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2016

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08-Jun-13 Figg's chemist (recent photo) Figg 1300 Claire Lloyd Click here

22-Feb-16 Lane's Nurseries 1777 Lane's Click here

03-Jul-13 Peruke maker Richard Bone 1791 Peruke Click here

24-Nov-14 Boys shouldn't be straw plaiting Bridgewater 1800s Plaiting Click here

26-Jun-13 Straw plaiting using straw splitter 1813 Straw splitter Click here

26-Jun-16 Goods for local estates Jas Wood 1829 Wood & Son Click here

16-Nov-17 Market House attacked Nash 1832 Wedding 19c Click here

20-Aug-18 Thorp's lemonade powder 1834 Jones chemist Click here

24-Jun-13 Hard cheese a local speciality 1835 Click here

20-Jan-18 Hard cheese #CheeseLoversDay Nash 1835 High Street Click here

11-Jul-13 Wake up and smell the roses Lane 1841 Rose Click here

24-May-17 Chelsea Flower Show and roses Lane 1841 Lane & Son Click here

16-Feb-14 Sinkholes of a different kind Sir Egerton 1843 Click here

16-May-14 Timber yard by canal 1850s? Riser lock Click here

09-Jul-16 Bakery opposite Town Hall William Sear 1851 Sear baker Click here

04-Apr-19 Wooden it be nice John Sills 1851 Sills' yard Click here

16-Feb-17 William Key & Canadian contacts William Key 1854 Castle St Click here

25-Apr-17 Market House 1583-1854 1854 Market house Click here

14-Oct-14 Curtis & Ulrich William Curtis 1861 Inv header Click here

11-Nov-17 Cheeld's Tea & Coffee Dealer P Birtchnell c.1863 Cheeld's Click here

13-Feb-16 Cover photo changed to High St 1865-85 High Street Click here

16-Jul-13 Hazell's fat hogs William Hazell 1867 Click here

27-Nov-13 Power of advertising 1867 Census Click here

09-Sep-13 Dead dogs convert into manure 1868 Click here

20-Nov-14 Work at Ashridge Earl Brownlow 1868 Click here

03-Jul-19 Freaks of a cow C Tompkins 1868 Pethybridge Click here

24-Jun-15 Guns manuf. in Berkhamsted EM Mowday 1869 Click here

03-Sep-17 Hertfordshire dialect P Birtchnell 1869 Cooperses Click here

25-Nov-15 Alternative medicines at Cheeld's Cheeld & Co 1870 Cheelds ad Click here

29-Nov-13 A butcher's excited ox Ashby 1874 Click here

23-Aug-13 Royal Botanic exhibit bananas FQ Lane 1875 Click here

20-Jan-17 Golden cheese with American ring Cheeld & Co 1875 High Street Click here

28-May-14 Hazards of sheep dip Cooper 1877 Click here

03-Jan-17 Brewers talk of temperance 1878 Locke & Smith Click here

22-Feb-15 Confectioner / tobacconist WP Mayo 1880 W P Mayo Click here

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10-Oct-13 Co-operative Society 1884 Co-op Click here

23-Dec-14 Fat hogs and porkers for sale Tompkins 1884 Click here

30-Nov-16 Provisions from Locke & Smith 1885 Lock & Smith Click here

15-Apr-14 J W Wood music warehouse J W Wood 1886 Wood shop Click here

25-May-14 Coffee & Eating House P Birtchnell 1887 Click here

16-Jan-14 Fire at the basket maker's J Richardson 1888 Click here

06-Sep-15 Bull in a chemist's shop C Tompkins 1888 Regal 1950s Click here

23-Feb-16 Muffin man in Ellesmere Road Thomas Mead 1888 Click here

16-Nov-14 Lively ox bid for freedom C Tompkins 1889 Tompkins Click here

28-Nov-14 KA under new management Henry Kemp 1889 KA website Click here

27-Oct-16 New Co-op opens in Cowper Road 1889 Wheelbarrow Click here

01-Sep-17 Furze-cutting & dialect P Birtchnell 1889 Common Click here

11-Jul-13 Figgs chemist (photo in 1890) Figg 1890 Figg's chemist Click here

14-Jul-13 Graball Row 1890 Graball Row Click here

27-Jul-13 Halseys Cottage Castle Street Halsey 1890 Halsey's Click here

14-Aug-13 Bookstack shop 1890 Bookstack Click here

21-Aug-13 Pocock's Shoeing Forge O Pocock 1890 Pocock's Click here

28-Sep-15 Pocock's Forge 1890 Pocock's Click here

03-Nov-14 Coffee House closes Jones 1890 Click here

10-May-14 Stupples dairy J Stupples 1890s Stupples Click here

27-May-14 Saddler and harness maker Levi Newell 1890s Walklate's Click here

28-Oct-15 Accident at Sills' timber yard John Sills 1890s Sills' yard Click here

06-Apr-18 Arrangements for census G Loosley 1891 Stationers Click here

16-Jun-16 Flogging a dead horse Job East 1893 Easts Click here

28-Nov-13 Cooper's snooper 1894 Cooper's Dip Click here

23-Jan-17 Double decker bus in High Street Brandon's 1895 Outside Swan Click here

07-Sep-18 Co-operation in Berkhamsted 1896 Co-op Click here

06-Sep-13 Pike's shop (now Petals) David Pike 1897 Pike's shop Click here

16-Jan-14 Bellingdon bricks Jim Matthews 1897 H G Matthews Click here

08-Apr-14 Rawlins scholarship H G Rawlins 1897 Rawlins shop Click here

04-Jul-14 Timson's bakery (now Simmons) James Timson 1897 Timson's Click here

21-Apr-17 Tree felling with saw & wedge JT Newman 1898 Tree felling Click here

14-Jun-17 Annual sheep dipping at Cooper's JT Newman 1898 Sheep dipping Click here

24-Mar-14 Mail order sausages in 19c William Hazell 1900 Hazell's Click here

04-Jul-18 Flying the flags Rickett c1900 Rickett's Click here

22-Mar-15 Osbourn's Stores A Osbourn 1901 Osbourn's Click here

06-Oct-15 Clothier, Hatter, Hosier A H Sprigge 1901 A H Sprigge Click here

02-Aug-18 Sale of Shootersway Farm JT Newman 1902 Threshing Click here

31-Jan-19 Mantle making - new phase 1902 Mantle factory Click here

05-May-14 Grimsley the baker FA Grimsley 1903 Grimsley's Click here

13-Dec-14 Women's Total Abstinence Union 1903 Click here

28-Feb-16 Practical sympathy for fire loss King & 1903 George Street Click here

02-May-14 Centenary of Dickman's Alan Dickman c1903 Dickman's Click here

13-Jun-18 Crow scarer's song P Birtchnell 1903 Threshing Click here

12-Mar-14 Berkhamsted Gazette 1904 Click here

07-Jun-16 Gazette in Lower Kings Road E Needham 1904 Gazette office Click here

06-Dec-14 Kitsbury Cycle Works U'hill & Young 1905 Kitsbury Cycles Click here

27-Oct-17 Woodworking in Holliday Street John Sills 1905 Sills' yard Click here

20-Nov-18 Demise of woodenware industry 1905 Eddy Street Click here

06-Oct-14 Lane's fruit orchard Hallett & Lane 1906 Click here





















































29-Jan-18 Around town with W.H, Smith P Birtchnell 1906 W H Smith Click here

06-Apr-14 Nursery pomade for nits & vermin Henry Gibbs 1907 Gibbs' Click here

28-Mar-14 Berkhamsted colony in Rhodesia Cooper 1909 Click here

17-Apr-14 One of the first Estate Agents GB Tutt c1909 G.B. Tutt Click here

20-Sep-14 Fortune cookies from Scotland R McVitie 1910 Click here

10-Sep-14 Hattin the milliner takes a Henry Holliday 1911 A B Hattin's Click here

05-Mar-16 Hardware shop in High Street JH Harper 1911 J H Harper Click here

05-Apr-14 H E West Bootmaker dealer HE West c1911 H E West Click here

19-Aug-14 Ghost sign Livery Stables A C Meek c1911 A C Meek Click here

15-Sep-15 Osborn's opp Cowper Rd JT Osborn c1911 Osborn's Click here

10-Mar-14 Commuting to work at paper mill Dickensen 1913 Click here

08-Feb-16 Commuting to work at paper mill Dickensen 1914 Frogmore Click here

14-May-14 Dryfoot', Seal Products P Birtchnell 1913 PD Millen shop Click here

10-Feb-16 Benskins brewery stores 1913 Benskins Click here

16-Oct-13 Experiment in hours at factory Cooper 1914 Click here

22-May-14 Furniture dealership Seagrave et al 1914 C E Seagrave's Click here

12-Jan-15 Holliday Bros, Holliday Street J&G Holliday 1914 Holliday Bros Click here

21-Aug-15 Outlaw Family Butcher GK Outlaw 1914 Outlaw's Click here

11-Feb-16 Benskins and range of shops 1914 High Street Click here

09-Dec-16 Benskins Chilton & Meek 1914 Chilton & Co Click here

20-Jul-17 Whitbread off licence 1914 Whitbread's Click here

15-Mar-19 Lusitania tragedy Neville 1915 Rock House Click here

06-Aug-13 Kepstons Pulley works 1916 Pulley works Click here

01-Jun-15 Women on the land G Loosley 1916 Watercress Click here

11-Nov-14 International Stores rationing 1918 Int Stores Click here

10-Apr-14 Camp coffee at grocery store Redding 1920s F Redding's Click here

12-Apr-14 Fancy goods on Graball Row E C Breed 1920s Fancy goods Click here

24-Sep-15 Graball Row pre-Home & Colonial 1920s Graball Row Click here

18-May-17 Memories of Co-op horses Peter Miller 1920s Co-op van Click here

29-Oct-13 Let's demolish Graball Row 1922 Graball Row Click here

28-Jan-20 Dwight's Pheasantries 1922 Bird-men Click here

21-Apr-15 Corby, Palmer & Stewart 1926 Mantle factory Click here

23-Mar-17 Cyril Geary's boot shop 1930s C. Geary Click here

17-Jun-17 Callaghan's petrol pumps 1930s Callaghan's Click here

30-Jun-15 Coopers film Cooper 1934 Coopers film Click here

28-Sep-13 Grass grows on sheep E C Dickens 1935 Click here

30-Sep-15 George Pearce shop G Pearce 1935 G Pearce Click here

08-May-18 A very pretty May wedding Olliffe 1940 Mantle factory Click here

15-Aug-13 Fertilisers to improve the soil Cooper 1944 Cooper's ad Click here

10-Sep-16 Pranks at Clunbury Press Bill Bailey 1945 Foster's baker Click here

22-Jul-18 Wren marries pilot 1945 Co-op Click here

26-Jul-17 Factory girls' outings 1950s Mantle factory Click here

29-May-20 Busy Berkhamsted High Street 1950s High Street Click here

30-Jul-14 Beware the plait-men P Birtchnell 1952 Click here

11-May-18 Beware the plait-men P Birtchnell 1952 Plaiters Click here

04-Feb-20 Sharlands 1952 Sharlands Click here

17-Jan-18 View from Rising Sun pub 1955 Lower Works Click here

18-Jul-17 Bobby's Convenience Store P Birtchnell 1957 Bobby's Click here

08-Mar-16 Ivy-clad Homestead 1958 Homestead Click here

22-Nov-15 Derrick's Pork Butcher P Birtchnell 1960 Derrick's Click here





















































27-Nov-15 Tom Watson Bailey's, stationers P Birtchnell 1960 T W Bailey's Click here

02-Dec-15 Sainsbury, Sketchley, Dickman's P Birtchnell 1960 Sketchley Click here

11-Dec-15 Sharland's P Birtchnell 1960 Sharland's Click here

13-Dec-15 Mayo Tobacconist & Pike's P Birtchnell 1960 Mayo & Pike Click here

15-Dec-15 Wren's sports shop attractive P Birtchnell 1960 Wren's Click here

07-Jan-16 Police station & bank P Birtchnell 1960 Police station Click here

09-Jan-16 Barclays ex Rawlins's ironmonger P Birtchnell 1960 Barclays Click here

12-Jan-16 Bontors of Elm Grove P Birtchnell 1960 Elm Grove Click here

14-Jan-16 Bus queue by Westminster bank P Birtchnell 1960 Westminster Click here

19-Jan-16 T.S. Dean P Birtchnell 1960 T.S. Dean Click here

21-Jan-16 Co-operative Ladder P Birtchnell 1960 Coop Click here

24-Jan-16 Fancy dress ball P Birtchnell 1960 Coop Click here

26-Jan-16 Co-op gate now B Smart P Birtchnell 1960 Coop gate Click here

28-Jan-16 Looking back along High Street P Birtchnell 1960 Pethybridge Click here

