Local history and heritage projects
de Havilland Airfield Community Heritage Project
Celebrate the cultural, social and economic heritage of the former airfield and the thousands of people who worked there....
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History of the University of Hertfordshire
The University has been a central part of the local community for more than 60 years, the celebration offered a perfect opportunity to look back and see how far...
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New Towns
In exploring the histories and heritage of new towns, this project draws on expertise in town planning, creative arts and the humanities....
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Oral Histories
The Heritage Hub has a vast oral history archive and ongoing oral history projects....
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Patterning Hitchin Lives
Patterning Hitchin Lives is a community project bringing different generations together to capture the meaning of clothing through oral histories and creative w...
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History of Public Health in Hertfordshire
Researchers from the University of Hertfordshire are working with the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit in Southampton to carry out an oral history project on th...
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Airfields
London Colney airfield, which is now a cornfield, was located between the old Shenley Hospital and current Harperbury Hospital sites, north of Shenley village....
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Luton Hats
In partnership with Luton Museum, Dr Jennifer Young and the University of Hertfordshire's creative writing students are using the Museum's hat collection to dev...
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Smallford Station & Alban Way Heritage Society
The Hatfield to St Albans Railway Line opened in October 1865 and finally closed in 1968....
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