http://www.lowewood.com Your guide to local history, news and events in the Borough of Broxbourne Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:00:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/rye-house-generating-station http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/rye-house-generating-station#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:41:54 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=2610 The old Rye House Generating Station was officially opened on July 22nd 1954 by the Hon. David Bowes-Lyon, Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. The Station was designed and engineered by the North Metropolitan Power Station Company Ltd, with Sir Giles Gilbert Scott advising upon the architectural design. Under the Electricity Act, 1947, the Station became the responsibility of [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/rye-house-generating-station/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/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 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/open-for-business http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/open-for-business#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:50:23 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=26 It was “back to work” with a difference for Hoddesdon postmen and drivers, on September 14th 1964; for on that day the spacious new building housing the G.P.O. Sorting and Postmen’s Delivery Office in Conduit Lane opened for business. The new sorting office has an area of 3,280 square feet, being well over three times the [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/open-for-business/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/broxbourne-civic-hall http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/broxbourne-civic-hall#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:03:12 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1907 If you were asked where you could find a venue which hosts world class comedy shows, blockbuster movies, dazzling theatrical performances and talks with some of the country’s top authors and athletes, where would you suggest? Wembley Arena perhaps, or the 02? Throw into the mix a host of enchanting shows for children, regular fayres and [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/broxbourne-civic-hall/feed 1 http://www.lowewood.com/news/presenter-required http://www.lowewood.com/news/presenter-required#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:08:08 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=532 http://www.lowewood.com/news/presenter-required/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/the-spinning-wheel-hoddesdon http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/the-spinning-wheel-hoddesdon#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:26:45 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1065 The Spinning Wheel is a grade II listed building, and when first built in 1849, it was called the Italian Cottage, having a northern Italian and Swiss influence to its architecture. With its deep bracketed eaves and gabbles it is without doubt a lovely building an a rare example of what is known as a [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/hoddesdon/the-spinning-wheel-hoddesdon/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/news/cctv-scheme-for-hoddesdon http://www.lowewood.com/news/cctv-scheme-for-hoddesdon#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:51:11 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1723 Broxbourne Council have agreed to evaluate the evidence, costings and potential level of financial support from retailers and other interested parties for the installation of a monitored CCTV camera system in Hoddesdon town centre. There are town centre CCTV systems in both Waltham Cross town centre and the Cheshunt Old Pond area.  These town centres had [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/news/cctv-scheme-for-hoddesdon/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/exhibitions/picture-past http://www.lowewood.com/exhibitions/picture-past#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:06:54 +0000 admin http://www.lowewood.com/?p=1716 Picture Past Exhibition at Lowewood Museum 7 November – 27 February 2010 Please note that this exhibition has now ended A box of old photographs with hundreds of negatives where discovered in 2006 by Adam Bigg as he was sorting out books in the house of his late Grandfather Maurice Swansborough. Many of the negatives where in [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/exhibitions/picture-past/feed 1