03-Feb-16 The last of Percy's High St shots P Birtchnell 1960 Cowper Road Click here

15-Aug-16 Lost ephemera from Castle St Gill & Chilton 1960s Kathryn Click here

08-Jun-19 Southey's motorbikes P Birtchnell 1968 Southey's Click here

26-Sep-16 Street market old in 13c P Birtchnell 1969 Market Click here

11-Aug-13 Outspan car 1972 Outspan car Click here

30-Jan-16 Outspan car 1972 Beaulieu Click here

24-Apr-19 Piggies didn't go to market P Birtchnell 1974 Devil's Bridge Click here

23-Feb-18 Child labour at Lane's P Birtchnell 1977 Lane's Click here

19-Feb-18 Nostalgia for the backways P Birtchnell 1979 Back Lane Click here

31-Jan-14 Neil's in High Street ice 1980s High Street Click here

16-Nov-18 The Milky Way P Birtchnell 1981 Coop milk cart Click here

17-Mar-17 Khaki Tea House P Birtchnell 1982 Khaki Tea Click here

19-May-20 World Famous Cooper's Dip P Birtchnell 1982 Sheep dipping Click here

26-Oct-13 Home and Colonial sign P Birtchnell 1983 Home & Col Click here

17-Aug-13 Woolworth & Sketchley J Cook 1984 Woolworth Click here

02-Nov-14 Kittsbury Post Office A Bailey 1987 Post Office Click here

22-Jan-14 Coiffurery with a parrot J Cook 1990 Click here

13-May-17 A life's work - cockroach control! Dr Chadwick 1990 Roussel Uclaf Click here

05-Feb-14 Old Waitrose in High Street J Cook 1991 Click here

04-Apr-14 Butchers' old fashioned charm Eastwoods 1991 Click here

03-Apr-14 Berkhamsted butchers Tompkins 1996 Godden's Click here

13-Nov-15 Bookstack and Homestead Denham 1996 Bookstack Click here

03-Nov-17 Waitrose mural 1996 Waitrose mural Click here

18-Jun-20 William Cooper's first mill Len Roberts 1996 Cooper's Click here

12-Jun-13 Birtchnells shop collapses P Birtchnell 2011 Birtchnell's Click here

26-Oct-19 Shakti News to close in Dec 2019 Bailey's Click here

16-Mar-20 Clintons closing 2020 Decor8 Click here

24-Dec-14 Larder robbery deprives M.P. TP Halsey 1849 Click here

08-Dec-13 Pop! goes the rabbit 1865 Click here

21-Dec-17 British Schools break up 1867 Park View Click here

24-Dec-13 Christmas display of pork Tompkins &c 1869 Click here

25-Dec-16 Christmas penny readings 1873 Click here

19-Dec-14 Christmas fare 1875 Click here

03-Jan-14 The power of gossip P Birtchnell 1875 Click here

24-Dec-16 Christmas treat at infant's school 1875 Baptist church Click here

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27-Dec-13 Icy Christmas 1878 Click here

01-Jan-17 New Year's Day thanksgiving 1878 Congregational Click here

18-Dec-18 A slippery slope, Gravel Path 1879 Ravens Lane Click here

25-Dec-13 Christmas Holidays trains & bands 1881 Click here

27-Dec-14 Christmas at Union workhouse 1881 Click here

28-Dec-14 The festive season 1883 Click here

18-Dec-13 Excellent display of meat Cheeld 1884 Click here

24-Dec-15 White Christmas unlikely this year 1884 Court House Click here

23-Dec-17 Christmas fare 1884 West Herts Click here

22-Dec-15 Christmas fat stock sale JR Timson 1885 Market Click here

16-Dec-13 Christmas Bourne's Day 1886 Click here

08-Dec-15 Bourne's special day Bourne 1886 Nat. Prov Click here

28-Dec-13 Sleigh bells ring Willmore 1887 Sleigh Click here

01-Jan-14 New Year benificence Curtis et al 1887 Click here

05-Jan-16 Ice skating on Brickhill Green 1887 Brickhill Click here

26-Dec-16 Christmas holidays 1887 Haresfoot Click here

27-Dec-16 Skating at Startop End 1887 Wilstone Click here

31-Dec-16 Christmas at Ashridge Brownlow 1887 Waiting room Click here

24-Dec-17 Christmas Eve party 1887 Cow Roast Click here

20-Dec-19 Christmas not happy in all homes P Birtchnell 1887 Brewery Click here

23-Dec-19 The holly and the ivy 1888 Monument Click here

13-Mar-15 Measles delays Christmas 1889 Click here

19-Dec-13 Praying for a White Christmas P Birtchnell 1890 Click here

12-Dec-17 Praying for a White Christmas P Birtchnell 1890 Gossoms End Click here

16-Dec-16 Pocock's forge inside 1890 Pocock's Click here

03-Jan-19 Skating galas on canal & moat P Birtchnell 1890s Skating galas Click here

23-Dec-13 Christmas day in the workhouse 1892 workhouses Click here

27-Dec-15 Christmas at the Parish Church Rev Johnson 1892 St Peter's Click here

27-Dec-16 Christmas wedding 1894 Turner pic Click here

25-Dec-13 Skating on canal and castle moats 1895 Castle moat Click here

20-Dec-13 Christmas decorations 1896 Click here

27-Dec-17 Christmas Day at workhouse 1897 Dietary Click here

22-Dec-16 The Christmas Goose JT Newman 1898 Geese Click here

14-Dec-18 Is this Marlin Chapel Farm? JT Newman 1898 Turkeys Click here

18-Dec-16 Ideal Christmas gift 1900 Cooper's Dip Click here

17-Dec-14 Pre-Christmas entertainments Rev A Clegg 1902 Click here

16-Dec-14 De Fraine's bazaar De Fraine 1906 Click here

16-Dec-17 I have to go shopping now De Fraine 1906 Lady shopping Click here

05-Jan-20 Hertfordshire foxhounds 1906 Herts hunt Click here

03-Jan-16 Christmas at the workhouse Chorley 1907 Workhouse Click here

02-Jan-14 Inspector Peck suspects fowl play Inspector Peck 1908 Click here

27-Dec-19 Scarlet Pierrots at Workhouse 1909 Pierrots Click here

31-Dec-17 New Year at Berkhamsted Hall Halsey / Curtis 1910 The Hall Click here

19-Dec-15 Postmen in snow in High Street 1911 Postmen Click here

19-Dec-17 Christmas by candlelight 1915 All Saints Click here

03-Jan-20 Frozen Grand Junction Canal J T Newman 1919 Ice breaker Click here

22-Dec-14 Xmas Greetings card 1930 P H Lane? Click here

28-Dec-15 Children's ball for West Herts 1933 Fancy dress Click here

20-Dec-13 Christmas at Foundling hospital 1935 Nativity Click here

28-Dec-18 Festivities in 1940 1940 Statues Click here





















































27-Dec-14 Christmas tree at the Rex 1940s? Rex foyer Click here

01-Jan-16 Happy First Peace New Year 1945 New Year Click here

26-Dec-15 Boxing Day dance advertisement 1946 Dance ad Click here

20-Dec-14 Scholars in Christmas scenes Andrews 1949 Click here

08-Jan-50 Changes in Mill Street P Birtchnell 1950 Click here

17-Dec-17 Bygone shopkeepers P Birtchnell 1957 Graball Row Click here

20-Dec-16 Merry Christmas lights P Birtchnell 1965 Lights Click here

23-Dec-16 Xmas gifts for all 1960s Lower Kings Click here

20-Dec-18 Christmas at Rossway P Birtchnell 1972 Rossway Click here

27-Dec-18 Victorian soup kitchens P Birtchnell 1972 Castle lodge Click here

30-Dec-18 Post-Christmas festivities P Birtchnell 1972 Ravens Lane Click here

01-Jan-19 Happy New Year Temperance P Birtchnell 1972 Goss Bros Click here

16-Dec-18 Time for Christmas cards P Birtchnell 1975 Court House Click here

25-Dec-19 Clunbury Cottrell Press P Birtchnell 1976 Bill Bailey card Click here

29-Dec-17 Bill Bailey's ice breaker on canal 1980 Ice breaker Click here

31-Dec-19 Under the old yew tree P Birtchnell 1980 Yew tree Click here

23-Dec-18 Tudor feast at Harry Dancer's P Birtchnell 1982 Tudor house Click here

17-Dec-19 A Christmas Recipe P Birtchnell 1982 Xmas cake Click here

22-Dec-18 Midnight march P Birtchnell 1983 St Peter's Band Click here

29-Dec-19 Looking back at 1983 P Birtchnell 1983 Town Hall Click here

25-Dec-17 Harry Sheldon's Christmas card 1996 Xmas card Click here

25-Dec-14 Merry Christmas from BLH&MS 2014 Father Xmas Click here

25-Dec-18 Merry Christmas from BLH&MS George sear 2018 Xmas card Click here

25-Aug-13 St Johns Well Lane 1216 Hemel Today Click here

10-Jul-13 Head tucked underneath me arm Henry Berk'd 1370 Tomb Click here

18-Aug-14 Odd name 'What you please' P Birtchnell 1632 Click here

04-Aug-19 First Sunday school P Birtchnell 1789 Baptist church Click here

13-Mar-16 Medieval triangle from the air 1838 St Peter's Click here

15-Nov-13 Mysterious disappearance Rev D Jenks 1839 Click here

18-Jan-14 New finger organ at St Peter's 1849 Click here

13-Oct-16 New prospect Wesleyan Chapel 1855 Wesleyan Click here

01-Apr-18 Abraham's snack at the chapel 1864 Baptist chapel Click here

19-Jul-20 Baptist church opening P Birtchnell 1865 Baptist church Click here

04-Oct-13 Congregationalists' quarrel Rev Snell 1869 Click here

06-Nov-13 Plymouth Brethren 1869 Click here

31-Dec-15 New Year's Day concert 1869 Congregational Click here

27-Aug-17 Choirboys' cake P Birtchnell 1870 To the zoo Click here

04-Apr-15 Holy week in Berkhampstead W Butterfield 1871 St Peters Click here

06-May-18 Let there be light W Cooper 1873 St Peters Click here

06-Apr-15 Easter lecture Rev W Rowe 1875 Click here

06-Apr-14 Sunday's church 1878 Click here

15-Apr-17 Kindly feeling in the parish 1879 High Street Click here

25-May-14 C of E Temperance Society 1880 Click here

08-Oct-17 Harvest Thanksgiving Services 1880 Interior Click here

19-Apr-14 Easter festival 1881 Click here

30-Dec-15 St Peter's chancel restoration JW Cobb 1884 JW Cobb Click here

01-Jan-15 New Year's Day 1885 Click here

26-Mar-17 New chapels 1886 Sunnyside Click here

21-Apr-14 Easter Holidays 1887 Click here

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27-Mar-16 Easter at Sunnyside church 1887 St Michael's Click here

