Jan 19th, 2010

The V-1 flying bomb was a terrifying weapon which the Germans used against Britain during WW II. Unlike other bombs which were dropped from planes, the V-1 bomb had an engine which allowed it...

The V-1 Flying Bomb

The V-1 flying bomb was a terrifying weapon which the Germans used against Britain during WW II. Unlike other bombs which were dropped from planes, the V-1 bomb had an engine which allowed it to “fly”...