http://www.lowewood.com Your guide to local history, news and events in the Borough of Broxbourne Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:12:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/hoddesdon-town-football-club http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/hoddesdon-town-football-club#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:50:45 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1817 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 Bishop’s Stortford F.C., St. Alban’s F.C. (not the City Club) and Watford Rovers F.C., Hoddesdon were co-founders of the Herts. F.A. [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/hoddesdon-town-football-club/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/local/leisure/rave-on-a-tribute-to-buddy-holly http://www.lowewood.com/local/leisure/rave-on-a-tribute-to-buddy-holly#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:00:31 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=2535 Rave On brings you songs from ‘Blue Days’ to ‘True Love Ways’. Marc Robinson founder member of ‘Rockin’ on Heavens Door, alongside the Counterfeit Crickets gives you an accurate performance of Buddy Holly and a celebration of his music. His attention to detail with attire will have you believing that you are back in a [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/local/leisure/rave-on-a-tribute-to-buddy-holly/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/learning/worldwar2/the-v-1-flying-bomb http://www.lowewood.com/learning/worldwar2/the-v-1-flying-bomb#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:18:18 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=2332 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” from where it was launched.  The bomb was very powerful and caused a lot of death and destruction to [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/learning/worldwar2/the-v-1-flying-bomb/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/news/the-history-of-market-gardening-in-the-lea-valley http://www.lowewood.com/news/the-history-of-market-gardening-in-the-lea-valley#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:40:03 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=2431 Harris Digital Productions in association with Lowewood Museum is producing a film about the history of the Lea Valley Nursery Industry. A dedicated website has now been set-up where you can follow the production and learn about the history of market gardening in the Lea Valley. The programme features archive film footage (from our film archive) of Rochfords at Turnford which includes interviews [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/news/the-history-of-market-gardening-in-the-lea-valley/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-queens-head http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-queens-head#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:35:25 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=303 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 village. From the Court Rolls of the manor we find that from 1742 the Manorial Courts were held at the Queen’s Head, which formed part of the Wormley Bury [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/wormley/the-queens-head/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/walthamcross/queen-eleanor-memorial http://www.lowewood.com/walthamcross/queen-eleanor-memorial#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:13:22 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=271 Perhaps the most striking relic of medieval times in our district is the Queen Eleanor memorial at Waltham Cross. It is one of twelve which were built by Edward I to mark the resting places of the funeral cortege of his consort on its way from Harby, in Lincolnshire, to London. Eleanor died at Harby [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/walthamcross/queen-eleanor-memorial/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/goffs-oak-windmill http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/goffs-oak-windmill#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:31:20 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=206 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 be easily seen from Newgatestreet Road. In 1800 there were 28 windmills in Hertfordshire, but only 16 by the time the Goffs Oak mill was built. [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/goffs-oak-windmill/feed 1 http://www.lowewood.com/news/mill-restoration http://www.lowewood.com/news/mill-restoration#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:58:06 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1020 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 stand as a window into a bygone age.  The plan of work to be done was set out on a display board [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/news/mill-restoration/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/news/local-news http://www.lowewood.com/news/local-news#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:31:44 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=682 http://www.lowewood.com/news/local-news/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/news/writer-and-presenter-required http://www.lowewood.com/news/writer-and-presenter-required#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:50:42 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=2524 We are currently looking for a writer to provide articles for our website and an additional on-screen presenter for a series of DVD/online history programmes. Writer In addition to general history articles, we are looking for a writer to expand our World War 2 learning section and develop our new Victorian section. In the first instance, please email us [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/news/writer-and-presenter-required/feed 0