28-May-17 Queen Victoria's 68th birthday 1887 St Peter's Click here

28-Jul-19 Primitive Methodist treat 1888 Castle moat Click here

19-Apr-19 Easter Vestry at St Peter's 1889 St Peter's Click here

19-Feb-16 Baptist bazaar in Town Hall 1890 Baptist chapel Click here

01-Jan-14 Feeding the unemployed 1891 Primitive Meth Click here

14-Oct-16 Harvest Thanksgiving at St Peter's 1891 St Peter's Click here

09-Apr-17 Reredos at St John's Broadway 1891 Broadway Click here

05-Apr-15 Over much music in High Street 1892 Click here

27-Jul-14 Wesleyan Sunday school treat 1893 Click here

21-Dec-14 Pleasant Sunday Afternoon 1895 Click here

24-Mar-16 Easter holidays 1895 Town Hall Click here

09-Sep-14 Rectory Lane cemetery 1896 Click here

15-Oct-14 Harvest Festival at Parish Church 1897 Click here

27-Apr-15 I give you my heart 1900 Click here

22-Sep-19 Good old days of harvest home P Birtchnell 1900 Harvesting Click here

28-Oct-13 Curate's egg 1902 Click here

31-Jul-13 Beating the bounds 1903 BLH&MS Click here

20-Apr-14 Easter Sunday 1904 Click here

16-Oct-18 Harvest festivals at churches JT Newman 1905 Click here

14-Aug-18 Baptist church wedding Rodwell 1906 Baptist church Click here

03-Apr-15 Easter services at parish church Rev Evans 1907 Click here

07-Apr-19 Sunnyside first church 1908 Sunnyside Click here

24-May-20 Church Lads' Brigade 1914 High St march Click here

26-Oct-13 Bewigged Rector 1915 Click here

10-Sep-17 Glimpse of Cowper's Rectory P Birtchnell 1947 Rectory Click here

29-Jul-18 Whistling weathercock P Birtchnell 1947 Weathercock Click here

31-Mar-19 Happy Mothering Sunday 1950 All Saints Click here

22-Apr-18 Sunday morning church bells P Birtchnell 1961 Friends St Peter Click here

07-Jul-16 Berkhamsted's Secret Tunnels P Birtchnell 1965 St Peter's Click here

13-May-18 The sunny side of town P Birtchnell 1969 Sunnyside Click here

03-Apr-20 Narrow view P Birtchnell 1975 St Peter's Click here

26-Jan-18 Northchurch nonsense P Birtchnell 1976 St Mary's Click here

19-Oct-13 Fire and brimstone preaching Brownlow 1977 Click here

22-Jan-14 Out of sight P Birtchnell 1980 Click here

21-Apr-19 Memories of Sunday School P Birtchnell 1985 Monument Click here

02-Jan-16 Yew news, St Peter's churchyard J Cook 1990-1 Yew tree Click here

09-Jul-13 Market House stocks Henry Nash 1760 Click here

19-Jul-13 Curbing labourers perks TH Noyes 1767 Click here

20-Jul-13 Hanged dogs 1775 Click here

20-Jul-13 Duncombe lost spaniel A Duncombe 1775 Click here

22-Jun-13 Garrows Law & Berkhamsted George Pitt 1794 Click here

22-Jun-13 Summons of Bargemen John Rooper 1802 Canal Click here

06-Aug-13 Hanging of Snooks W Shakespear 1802 Austen London Click here

04-Jul-13 Theft by boatmen Thompson 1803 Canal Click here

17-Jun-13 Hogs and Asses 1806 Click here

29-Nov-17 Daring gang of horse thieves Bridgewater 1820 Bridgewater Click here

20-Jul-14 Who shot Benjamin Warren? Bridgewater 1836 Click here

22-Nov-13 Entrapment causes affray Pegg et al 1839 Click here

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16-Nov-13 Justices' justice Rev Mountain 1840 Click here

19-Jul-13 John Tawell execution John Tawell 1845 Bucks CC Click here

25-Jan-15 Tawell's victim - body exhumed John Tawell 1845 Click here

19-Mar-15 Conviction under Marriage Act Esther Field 1848 Click here

26-Nov-13 Crime in Berkhamsted 1850 Berk'd 1857 Click here

24-May-14 Tougher sentences for robbery Joseph Grover 1851 Click here

03-Jul-20 Fire on the common 1852 Common Click here

15-Sep-13 Navvy Jack and side-kick J Mallard 1854 Click here

07-Oct-13 Flunkey flees from fiance A Buckingham 1854 Click here

19-Jan-14 Impudent case of sheep stealing S Goodram 1856 Click here

10-Jan-14 Daft names for watch thieves T Dudley et al 1858 Click here

22-Apr-14 Destroying turnips R Hedges 1858 Click here

22-Oct-19 Recycling ginger beer bottles 1858 Manor Street Click here

04-Jan-17 New excuse for being drunk Thomas Mills 1860 Swan Hotel Click here

24-Aug-17 Case of velveteen jacket W Dell 1860 Black Horse Click here

15-Oct-13 Baronet at petty sessions G Bartrum 1862 Click here

12-Jan-14 Floyd's drawers filched E Duncombe 1863 Click here

18-Nov-13 Ratcatcher robbed of ferrets E Garment 1864 Click here

04-Jun-14 Charged as rogue & vagabond E Draper 1864 Click here

06-Jul-20 Idle lad steals waistcoat 1867 James Bowler Click here

06-May-14 A whiff of the past Wilmott 1868 Click here

26-May-15 Violent assault at the Billet Eastwood 1868 Crooked Billet Click here

27-May-15 More about the gipsy murder J Eastwood 1868 Click here

30-Jul-13 Stealing pigs head from Hazell's W Hazell 1870 Click here

16-Nov-15 Furious driving at Crooked Billet Capt Hamilton 1870 Billet Lane Click here

26-Aug-13 Police cases and education 1871 Click here

25-Apr-14 Daylight robbery Goodyear 1871 Click here

29-Oct-14 Spare the rod and spoil the child J Moss 1872 Click here

13-Nov-13 Fire on the common 1873 Click here

11-Apr-14 Friday's fish John Olliff 1873 Click here

06-Aug-14 Public rights on the Common J Norwood 1873 Click here

08-Dec-14 Raid on the lightweights Goodyear 1873 Click here

26-Mar-14 Lame excuse doesn't impress Charles Pipkin 1874 Click here

13-Jun-14 Don't mess with a mason 1874 Click here

27-Aug-13 Quacking down on nuisance Edward Filmer 1875 Click here

11-Aug-14 Bigamous baker CH Cresswell 1875 Click here

16-Aug-14 Drunken navvy at One Bell James Thorn 1875 One Bell Click here

09-Oct-14 Charge of cruelty to a donkey Eli Olliffe 1875 Click here

26-Nov-14 Dog napping case C Plato 1875 Click here

15-Feb-15 Chimney sweep's kiss T Fletcher 1875 Click here

17-May-14 Sad case of petty theft E & SA Hill 1877 Click here

22-May-16 Are cabbages bad for your Carpenter 1877 Workhouses Click here

24-Mar-15 No dog license for puppy 1878 Click here

20-Mar-17 Did Burnham set fire to Common? Burnham 1878 N'ch Common Click here

05-Aug-13 Stealing eggs from Dwights F Bedford 1879 Dwights Click here

15-Jun-18 Alfred Sear serving beer to drunks Eli Olliffe 1879 Brownlow Arms Click here

27-Apr-14 Eton v Harrow cricket match Johnson Dell 1880 Click here

15-Sep-14 Never play with matches East 1880 Click here

08-Jan-15 Singular behaviour at George Inn Morton 1881 Click here

14-Jun-15 Charge of stealing a gosling Thos Hicks 1881 Boat yard Click here





















































17-Jun-15 Repulsive looking tramp Maria Groom 1882 Click here

25-Mar-14 Scammer catches Mrs Batchelor Batchelor 1883 James Bowler Click here

14-Aug-13 Horse in a china shop Meek 1884 Click here

03-Jun-14 Kitsbury Swindler Tompkins et al 1884 Click here

17-Aug-14 One Bell landlord charged Vockins et al 1884 Click here

30-Nov-14 Birch for thieving in Kitsbury B Ratcliffe 1884 Click here

14-Dec-13 Troublesome apprentice JJ Meikle 1885 Click here

08-Sep-15 Night poaching Brownlow estate W How 1885 Keepers Click here

10-Dec-13 Drunk and potty Sarah Halsey 1887 Click here

08-Jan-14 Festive spirit lost in the J Delderfield 1887 Click here

18-Oct-14 Paltry charge - baking peel Penny 1887 Click here

23-Oct-14 A dishonest glutton Elkins, Lee 1887 Click here

05-Sep-17 Trail of oats convicts cow keeper Lewis Dixon 1887 Mogul tractor Click here

27-Dec-13 Salvation Army attacked Lt Hadden 1888 Click here

20-Jan-15 Love thy neighbour in Victoria Rd T Austin 1888 Click here

09-Dec-13 Pigging nuisance B Ratcliffe 1889 Click here

29-Nov-13 Wretched hatless, miserably clad Batchelor 1889 Click here

23-Sep-17 Wretched hatless, miserably clad Batchelor 1889 St George's Click here

03-Oct-13 Swindler Mark Brown 1890 Click here

03-Nov-14 Boot camp for boot boy Alfred Minter 1890 Click here

16-Nov-16 Aldbury walnuts E Thorogood 1890 Postcard Click here

10-Jun-14 Assault due to greenhouse fire Batchelor 1891 Newton's Click here

20-Jun-15 Co-op selling underweight coal Preston et al 1893 Co-op coalman Click here

16-Apr-16 Theft from a friend Duncombe 1894 Water Lane Click here

08-Nov-14 Short arms and long pockets? Wm Gower 1895 Click here

14-Nov-14 Black Horse pub landlord drunk Walter Morris 1895 Click here

17-Jan-14 Chewing gum H Lee 1896 Click here

05-Feb-17 James Snooks' grave JT Newman 1899 Snooks Click here

30-Nov-15 Misappropriation of funds Bullock 1900 Click here

13-Dec-13 Coronation riots Ald. Gray 1902 Watford Obs Click here

01-Apr-14 Tramp damages workhouse doors G Ellis et al 1903 Click here

30-Dec-14 Rag-and-bone man? AL Jeffs 1903 Click here

15-May-14 Remarkable attack on a boy MA Cutler 1904 Click here

21-Sep-14 Police trap in days before radar J Foster 1904 Click here

23-May-14 Family in-fighting G & J Dell 1906 Click here

17-Apr-17 Easter Monday row David Rance 1907 Bourne End Click here

05-Sep-14 Cinema manager stole the show 1912 Click here

19-May-14 Suffragettes fire wheat ricks 1913 Click here

28-Aug-14 Getting drunk makes you funnier? A Ludlow 1915 Click here

18-May-14 Horsemeat debate at end of WWI Edwin Young 1918 Click here

11-Apr-18 Could you buy a pony for £24? Edwin Young 1918 E Young's Click here

13-Nov-14 Fined when motoring to the races Walter Dwight 1918 Click here

22-Oct-14 Champneys masseur fined HJ Benetto 1926 Click here

10-Apr-20 Loveless marriages Bill Bailey 1930 George Street Click here

27-Aug-13 Gamekeeper shoots owl Dwight 1934 Click here

29-Jan-19 Can't be too careful in wartime 1940 Swing Gate Click here

11-Feb-14 Navvies behaving badly J Cook 1991 Click here

04-Dec-18 Anne Duchess of Bedford 1730 Anne Click here

22-Jun-13 Berkhamsted School ad Rev J Dupre 1792 B'sted school Click here

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10-Aug-13 School for scandal Thomas Dupre 1805 B'sted school Click here

23-Mar-14 Alfred Norris ed in Scilly Isles Aug Smith 1835 Click here

23-Aug-16 Parochial School of Industry Aug Smith 1835 Park View Rd Click here

02-Jul-13 School of industry 1836 Workhouse Click here

15-Aug-13 School for scandal continued Thomas Dupre 1839 Click here

10-Mar-16 Old field names P Birtchnell 1839 Ashlyns Click here

23-Jan-14 School boarding house Hawkins 1843 Click here

27-Mar-14 Wanted, little girls to educate Greedy 1858 Click here

01-Oct-14 Annual treat for harvest vacation Robinson et al 1866 Click here

08-Jun-14 Education, poverty, child labour Crew 1867 Click here

15-Apr-15 Court House used as school room 1872 Court House Click here

20-May-14 B'sted boy at Orphan School Alfred Sear 1873 Click here

04-Dec-13 Unwillingly to school HJ Coulter 1874 Click here

06-Jun-14 Old woman who lived in a shoe Puddefoot 1876 Click here

12-Apr-16 Sam Crew moves across the road Samuel Crew 1876 Elm House Click here

10-Jul-20 Board School pay grounds open 1876 Board School Click here

02-May-14 Great expectations for girls CS Hadden 1878 Click here

04-Sep-18 Unwillingly to school 1878 Crooked Billet Click here

19-Aug-16 Haggling over school places 1879 Chapel Street Click here

24-Aug-16 The way to a man's heart? 1879 Park View Click here

22-Sep-14 National Schools prize day 1880 Click here

11-Sep-13 A Board School? NIMBY! Loosley 1881 Herts Gen. Click here

06-May-14 Board School entertainment S & A King 1881 Click here

03-Jun-16 The Firs boarding school Sarah Dell 1881 The Firs Click here

24-Aug-14 The useful art of cooking 1882 Click here

18-Oct-19 Free scholarships scheme G Loosley 1884 Berk'd school Click here

12-Jun-15 Chapel Street school fire 1886 Click here

22-Mar-14 Prize distribution at Board School Aug Smith 1888 Click here

17-Jul-15 School holidays for foundlings 1888 Hosp dorm Click here

12-Nov-16 Tableaux vivant at Court House 1890 Court House Click here

16-Jul-18 Sale of plain and fancy work 1893 Potten End Click here

02-Apr-14 Orphans and foundlings 1894 Click here

04-Aug-20 Dr Fry laying foundation stone P Birtchnell 1894 Dr Fry Click here

26-Jan-17 Schoolgirls on stage JT Newman 1896 Haldane Click here

20-Aug-14 School treat - nuisance or delight? G Loosley 1898 Click here

02-Aug-13 Ups and downs of life (teachers) Earl Grey 1899 Click here

19-May-19 Unknown girls' school P Birtchnell 1900s School photo Click here

04-Nov-15 Opening of Girls' school Lord Peel 1902 Girls' school Click here

01-Mar-16 Opening of Victoria School 1905 Victoria School Click here

27-Nov-18 Nurse girl for under fives 1905 Dr Fry Click here

29-Aug-14 Gentle Montessori system E F Gentle 1915 Click here

07-Apr-17 Steam-driven generator for sale 1916 Berk'd school Click here

15-Apr-18 New headmaster at Berk'd School HLO Flecker 1927 HLO Flecker Click here

12-Apr-15 Sharing a governess at Haresfoot Blackwell 1931 Click here

09-Jun-16 Dickens visited Foundling Hospital Dickens 1932 Foundling girl Click here

17-Jun-13 Foundling Hospital foundation Prince Arthur 1933 Foundlings Click here

21-Oct-16 School House Greenes 1934 St John's Click here

29-Mar-17 Foundling Museum tweets 1934 Coat of arms Click here

02-May-16 Visit of Prince of Wales 1935 Edward VIII Click here

19-Jul-18 Prince of Wales speaks out 1935 Prince of Wales Click here





















































25-Jan-19 Victoria School house system Les Mitchell 1935 Victoria houses Click here

02-Dec-18 Call system from Foundling hosp c1935 Call system Click here

06-Feb-19 Diphtheria epidemic in school Les Mitchell 1936 Victoria School Click here

26-Jun-15 Girls' School Jubilee C F Mackenzie 1938 Girls' school Click here

20-Apr-20 Ashley Green school in WWII 1940 Ashley Green Click here

30-Nov-18 Cook at Foundling Hospital 1940s Unknown cook Click here

02-Oct-18 A Berkhamsted Benefactor P Birtchnell 1941 Bourne School Click here

09-Oct-13 Headmistress deplores jazz C F Mackenzie 1946 Click here

08-Sep-16 Mothers may visit babies 1948 Nursery class Click here

21-Jul-14 Berkhampstead School Sports Andrews, Eyre 1950 Click here

23-May-18 View from the cloisters 1958 Cloisters Click here

09-Oct-18 Early days of Berkhamsted School 1958 Gravel Quad Click here

11-Oct-18 Education of British Youth Dr Fry 1958 Deans' Hall Click here

01-May-14 Augustus Smith school HT Ponsonby 1970s Boy in stocks Click here

08-Jun-20 Chapel Street school P Birtchnell 1986 Chapel Street Click here

14-Feb-17 Valentine's Day castle 1337 Castle Click here

01-Jun-14 Whitsuntide Fair P Birtchnell 1819 Fair Poster Click here

23-Jul-13 Queen Victoria's marriage 1840 Click here

25-Jul-13 Mechanics Inst at Gardener's Henry Nash 1845 Gardener's Click here

28-Mar-16 A harmonious Easter 1851 B'sted School Click here

11-Nov-13 Hon. Mrs Finch wins prize Hon Finch 1853 Click here

10-Jan-18 Cooke's Hippodrome Sanger 1853 Sanger's circus Click here

08-May-14 Crystal Palace flower show S Lane 1860 Click here

02-Oct-15 Punch & Judy outside 'Waverley' 1860s Punch & Judy Click here

01-May-17 Away to the maypole hie 1862 May day Click here

02-Aug-13 Sophia & Annie at Town Hall Dundreary 1863 Dundreary Click here

07-Jul-14 Sanger's Hippodrome Sanger 1863 Sanger's circus Click here

13-May-15 King Edward's School outing Rev E Bartrum 1865 Monument Click here

26-Oct-14 Winter season at Mechanics' Rev E Bartrum 1867 Click here

31-Jan-14 Australian curiosities Mechanics' 1868 Mechanics' Click here

13-Sep-13 Penny entertainments 1869 Click here

30-Sep-13 Working Men's Club 1870 Click here

19-May-16 Berkhamsted common rights 1870 Common Click here

09-Apr-14 White cat at Black Horse S A Pocock 1871 Click here

08-Aug-18 International Cat Day S A Pocock 1871 Click here

04-Nov-17 Unlawful sale of fireworks Fred Young 1872 Firemen Click here

22-Feb-13 Workmen's holiday 1873 Click here

05-Nov-14 Guy Fawkes squibs & crackers 1873 Click here

14-Apr-14 Star Christy Minstrels 1874 Click here

18-Apr-14 Easter at the Monument 1874 Click here

11-May-15 Fun for mud larks 1875 Click here

14-Apr-17 Easter at the Monument 1875 Monument Click here

14-Feb-15 Happy Valentine's Day 1876 Click here

14-Feb-18 Happy Valentine's Day F Howard 1876 PO High Street Click here

05-Nov-15 Guy Fawkes at B'sted School 1876 Click here

05-Nov-16 Damp squib on fireworks night J Cheeld 1876 One Bell Click here

26-Jun-18 Summer bean feast 1877 Town Hall Click here

08-Sep-13 Campanologists 1878 sawlady Click here

06-Jul-14 Great Berkhampstead Moor 1878 Click here

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03-Aug-14 Odd Fellows Tug of War 1878 Click here

05-Jun-15 Bee exhibition Brownlow 1878 FOE Bees Click here

20-Aug-13 Our faces (physiognomy) Curzon 1879 Jane Austen's Click here

28-Jul-14 Temperance mtg at Potten End P Birtchnell 1880 Click here

26-Dec-14 Boxing Day celebrations 1880 Click here

16-Apr-14 Paper Chase Club 1881 Click here

28-Apr-14 Foresters' Friendly Society dinner Bullock et al 1881 W Burnham's Click here

13-Jan-15 It's the Basil Young show Basil Young 1881 Click here

12-Apr-20 Easter festival at Town Hall 1881 Gallery Click here

10-Apr-15 Westbrook Coffee House Dudley Ryder 1882 Click here

04-Apr-19 Target practice at Butts Meadow Cobb 1883 Butts Meadow Click here

17-Aug-13 Needlework contest Marian Alford 1884 Sampler Click here

27-Sep-13 Pitch and toss 1884 Click here

29-Sep-13 Cottage Garden Society Brown 1884 Click here

06-Jul-18 Temperance mtg blames ladies John Littleboy 1884 St George's Click here

04-May-14 Working Men's Club Athletics C Kingham 1885 Click here

23-Apr-15 Happy St George's Day D L Ginger 1885 St George's Click here

05-Jul-14 Butts Meadow Lucas 1886 Click here

14-Jun-14 Baptist choir & Chemicals factory Cooper 1886 Click here

17-Nov-13 Jubilee beacons 1887 Click here

08-Jul-14 More about Sanger's circus P Birtchnell 1887 Click here

25-May-15 Whit Monday festival 1887 Click here

24-Jul-13 Cottage Garden Society Halsey et al 1888 Click here

16-Jul-16 Recreational spaces 1888 Sack race Click here

12-Sep-13 Visit of the Shah of Persia P Birtchnell 1889 Shah of Persia Click here

31-Oct-16 Spooky reminiscences Halloween Henry Nash 1890 Tombstone Click here

01-Nov-14 Fireworks in October J Clack et al 1890 Click here

12-Aug-15 Glorious Twelfth grouse G F McCorq 1891 Click here

12-May-14 Bechuanaland curiosities JS Loosley 1893 Click here

20-Mar-15 Solar eclipse in Brazil 1893 Click here

19-Jul-16 Heatwave encourages cricket Isaac Evans 1893 Cricket team Click here

21-Jun-18 It's National Picnic Week 1893 Castle grounds Click here

13-Apr-14 Champneys Bazaar 1894 Click here

14-Aug-13 School holidays 1895 Click here

14-Dec-14 Octogenarian cobbler takes tea Thomas Hurst 1895 Click here

28-Mar-19 Haresfoot Ladies' Orchestra J T Newman 1895 Orchestra Click here

09-Oct-19 Monster mushrooms in Tring J T Newman 1895 Mushrooms Click here

14-Nov-16 Level playing field Butts Meadow L Lucas 1896 Butts Meadow Click here

03-Jul-14 Queen's Jubilee 1897 Jubilee Click here

19-Nov-14 Sunlight soap competition Arthur East 1897 Click here

09-May-15 Parkinson gas cooker demo E Sanderson 1897 Parkinson ad Click here

31-Oct-18 Happy Halloween <pumpkin> 1898 Rectory Lane Click here

02-Oct-16 Ashridge pheasant shooting Brownlows 1899 Ashridge Click here

06-Aug-18 Paddling pool JT Newman 1901 Village pond Click here

20-Mar-15 Happy gathering for parents 1902 Click here

09-Aug-15 Edward VII & Queen Alexandra 1902 Donkey cart Click here

17-Aug-15 Summer clothes and straw hats 1902 St Peter's Click here

20-Sep-14 Smoking concert & cricket match 1904 Click here

06-Nov-14 Bonfire at Dwights' Pheasantries 1904 Click here

01-Oct-13 Fanciers' Association 1905 Click here





















































16-Jul-14 Cycling Carnival 1905 Cycle Click here

27-Nov-14 Crocked footballer testimonial Henry Meager 1905 Click here

01-May-19 Northchurch School maypole c1905 Maypole Click here

04-Nov-18 Fireworks in the street Fred Geary 1908 Northchurch Click here

30-May-14 Church Lads' Brigade 1909 Click here

15-Sep-16 Picture Playhouse, then King's P Birtchnell 1912 Prince Edw St Click here

31-May-15 WI celebrating 100 years 1915 N'ch WI Click here

19-Apr-17 Gem picture hall Tring 1915 Gem ad Click here

06-Jul-13 Court theatre 1917 Court theatre Click here

18-Sep-17 Court theatre P Birtchnell 1917 Court theatre Click here

13-Aug-17 Berkhamsted Common fresh air Dr Steel 1918 Common Click here

08-Mar-20 International Women's Day P Birtchnell 1919 Peace Day Click here

19-Sep-16 Paid your wireless licence? 1924 Kingshill Click here

09-Apr-16 BOADs origin in Kiku No Chaya Roy Mathers 1926 BOADs prog Click here

27-Aug-19 August Bank Holiday 1929 Lee's float Click here

16-Aug-19 Pageant weather 1931 Boadicea Click here

17-Apr-15 P.G. Wodehouse at Court Theatre 1933 Court theatre Click here

06-May-16 George VI and Queen Elizabeth 1937 High Street Click here

02-Jan-14 Gala dance at King's Arms 1946 Dance ad Click here

09-Jul-15 Headmaster is good egg at BAODS CR Evers 1951 Court Theatre Click here

20-Apr-16 Queen's coronation party 1953 Holly Street Click here

22-Apr-16 Ox roast on canal fields T Tompkins 1953 Ox roast Click here

23-Apr-16 Coronation party Provident Place 1953 Provident Pl Click here

25-Apr-16 Hazel Road coronation party 1953 Hazel Road Click here

27-Apr-16 Bridge Street coronation party 1953 Bridge Street Click here

29-Apr-16 High Street coronation bunting 1953 High Street Click here

02-Jun-18 Town Hall coronation bunting 1953 Town Hall Click here

31-Oct-19 Happy Halloween Soldiers Bottom P Birtchnell 1956 Wigginton Click here

24-Mar-20 Berkhamsted Castle closed P Birtchnell 1965 Castle Click here

05-Nov-19 Three damp squibs 1957 Potten End Click here

04-Mar-18 Gee up Roc-o-long! P Birtchnell 1967 Roc-o-long Click here

11-Jul-15 Court Theatre site cleared 1969 Tesco site Click here

01-Oct-19 Dean Incent's coffee shop 1970 Dean Incent's Click here

24-Mar-19 Recipes for all P Birtchnell 1976 Dean Incent's Click here

01-May-20 May Day celebrations P Birtchnell 1984 Pocock's Forge Click here

21-Jan-14 Eyesore in the town - Rex cinema 1990 Rex cinema Click here

21-May-15 Berkhamsted castle / flowers J Cook 1990 Castle lodge Click here

25-Jul-13 Mechanics' Institute J Cook 2001 Mechanics' Click here

15-Dec-14 Santa's on his sleigh Ken Sherwood 2009 Santa on sleigh Click here

05-Jul-14 Programme of events BLH&MS 2014 Castle website Click here

01-Dec-16 Battlefields Trust siege event 2016 Castle website Click here

31-Mar-14 Faking sickness for a living 1835 Click here

21-Nov-13 Gutta percha fungus 1857 Click here

20-Feb-13 Sub for potatoes - peas meal 1860 Click here

14-Mar-14 Novel case of nuisance - small pox 1863 Click here

28-Aug-15 Ale-tasters at the Court Leet C E Grover 1866 Court House Click here

24-Aug-13 Dr Saunders report & Muggle Pit Dr Saunders 1874 Click here

19-Oct-14 Cleanliness, alpha & omega Dr Saunders 1874 Click here

26-Apr-15 For whom the bell tolls 1875 Ting-tang bell Click here

Food, Health & Safety




















































13-Mar-14 Small pox cases 1878 Click here

25-Mar-15 Health and longevity in our town 1878 Ducks on canal Click here

16-May-20 Healthy town needs fewer 1879 119 High St Click here

07-Sep-13 Small-pox spread by boat G Smith 1883 Click here

12-Jul-14 Death rate in Berkhampstead Loosley 1884 Click here

18-Feb-14 Little Willie's accident W Lawrence 1885 Click here

01-Dec-13 Death by chocolate Arthur Smith 1890 Click here

29-Oct-14 Local anti-vaccinator's case 1894 Disease spikes Click here

24-Nov-13 Anti-vaccination sale 1895 Click here

07-Sep-14 Arrest of non-vaccinator Bergen 1896 CDC Stats Click here

25-Nov-13 Anti-vaccination (continued) 1897 Click here

24-Aug-13 Castle St childs narrow escape May Beard 1903 Castle Street Click here

23-Jul-14 Morris Dancing for health 1913 Click here

10-May-14 No Eggs? Try Cock O' The Walk! 1915 Click here

26-Mar-20 Spanish flu pandemic 1918 Ashridge hosp Click here

09-Sep-13 Cross Oak Magic H Nash 1942 Click here

03-Jun-20 Great Plague of Berkhamsted P Birtchnell 1946 Click here

12-Nov-13 Flying leap saves life EC Curtis 1947 Click here

17-Oct-13 Collops and cucumber P Birtchnell 1965 Click here

11-Feb-20 Steam baths and saunas P Birtchnell 1972 Sauna Click here

21-Jul-13 Toxic possibilities of sheep dip Cooper 2005 Cooper's ad Click here

13-Sep-13 Loosley's Almanac Loosley 1895 Loosley's Click here

25-Aug-13 Letter from Bulawayo Bedford 1896 Click here

08-Oct-13 OS map 1897 NLS Click here

23-Nov-13 Three dirty villages all in a row 1897 Click here

03-Feb-14 Letter from Phillida to Mary 1915 Click here

12-Jun-13 Centenary of Historic B'sted P Birtchnell 1963 BLH&MS Click here

08-Jun-13 High Street Survey J Honour 2011 BLH&MS Click here

21-May-13 BLH&MS articles on local people 2013 BLH&MS Click here

09-Jul-13 Back Lane blue plaque 2013 Back Lane Click here

10-Sep-13 Index to FB page 2013 BLH&MS Click here

14-Sep-13 Time line on BLH&MS website 2013 BLH&MS Click here

10-Mar-13 Luton Hat industry 2013 Eng Heritage Click here

22-Mar-14 Results of Archaeological survey 2014 PCA Click here

22-Mar-14 Dacorum Museum Questionnaire 2014 DHT Click here

30-Mar-14 Courses at Oxford & Cambridge 2014 BLH&MS Click here

31-Mar-14 Three books of local interest 2014 BLH&MS Click here

05-May-14 Long lost twins find each other Capt Hallam 2014 BBC Click here

19-May-14 Everyday Lives in War 2014 BLH&MS Click here

15-Jul-14 Medmenham Camp / Hillfort 2014 BLH&MS Click here

19-Jul-14 Commemorative events for WWI 2014 Court theatre Click here

03-Aug-14 Lest we forget - Lights Out 2014 British Legion Click here

06-Aug-14 Gorilla Dreams - new book M Casserley 2014 Gorilla Dreams Click here

30-Aug-14 Heritage Open Days reminder 2014 BLH&MS Click here

30-Aug-14 Death of Eric Holland 2014 Eric Holland Click here

10-Sep-14 Rectory Lane cemetery open day R Atkinson 2014 Gazette Click here

11-Sep-14 Berkhamsted Place walk into past 2014 Click here

15-Sep-14 History of Boxmoor Hall 2014 Click here

29-Sep-14 Last chance to save N'ch Society? 2014 B'sted Today Click here

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02-Oct-14 National Poetry Day 2014 Twitter Click here

12-Oct-14 Chess Valley Arch Soc talk 2014 Click here

13-Oct-14 Northchurch Society 2014 N'ch Society Click here

23-Oct-14 Mary Casserley's exhibition 2014 N'ch Society Click here

24-Feb-15 Water tower as pretty as ours? 2015 Water tower Click here

13-May-15 Trees - a cut above the rest 2015 Click here

06-Jul-15 Design of new library 2015 B-Hive Click here

07-Aug-15 BFI Heritage Open Days 2015 BFI HODs Click here

04-Sep-15 HODs - why Devil's Own? 2015 HODs Click here

10-Jan-16 Berkhamsted castle by Dan Snow 2016 Dan Snow Click here

11-Jan-16 BLHMS Jan meeting 2016 Click here

31-Jan-16 Work of BFI talk at Town Hall 2016 BFI Click here

20-May-16 Proposed Town Hall museum P Birtchnell 2016 Town Hall Click here

12-Sep-16 B'sted School for Girls: Edwardian 2016 School girl Click here

06-Oct-16 Berkhamsted Convicts 1770-1870 2016 John Tawell Click here

23-Oct-16 Alderney Bayeux Tapestry Finale 2016 Jan Messent Click here

04-Nov-16 Human Osteology talk 2016 Skeleton Click here

03-Dec-16 Roman archaelogy talk 2016 Roman pots Click here

07-Jan-17 Your ancestors in Ireland 2017 Potato famine Click here

11-Jan-17 Rectory Lane vote 2017 Cemetery Click here

03-Feb-17 Bucks & Herts Rothschilds 2017 Zebras Click here

01-Mar-17 Rival market towns 2017 Map Click here

14-Mar-17 Appreciation for Jenny Sherwood 2017 Committee Click here

15-Mar-17 Introducing new Society chairman M Casserley 2017 MC, JS & JH Click here

11-Apr-17 New museum? Heritage Hub 2017

23-Jun-17 BLH&MS trip to Palace Theatre 2017 Palace

24-Jul-17 BLH&MS trip to Audley End 2017 Audley End Click here

31-Aug-17 Heritage Open Days 2017 2017 High Street Click here

12-Sep-17 BLH&MS trip to Sulgrave/Upton 2017 Venues Click here

13-Oct-17 Royal Residents of Berkhamsted John Waller 2017 Castle Click here

06-Nov-17 Remembrance Day approaches 2017 WWI flyer Click here

18-Nov-17 BLH&MS Talk: "The Siege in 1216" 2017 Besieged! Click here

06-Dec-17 Court House book sale 9-Dec 2017 Gazette books Click here

09-Dec-17 BLH&MS film night & Xmas drinks 2017 Rex Click here

07-Jan-18 Stories from the graves 2018 Northchurch Click here

16-Feb-18 Rectory Lane cemetery project James Moir 2018 Rectory Lane Click here

24-Mar-18 Sweet Memories by Kevin Varty P Birtchnell 2018 H S Brown Click here

14-May-18 Castle site to be complete again 2018 Castle 1950s Click here

26-May-18 BLH&MS trip to Greenwich 2018 Cutty Sark Click here

29-Jul-18 BLH&MS trip Althorp 2018 Althorp Click here

28-Aug-18 Heritage Open Days 2018 2018 Ashridge Click here

23-Sep-18 BLH&MS trip Blenheim 2018 Blenheim Click here

17-Oct-18 BLH&MS talk Napoleonic prison 2018 Book cover Click here

26-Oct-18 Heritage Hub news 2018 Town Hall Click here

09-Nov-18 BLH&MS talk: Daniel Axtell 2018 Regicide poster Click here

07-Dec-18 BLH&MS talk: Historic gardens JT Newman 2018 Sketch photo Click here

02-Nov-18 Celebrate the Armistice! 2018 Books flyer Click here

08-Feb-19 BLH&MS talk: Siege of London Harry Sheldon 2019 Invasion Click here

08-Mar-19 BLH&MS talk: British Motors Julian Hunt 2019 Austin/Nuffield Click here

26-Apr-19 BerkoFest Book Festival 2019 BerkoFest Click here





















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13-Jun-19 BLH&MS trip Spencer House 2019 Spencer House Click here

20-Jun-19 Book sale at market hall site P Birtchnell 2019 Market Hall Click here

16-Jul-19 BLH&MS trip Chastleton House 2019 Snowshill Click here

21-Jul-19 Berkhamsted Heritage Open Days 2019 Berk'd school Click here

04-Sep-19 BLH&MS trip to Cliveden 2019 Cliveden Click here

11-Sep-19 BLH&MS talk: Tring Park Adam Smith 2019 Mail route Click here

11-Oct-19 BLH&MS talk: Berkhamsted maps Bill Willett 2019 Map Click here

08-Nov-19 BLH&MS talk: Invasion 1940 2019 War Weapons Click here

14-Nov-19 BLH&MS book sale 23 Nov 2019 Court House Click here

18-Nov-19 Heritage Hub update 2019 Workshop Click here

07-Dec-19 BLH&MS talk: Hilltop villages 2019 Hilltop map Click here

11-Jan-20 BLH&MS talk: Loxley Brothers Richard North 2019 St Mary's Click here

14-Feb-20 BLH&MS ralk: Railway to Tring Pettigrew 2020 Tring cutting Click here

19-Feb-20 Holiday message 2020 Gravel Path Click here

19-Mar-20 BLH&MS talk & AGM postponed 2020 Castle St bridge Click here

06-Jun-20 Heritage Hub update 2020 Fire station Click here

08-Aug-20 HODs 2020 2020 Canal & station Click here

22-Aug-13 Ashridge; Napoleon's body Bridgewater 1803 Click here

14-Sep-13 Rules for wearing uniform Smith-Dorrien 1860 Click here

26-Aug-13 Army not ready for war Smith-Dorrien 1880 Smith-Dorrien Click here

19-Jul-15 Help for heroes John Bull 1900 Click here

13-Mar-20 Skeleton fortress of London 1900 Click here

05-Jan-19 New Year proclamation Boer War Smith-Dorrien 1901 Smith-Dorrien Click here

07-Jun-17 School cadets field-day JT Newman 1902 Cadets Click here

23-Nov-18 Reservist's wife divorced 1903 East's Click here

28-Sep-13 Gallant gentleman Smith-Dorrien 1914 Smith-Dorrien Click here

31-May-13 Inns of Court memorial 1914 Memorial Click here

31-May-13 Inns of Court trenches 1914 Trenches Click here

31-May-13 Inns of Court trenches 1914 Trenches Click here

31-Aug-19 New Army in Berkhamsted Kitchener 1914 New Army Click here

30-Sep-13 New Ironsides Kitchener 1915 Telegraph Click here

08-Aug-19 Harvest camp in war-time 1915 Harvest camp Click here

11-Nov-16 Lest we forget - wreaths 1918 Memorial Click here

06-Oct-19 Plans for memorial cross Admiral S-D 1918 Smith-Dorrien Click here

19-Jul-19 Peace Day celebrations 1919 High Street Click here

09-Nov-14 Poppy Day record 1927 Click here

21-May-14 Man returns home after 20 years Preston 1937 Click here

18-Jun-13 Stick bombs fall on Ashlyns Road Frank Spinney 1943 Click here

01-Feb-14 Scarcity until Europe is fed 1943 Click here

26-Aug-15 British Restaurant at Town Hall 1943 Town Hall Click here

08-May-20 Victory in Europe celebrations 1945 Town Hall Click here

23-Oct-13 Wartime rationing, epileptic pig R Crauford 1973 Click here

04-Aug-14 Reprint of the Devil's Own 2014 BLH&MS Click here

09-Apr-15 US Army Air Forces new website 2015 IWM Click here

16-Apr-15 Vanguard journal on IOCOTC 2015 ICCY Click here

25-Jun-15 Trenches Heritage Day in Marlow 2015 IOC trench Click here

11-Nov-18 Men of Berkhamsted 2018 Wreath Click here

10-Nov-19 We're doing our duty 2019 Postcard Click here

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02-Oct-13 Love match of prince & fair maid Black Prince 1361 BLH&MS Click here

19-May-18 Royal town of Berkhamsted Black Prince 1361 Loyal arch Click here

08-Aug-17 John Raven, squire to Black Prince John Raven 1385 Brass Click here

26-Sep-15 Dean Incent's House JT Newman 1500s Dean Incent's Click here

19-Jun-13 Regicide Daniel Axtell 1660 Click here

31-Dec-14 Auld lang syne Peter Wild 1785 Peter's grave Click here

17-Jun-13 Wife selling 1789 Click here

21-Mar-20 World Poetry Day Cowper 1800 St Peter's Click here

19-Jun-16 "Father of inland navigation" F Egerton 1803 Barges Click here

12-May-20 International Nurses Day 1820 F Nightingale Click here

20-Jan-15 Gordon family of B'sted & Braco Mary Gordon 1820s Gordon cott Click here

01-Nov-13 Movember at Haresfoot P Birtchnell 1851 Click here

29-Aug-14 Gravedigger prize for cabbages Richard Ghost 1852 Richard Ghost Click here

30-May-18 Lady Alford at Ashridge Alford 1854 Ashridge Click here

05-Oct-13 Arch of life AP Cooper 1857 AP Cooper Click here

17-Mar-15 Happy St Patrick's Day T'whitt-Drake 1857 Click here

10-Aug-17 Dr Steel's house and grave Dr Steel 1857 RH Steel grave Click here

23-Apr-14 Early Photographers of B'sted J T Newman 1860 HH Photo Soc Click here

07-Aug-13 Salter Diaries Dr JH Salter 1861 Stage coach Click here

11-Nov-13 White slippers thrown at wedding Princess Mary 1866 Click here

30-Oct-14 A witch for Halloween RJ Massey 1866 Click here

11-Jul-14 Funeral of Thomas Whately T Whately 1867 Click here

03-Dec-13 Turbulent sweep John Olliff 1868 Click here

13-Aug-13 Funeral of Quaker Sarah 1870 Click here

21-Jun-20 Happy Father's Day Col. Dorrien 1873 Col. Dorrien Click here

20-Oct-18 Longman wedding 1874 Click here

26-Apr-14 Rabbits for Mr Smith-Dorrien Smith-Dorrien 1877 Click here

17-Sep-18 Opportunities for Berko lads Thos Stevens 1881 Thos Stevens Click here

16-Jun-15 Hallifax family opp the Goat Inn W Hallifax 1882 High Street Click here

25-Jul-20 Letter to School Board C S Hadden 1882 Rossway Click here

24-Apr-14 Sad coincidence Rev Le Fevre 1883 Click here

07-Jun-14 Death of Robert Waller R Waller 1883 Kitsbury farm Click here

18-Nov-15 Penny farthing ride across USA Thos Stevens 1884 Thos Stevens Click here

23-Jan-18 Death of Alice Timson Sam Timson 1885 Shoe shop Click here

14-Aug-13 Smith-Dorrien marriage Smith-Dorrien 1886 Click here

13-Aug-13 Funeral attire Marian Alford 1888 Click here

01-Apr-15 An Easter demise Rev A S Loxley 1888 Norcott Court Click here

12-Feb-15 Charles Darwin and earthworms W Cowper 1889 Click here

20-Mar-14 Blind guide to estates Abraham 1890 Click here

23-Aug-13 Betty Leatherland local gipsy Henry Nash 1890 B Leatherland Click here

27-Jan-14 Cowper's Country W Cowper 1892 Click here

17-Mar-14 Costin's silver wedding anniv WE Costin 1893 Click here

21-Mar-13 Flowers in the Scilly Isles Dorrien-Smith 1893 Click here

04-Dec-15 Dog muzzling Lady S 1894 Elster's grave Click here

05-Dec-14 Fur, lace and ostrich feathers S Curtis 1895 Click here

16-Mar-15 New magistrate Josiah East 1895 Click here

02-Aug-15 Harvesting the Stooks JT Newman 1895 Harvesting Click here

15-Feb-16 Lonely heart at Haresfoot TM 1895 Haresfoot Click here

31-Dec-13 Town crier on New Year's day Thomas 1897 Click here

12-Jun-17 Death of Admiral Gambier Adm Gambier 1897 Kings Arms Click here





















































11-Apr-19 Ashes in the bath P Birtchnell 1898 Dr Bontor Click here

05-Oct-17 Girl rescued from stream Hutchins 1901 M Collins Click here

12-Oct-13 Edwardian wedding Lindeman 1904 Wedding Click here

01-May-15 With this ring I thee wed JG Jones 1905 Town Hall Click here

03-May-18 Death of D.W. Prudames DW Prudames 1905 Ward/Sharland Click here

13-Aug-19 Rossway gardeners C S Hadden 1906 Gardeners Click here

14-Dec-16 Pupil at B'sted Girls' School C Hozier 1908 Egerton Terr Click here

04-Aug-15 Drayman for Locke & Smith James Miles 1911 Del at Windmill Click here

04-Sep-14 No rapacious landlord here Brownlow 1914 Click here

26-Jul-15 L & HM Gent shop Lizzie Gent 1920s L & HM Gent Click here

10-Jan-15 Female lodge of Oddfellows Dr Lewis Evans 1930 Click here

21-Apr-15 Cowper's love of nature Cowper 1931 Click here

10-Aug-18 Doctors' surgeries in Berkhamsted Dr Rowlands 1932 Boxwell Monk's Click here

04-Sep-13 Town criers' contest W Elliott 1933 Click here

25-Apr-18 Man of many talents E Popple 1933 Popple painting Click here

13-Jul-19 Death of JT Newman JT Newman 1937 JT Newman Click here

18-Sep-15 Edward Popple's retirement E Popple 1947 Victoria School Click here

31-Oct-15 Leading horse at Key's Yard FC Philpot 1950s Mr Philpot Click here

22-Jun-16 Sheep shearing at Cooper Farm Beechey ? Sheep shearing Click here

27-May-19 Mrs Humphry Ward / Scott P Birtchnell 1952 Aldbury Click here

16-Sep-19 Mrs Deacon lace maker P Birtchnell 1955 Mrs Deacon Click here

21-Oct-14 Old Shep GW Bunting 1956 Old Shep Click here

07-Nov-15 Berkhamsted name P Birtchnell 1960s Barkhamsted Click here

17-Oct-14 Oyez oyez, town crier P Birtchnell 1964 W Elliott Click here

26-Sep-18 What's his name? P Birtchnell 1964 Northchurch Click here

27-Jul-16 Old characters of Berkhamsted P Birtchnell 1965 N'ch Common Click here

30-Jul-20 Happy #FriendshipDay! P Birtchnell 1966 Lambretta Click here

02-Oct-17 Daffy de Fraine, 1800-1879 P Birtchnell 1968 Daffy de Fraine Click here

15-Jun-20 The old Homestead P Birtchnell 1976 Homestead Click here

08-Mar-18 Tippling and toppling P Birtchnell 1979 Lady Hozier Click here

19-Apr-18 Just can't get the staff P Birtchnell 1979 The Hall Click here

28-Apr-13 B'sted snobbish? Local pride P Birtchnell 1980 Click here

27-Mar-18 Berkhamsted is not snobbish P Birtchnell 1980 Building Society Click here

26-Jul-13 Town's nickname (Berk-ho) P Birtchnell 1983 Click here

19-Feb-15 Nicknames around the town J Cook 1996 Click here

30-Apr-14 List of nicknames J Milburn 1996 Click here

20-Feb-15 More local nicknames J Cook 1996 Post Alley Click here

07-Sep-19 Harry Sheldon 1918-2002 J Cook 1999 Castle lodge Click here

27-Jan-19 Memories of Berkhamsted W Claridge 2007 Claridge house Click here

07-Aug-13 Biography of BLH&MS member M Browning 2013 BLH&MS Click here

25-Jun-13 Polling places for Herts 1836 Click here

29-Apr-18 Passing of Reform Bill H Nash 1832 High Street Click here

19-Apr-15 Startling decisions at court Espinasse 1846 Click here

08-Apr-14 Politician's blunder R Moulden 1852 R Cobden Click here

12-Aug-14 Wacky races to vote 1875 Click here

15-Jan-19 Hard-won votes for sewage 1875 Town Hall Click here

28-Nov-19 Marquis of Hamilton speech 1879 Berk'd Place Click here

08-May-15 Conservative celebration dinner 1880 Click here

16-May-19 Letter from Gladstone Gladstone 1882 Liberal Click here

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14-Apr-15 The Premier at Berkhampstead Gladstone 1883 Click here

04-May-15 Liberal meeting 130 years ago A Pocock 1885 Click here

05-May-15 Conservative mtg 130 years ago TF Halsey 1885 Click here

06-May-15 Bored with politics? Riot! 1885 Click here

07-May-15 West Herts election 130 years ago TF Halsey 1885 T.F. Halsey Click here

22-Nov-14 Gladstone visits Berkhampstead Lady S 1888 Kate Morris Click here

02-May-15 Parish Council elections Rev A Johnson 1894 Click here

27-Apr-15 Revision of Voters Bullock 1895 Click here

16-Jun-19 Election declaration Halsey 1906 Watford Click here

05-May-17 Herts County Council elections Talbot 1925 Manor House Click here

23-Apr-17 Previous French President De Gaulle 1941 De Gaulle Click here

21-Sep-15 John Sayer, cook to Charles II John Sayer 1681 Almshouses Click here

16-Jul-13 Pauper system, local benefactor Rev G Nugent 1830 Red House Click here

29-Jul-13 Workhouse dietary 1843 Click here

23-Nov-14 A Dickensian story of want 1850 Click here

12-Jan-14 Living above the stable J Butler 1853 Click here

20-Aug-13 Price of a cake stolen by a tramp Henry Eckford 1868 Click here

04-Jan-14 Soup charity 1868 Click here

08-Nov-13 Amateur casuals in the J Greenwood 1869 Click here

16-Aug-13 Vagrancy must be discouraged 1872 Click here

14-Sep-18 Overcrowding at plait school Puddifoot 1876 Plait school Click here

02-Dec-13 Little wanderer from Kentish F Tomes 1877 Click here

28-Jul-13 Tramp's hard labour George Clare 1879 Click here

07-Sep-13 Tramps' Paradise (workhouse) 1882 Click here

01-Sep-16 The Belchers of Red Lion Yard 1884 Urchins Click here

04-Sep-13 Humorous pauper O Pocock 1885 Click here

14-Nov-17 Old Canal Side cottages Mrs Halsey 1885 Canal Side Click here

17-Jun-18 Looking after Dad 1885 Pitstone mill Click here

06-Jan-15 Soup kitchens twice weekly 1887 Click here

27-Jul-13 Canal side cottage J Halsey 1893 Click here

04-Nov-13 Cuts in out-relief Col Preston 1897 Click here

02-Nov-16 Scouts in hunger march 1920s Scouts Click here

10-Oct-13 Even gipsies listen 1928 Click here

21-Nov-17 A wine-bibbing session (Pepys) P Birtchnell 1968 Almshouses Click here

13-Jun-13 Castle Hill great barn Sir E Carey 1580 Great barn Click here

15-Jul-13 Pilkington Manor 1778 Pilkington Click here

20-May-13 Cover photo of sunken cottages 1790 Sunken cotts Click here

12-Nov-14 Sunken cottages G Greene 1790 Sunken cotts Click here

27-Jan-15 History of New Lodge A Pechell 1819 New Lodge Click here

25-Sep-17 The Hall from the canal Pechell Moore 1819 The Hall Click here

13-Sep-13 Cottage to let 1822 Click here

22-May-19 Hazell's folly Nash 1832 Hazell's Click here

14-Jun-13 Parsonage house demolished Rev John Croft 1834 Parsonage Click here

06-Feb-16 Cherry Tree café Hon WB Gray 1839 Cherry Tree Click here

21-Jul-13 Sibdon Place & Poplars Cooper 1840 Sibdon, Poplars Click here

08-Jan-14 A peek inside the Red House John Tawell 1845 Click here

11-Oct-13 A vexing hoax at the Hall T P Halsey 1848 Click here

03-Nov-13 Grim's Dyke, Ditch of the Wizard 1850 Click here

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08-Jun-13 Hazell's folly William Hazell 1850 Hazell's Click here

24-Jan-14 The Hall auction T P Halsey 1853 The Hall Click here

22-Aug-13 Town Hall opening Hazell, Nash 1860 Town Hall Click here

30-Oct-13 Market House opening 1860 Click here

28-Oct-18 Ancient market house replaced 1860 Market House Click here

13-Jun-13 Police Station Bridewell 1860 Police station Click here

18-Jan-15 The new Victoria Road 1861 Click here

12-Aug-16 Berkhamsted Waterworks Jas Castle 1864 Waterworks Click here

10-Jan-14 Steam cleaning at waterworks! 1865 Waterworks Click here

19-Nov-13 View of the town - Swiss chalets? 1866 Queen's Arms Click here

15-Jul-20 Franchise Cottages 1868 Sunken cotts Click here

02-Aug-16 Road widening end Ravens Lane 1877 Ravens Lane Click here

02-Jun-14 Kitsbury - modern suburb 1878 Click here

28-Sep-16 Why Sibdon Place? Cooper 1878 Sibdon Place Click here

09-Jun-18 Crossoak House for sale Col Barclay 1880 Crossoak Click here

20-Oct-13 Drinking trough outside Town Hall P Birtchnell 1887 Fountain Click here

18-Jul-13 St George Temperance hotel G Morrish 1888 St George's Click here

07-Nov-14 Sale of Kingshill building estate D-Smith 1888 Kings Road Click here

18-Mar-14 Sale of property of John E. Lane 1890 Click here

08-May-14 The Pightle - farm-yard, Highfield Nash 1890 Pightle House Click here

10-Oct-16 Pilkington Manor Croft & Pool Nash 1890 Pilkington Click here

20-Jan-14 Fresco in Castle Street 1892 Click here

30-Jun-13 Town Hall clock Thomas Read 1897 Parish mag Click here

19-Feb-14 Sale of Woodcock Hill estate Frank Moore 1905 Click here

07-Apr-15 Good sign - Shrublands Avenue 1904 Shrublands Click here

04-Aug-18 Stocks & Manor House Aldbury 1905 Stocks & Manor Click here

16-Aug-18 Bequest of Sir John Evans Sir John Evans 1906 Britwell Click here

16-Sep-14 Britwell became Shenstone Court Sir John Evans 1910 Britwell Click here

16-Oct-15 Expansion in Bulbourne valley 1910 Highfield Road Click here

01-Jun-16 The old Pilkington Manor House Lindeman 1912 Pilkington Click here

06-Sep-13 Weather cock at Castle Hill Farm JT Newman 1917 Weather cock Click here

12-Jul-16 Heyday of Berkhamsted castle 1920s Castle lodge Click here

10-Mar-19 Houses unfit for accommodation P Birtchnell 1925 Sunken cotts Click here

19-Mar-16 Sunken cottages and St George's P Birtchnell pre-1926 Sunken cotts Click here

22-Oct-15 Gossoms End cotts demolished c1930 Gossoms End Click here

13-Feb-18 Londrina Terrace P Birtchnell 1930s Londrina Terr Click here

09-May-19 Can you see your house? c1930s Aerial view Click here

29-Apr-15 Repairs at the castle 1931 Castle repairs Click here

16-Dec-13 Egerton House and Peter Pan Davies/Barrie 1937 Egerton House Click here

17-Dec-15 Egerton House and Peter Pan Davies/Barrie 1937 Egerton Click here

09-Oct-15 Demise of workhouse 1937 Workhouse Click here

23-Jul-16 Pitstone Windmill 1947 Pitstone mill Click here

18-Oct-15 Pilkington Manor shops 1950s Pilkington Click here

04-Feb-18 King's Road P Birtchnell 1953 Kings Road Click here

24-Oct-17 Dropshort Cottage, Dudswell P Birtchnell 1956 Dropshort Click here

30-Oct-17 Ghosts in Berkhamsted P Birtchnell 1956 Egerton House Click Here

30-Jul-17 Shops in Castle Street P Birtchnell 1957 Castle Street Click here

09-Feb-15 Pilkington Manor 1959 Pilkington Click here

25-Dec-15 White Hill demolished in 1963 R M Foot 1963 White Hill Click here

18-Jun-13 Water Tower in Shootersway P Birtchnell 1967 Water tower Click here





















































07-Nov-13 No museum in Berkhamsted P Birtchnell 1967 Click here

18-Oct-13 Police station replaced in 1971 P Birtchnell 1967 Police station Click here

13-Jan-18 Last you will see of a landmark 1968 Waitrose Click here

19-Jun-13 Totem Pole thunderbird 1970 Totem pole Click here

29-Apr-14 Snob's Alley P Birtchnell 1971 Click here

12-Jul-17 Gable Hall in Prince Edward Street P Birtchnell 1971 Gable Hall Click here

14-Jul-17 Everybody loves a windmill P Birtchnell 1971 Millfield Click here

22-Oct-13 Foggy Bottom or Provident Place P Birtchnell 1972 Click here

15-May-16 International Stores demolished P Birtchnell 1974 Int'l Stores Click here

21-Feb-18 Willet's gillyflowers at Exhims P Birtchnell 1979 Exhims Click here

27-Aug-16 Salter House & Jelmac House 1984 Salter House Click here

08-Jun-13 Lower Mill archaeological report 2009 Arch services Click here

21-May-13 Lower Mill in Spring newsletter 2013 BLH&MS Click here

17-Oct-13 New Lodge vanishes 2013 Hemel Today Click here

19-Aug-15 Demolition at Police Station P Birtchnell 2015 Vict. buildings Click here

14-Jul-13 Toxophilite Society (archery) Grimstone 1839 Court headline Click here

30-May-14 Chesham Harlequins v B'sted Ashby & King 1859 Click here

11-Mar-17 A Day with the Harriers Earl Brownlow 1861 Highfield Click here

03-Aug-13 Cricket ground 1870 Click here

13-Nov-13 Tally Ho - oops Rothschild 1873 Click here

11-Jun-14 Bathing in the canal 1878 Canal Trust Click here

11-Aug-13 Tennis club meeting and ball 1879 Click here

29-Jun-15 Annual cricket club dinner 1879 Cricket field Click here

05-Sep-13 Lanes nurseries staghunting Rothschild 1880 Lane's Click here

12-Mar-14 Clinking sport B'sted buckhounds J Rawle 1880 Click here

29-Dec-13 Berkhamstead packhounds J Rawle 1880 Click here

10-Jul-14 Butchers v Bakers cricket 1882 Charity match Click here

14-Jul-14 B'sted School Aquatic Sports 1882 Click here

13-Aug-13 Bicycling extraordinary T Stevens 1885 Pennyfarthings Click here

30-Dec-13 Shugar's sledging shenanigans E Shugar 1886 Click here

11-Dec-13 Wheelbarrow craze 1887 Click here

26-Jul-13 Cricket club dinner Col H Barclay 1888 Click here

12-Aug-13 Golf club 1890 Click here

02-Aug-17 Watford cyclists collision JT Newman 1894 Cyclist Click here

26-Jul-13 Tring Church Lads Brigade cricket 1895 Click here

04-Apr-18 Society on wheels in America JT Newman 1896 First lesson Click here

10-Jan-17 Club winning Apsley cup 1897 Football club Click here

03-Jan-18 Raising beagles JT Newman 1898 Beagles Click here

05-Aug-13 Football Smoking Concert 1899 Click here

14-Feb-14 Berkhampstead Football Club 1903 Football club Click here

07-Jan-19 Capturing essence of hunt JT Newman 1903 Staghounds Click here

09-Jul-19 Non-stop Glasgow to London JT Newman 1903 Dorothy Levitt Click here

26-Aug-14 Success at Hemel Horse Show 1906 Hunt Rossway Click here

17-Feb-15 Hertfordshire Hounds Sebright 1909 Hunt Frithsden Click here

25-Apr-15 Big football match for gents JS Morgan 1915 Click here

10-Aug-13 Ladies Football 1921 Ladies football Click here

10-Feb-14 The Divot 1923 Click here

30-Jan-17 Double lock dive Peter Lubbock 1928 Divers Click here

17-Sep-17 Waning cricket season JT Newman 1931 Cricket field Click here

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23-Jul-14 Open air swimming pool 1938 Pool Click here

15-Jan-20 Petticoat Lane P Birtchnell 1984 Cricket field Click here

17-Apr-20 Good old days of football 1996 Football pics Click here

21-Jun-13 Kings Arms emulates season John Page 1815 King's Arms Click here

14-Jun-13 Gluttony at the Goat Sirett 1824 Goat Click here

21-Sep-17 Gluttony at the Goat Sirett 1824 Goat Click here

30-Jun-13 Kings Arms ball Lady C Lamb 1824 King's Arms Click here

21-Dec-13 Christmas ball at King's Arms 1825 Click here

21-Jun-13 Unlucky in love at King's Arms Polly Page 1830 Click here

11-Aug-13 Reminiscences of east of High St H Nash 1830 Black Horse Click here

02-Nov-13 Swan lease auction C Foster 1836 Swan Click here

13-Oct-15 Avunculate marriage at Royal Oak M Simmons 1837 Royal Oak Click here

08-Jul-13 Chaffcutters and Crown Whittingstall 1839 Crown Click here

14-Jan-14 Shooting at the Five Bells Cook, Oakins 1853 Five Bells Click here

28-Jan-14 King's Arms refurbished 1853 Click here

11-Jun-20 Disputed sick pay Luke Baldwin 1859 Goat Click here

02-Nov-15 Bunker's Corn Chandlers Isaac Bunker 1860s Bunker's Click here

14-Sep-13 Pig feeding comp at White Hart William Hazell 1867 White Hart Click here

09-Jan-14 He had his chips at the Riser Thomas Webb 1868 The Riser Click here

21-Aug-14 Disturbance at Five Bells John Loader 1870 Five Bells Click here

08-Jun-15 High Street pubs in decline Seabrook 1873 Nicholls Click here

03-May-15 Goat club William Rance 1875 Goat Click here

18-Aug-13 Stopping sale of liquor on Sunday Rev E Bartrum 1879 Click here

09-Sep-13 Stag Gossoms End H Holliman 1880 The Stag Click here

14-Mar-15 Inquest at Rising Sun W Sheppard 1883 Rising Sun Click here

07-Aug-16 Landlord rescues child from canal J West 1884 Railway Tavern Click here

10-Mar-18 Annual licensing session 1884 Kings Arms Click here

29-Jul-15 Food & lodging Brownlow Arms Digby Cole 1886 Brownlow Click here

19-Jun-17 Locke and Smith brewery outing 1887 High Street Click here

24-Dec-13 Christmas Eve raffling for a goose GS Cutter 1890 Click here

12-Jun-16 Queen's Arms and street cleaning 1890 Queen's Arms Click here

18-Jan-17 Improvements at KA 1890 High St Click here

30-Sep-17 Michaelmas Onion Fair 1890 The Crown Click here

21-Oct-17 Rain stopped hay 1891 Bull Inn Click here

22-Jun-15 Cycles for rent at the Lamb Shuttleworth 1893 Lamb Click here

07-Sep-13 Swan public house W Cowper 1899 Swan Click here

05-Apr-16 Rose & Crown public house Joseph Pearce 1900 Rose & Crown Click here

08-Oct-15 The Fish public house James Pitt 1901 The Fish Click here

05-Jun-17 Quoit match and dinner 1902 Cow Roast Click here

11-Apr-15 Bull public house 1904 Bull Click here

23-Jul-15 Speed limit to Grey Mare Inn 1908 Grey Mare Click here

29-May-15 Ancient horse trough at the Goat P Birtchnell 1911 Goat Click here

11-Oct-17 Flogging a dead horse Wm King 1912 Compasses Click here

24-Jul-15 Grey Mare's waterworks 1919 Click here

22-Jul-20 King Edward VI pub Mill Street 1922 King Edward VI Click here

13-Dec-19 Stroll in George Street 1930s Rising Sun Click here

01-Jun-19 Crooked Billet by Bill Bailey P Birtchnell 1952 Crooked Billet Click here

24-Oct-13 Crystal Palace and Poet's Corner P Birtchnell 1965 Poet's Corner Click here

16-Aug-17 Houchings Nest ale house P Birtchnell 1965 Brick Hill Click here

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30-Aug-15 Crystal Palace pub design J Paxton 1970s Crystal Palace Click here

30-Sep-18 All change in the High Street P Birtchnell 1972 White Hart Click here

21-Jul-17 Cherry Ripe P Birtchnell 1985 Alford Arms Click here

09-Feb-14 Hidden mug in Manor Street P Birtchnell 1985 Click here

26-Jan-14 Taverns in the town J Cook 1990 Click here

23-Apr-20 St George's Day 2016 George Dragon Click here

12-Jun-13 Turnpike marker (SHTP) 1761 Turnpike post Click here

13-Jul-13 Rules for road usage 1773 Click here

28-Jul-13 Side pounds experiment on canal 1805 Canal Click here

20-Jul-13 Chesham trip to Gossoms End Hy Williams 1822 Chesham Click here

28-Jun-13 Monkey boats William Butler 1823 Black Country Click here

05-Aug-16 Why monkey boats? Thomas Monk 1823 Monkey boat Click here

27-Jun-13 Good Intent & Young Pilot Pullen v Hearn 1825 Coach drawing Click here

10-Sep-13 Coached back to life P Birtchnell 1830 Click here

25-Jul-16 Cutting journey times by rail 1832 Gravel Path Click here

17-Oct-17 Lower Mill at east end of town Nash 1832 Lower Mill Click here

27-Mar-15 Railway tunnels 1837 Chilt. AONB Click here

12-Sep-13 Victoria Road development 1861 Click here

27-Aug-13 Courageous act saves wife & child William Lowe 1870 Click here

17-Nov-16 Reverend's views of a train ride 1871 Station Click here

04-Jul-18 A lively brew - liquid explosion 1876 Swan brewery Click here

07-Apr-16 Watercress by train to the north 1879 Railway Click here

16-Mar-14 Castle Wharf 1883 Castle Wharf Click here

23-May-15 Proposed new Lower Kings Road Brownlow 1884 Traction eng Click here

24-May-15 Completion of Lower Kings Road P Birtchnell 1885 High Street Click here

14-Jan-17 Cross Oak Road is born 1885 Cross Oak Click here

28-May-18 Canal Boats Act 1878 George Smith 1885 Girl at canal Click here

05-Aug-17 London Carmen & Vanguards 1888 Steam wagon Click here

27-Sep-13 Proposed tramway 1887 Click here

10-Jun-17 Cheap emigration 1892 Station Click here

31-Aug-18 Out to grass JT Newman 1898 Out to grass Click here

11-Mar-14 Lower King's Road widened 1899 Click here

26-Aug-13 Trees in High St / Willett's map Henry Nash 1890 Trees / map Click here

04-Jun-18 Trees in High St Henry Nash 1890 Sayer houses Click here

19-Mar-14 Transporting canal boat by rail EW Costin 1890 Click here

17-Feb-14 Extraordinary stoppage on GJC GW Costin 1890 Click here

05-Jun-15 Runaway in Raven's Lane Reading 1890 Raven's Lane Click here

01-Oct-14 Accident near Dudswell 1891 Click here

21-Nov-16 Corpse-finding by floating bread Harriet May 1891 Happy Valley Click here

15-Mar-14 Houses are numbered 1893 Click here

25-Feb-16 Cyclist from Bushey Tom Tompkins 1894 Gravel Path Click here

07-Sep-14 Runaway horse killed 1896 Click here

07-May-17 The Paris and her passengers JT Newman 1898 Canal boat Click here

17-Jul-14 Cyclists like pothole menders 1899 Click here

26-Nov-17 Our first motor car P Birtchnell 1900 Wood's car Click here

09-May-17 Underhill & Young 1900s Kitsbury Click here

02-Aug-13 Drought cripples GJC 1902 Waterscape Click here

02-Oct-13 King's Road improvements 1904 King's Road Click here

21-Oct-13 Why is North Road S of High St? P Birtchnell 1904 Click here

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26-Aug-13 Sign of the times (motoring) Cllr Elliston 1909 Click here

15-Sep-13 Driving without due care Fred Coker 1912 Click here

06-Jul-13 Station waiting room, QM office Brownlow 1914 BLH&MS Click here

12-Sep-13 Old railway station closes Buckler 1914 Railway station Click here

19-Aug-13 Traffic in the town; air quality 1920 High Street Click here

30-Jul-13 Lock stone for whip cracking 1930 Lock stone Click here

01-Jun-17 East & Son win lock gates 1932 Lock gates Click here

20-Oct-15 Barford's in Gossoms End 1928 Advert Click here

04-Oct-16 New train, the "Ulster Express" 1928 Ulster Express Click here

07-Sep-13 Water gipsies doomed 1931 Canal Junction Click here

19-Jan-19 High Street part of Akeman Street P Birtchnell 1942 Bank Mill Lane Click here

21-Aug-19 Express barges through Berk'd P Birtchnell 1942 Canal Click here

26-Aug-18 Goshams yende P Birtchnell 1947 Workhouse Click here

02-Feb-18 Chesham Road / Grubbs Lane P Birtchnell 1953 High Street Click here

20-Sep-14 Black Knights Lambretta Club 1962 Black Knights Click here

29-May-14 Coronation Scot thunders past P Birtchnell 1964 Signal box Click here

05-Jul-16 Film review 'The Bargee' P Birtchnell 1964 Winkwell Click here

14-Jul-16 Castle Street canal bridge P Birtchnell 1965 Canal bridge Click here

26-Jun-20 Hertfordshire's Lake District P Birtchnell 1965 Map 1808 Click here

24-Aug-18 Chesham Road was Grubs Lane P Birtchnell 1972 Chesham Road Click here

09-Jul-17 Cooper's Lower Works, canalside P Birtchnell 1974 Cooper's Click here

06-Apr-20 Bubbling Bulbourne P Birtchnell 1975 Billet Lane Click here

10-Feb-18 Berkhamsted spats and no socks P Birtchnell 1978 Bulbourne Click here

08-Feb-18 Slopalong Placidly P Birtchnell 1980 Steam boat Click here

12-Feb-18 Old Ned's Lock? (No.51) 1993 Old Ned's lock Click here

22-Mar-18 Cow Roast lock 1993 Cow Roast lock Click here

12-Jun-13 Bridgewater Boats demolition 2011 Bridgewater's Click here

11-Sep-14 Sparrows Herne waymark 2014 Gazette Click here

01-Aug-14 Not our fault! (missing water-cart) 1867 Click here

13-Jul-15 Going with the flow in Water Lane 1876 Tudor Cottage Click here

12-Jun-14 Smelly gas works (Water Lane) 1877 Click here

16-Aug-13 Fire brigade costs 1879 Fire Brigade Click here

06-Sep-13 Telephone talk Edison 1880 Edison Rutgers Click here

24-Nov-13 Electricity arrives in Berkhamsted Bailey 1882 Brilliant Berko Click here

05-Dec-13 Bridge Street fire 1883 Bridge Street Click here

15-Feb-14 Day in life of Sanitary Authority 1886 Click here

05-Nov-13 East & Son fire East & Son 1888 East & Son fire Click here

12-Oct-14 Passing the baton cleanly 1888 Click here

10-Sep-15 Gas works nuisance Dr Fry 1891 Wilderness Click here

07-Jan-14 Explosion at boat building yard Costin 1894 Click here

21-Aug-17 Strike in George Street P Birtchnell 1894 George Street Click here

02-Sep-15 Parish Council improves moor 1896 Mill Street Click here

29-Aug-17 Road tarring machine in High St Hooley 1901 Road tarring Click here

29-Jan-14 Chemical works destroyed Cooper 1903 Click here

10-Sep-13 Gas works move to Gossoms End 1904 Ind Rail Soc Click here

04-Nov-14 Dedication of Alice P Birtchnell 1907 Alice Click here

04-Sep-16 Thanks for the memory Alice P Birtchnell 1907 Alice Click here

02-Feb-19 Let there be light R.A. Cooper 1907 Car, early 20c Click here

29-Jul-14 Alice, our horse-drawn fire-engine P Birtchnell 1929 Alice Click here

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23-Nov-19 A fireman's wedding P Birtchnell 1930 Fire engine Click here

09-Jan-15 Novelist as Fire Chief Frank H Shaw 1931 Book cover Click here

25-Oct-15 Picturesque corner of the town 1936 UDC Click here

23-Aug-15 Post Office in Lower Kings Road Les Mitchell c1943 Post Office Click here

30-Jun-20 Our daily bread P Birtchnell 1950 Upper Mill Click here

09-Jul-14 Firemen's uniforms P Birtchnell 1964 Click here

07-Nov-18 Pointing out a rotten shame P Birtchnell 1966 Potten End Click here

03-Feb-15 Lower King's Road lock & bridge P Birtchnell 1968 Lock gates Click here

10-Feb-19 Postbox at top of Cross Oak Road P Birtchnell 1970 VR post box Click here

02-Aug-14 Moving on from Alice P Birtchnell 1980 Fire engine Click here

16-Apr-19 Off the rails P Birtchnell 1983 Gasworks rail Click here

21-Jun-18 Red telephone boxes 1996 Dean Incent's Click here

28-Sep-19 Road name changes John Cook 1996 Back Lane Click here

22-Jan-20 Post office George St/Gravel Path Pierpoint 2017 George Street Click here

27-Jun-13 Excessive heat 1825 Click here

28-Jun-19 Excessive heat 1825 Lee's water Click here

13-Jul-13 Baked potatoes in harvest heat 1825 Click here

12-Feb-14 Great Berkhamstead storm 1860 Click here

21-Jun-16 Summer solstice strawb. moon 1865 Limes Click here

14-Sep-13 Violent storm 1866 Click here

21-Jun-17 How to keep the bedroom cool 1871 Pool in 1920s Click here

05-Jan-14 Changeable weather 1874 Click here

18-Jul-14 Power of prayer? Thunder 1876 Click here

03-Jan-14 Violent storm 1877 Click here

28-Oct-13 Lovely weather for ducks 1879 Click here

08-Aug-14 Grim Reaper after a new scythe? 1882 Click here

06-Jan-14 Severe weather sledging 1891 Lock house Click here

05-Feb-15 Extraordinary winter weather 1891 Click here

21-Dec-15 Skating 40 miles on canal 1891 Click here

13-Oct-14 Water water everywhere 1891 Click here

07-Feb-14 Floods unknown 1894 Click here

28-Feb-18 Snow scenes JT Newman 1895 Snow scenes Click here

02-Mar-18 Some things never change JT Newman 1895 Homeward Click here

17-Jan-16 Snow in Berkhamsted 1897 Toboggans Click here

19-Aug-17 Harvest time a season of joy JT Newman 1898 Self-binder Click here

13-Jul-18 Water rats of Tring JT Newman 1901 Water rats Click here

23-Jan-19 Pretty winter scene JT Newman 1902 Hockeridge Click here

05-Jan-15 Footballers' long walk 1903 Click here

20-Mar-19 Spring is sprung JT Newman 1903 Spring lambs Click here

01-Jul-15 Flaming July 1904 Click here

24-Jul-19 The storm J.T. Newman 1907 Lightning Click here

17-Jan-15 Ice skating in the area 1912 Castle St Click here

29-Jan-15 Heavy snow fails quench flames B-Gen JE Bush 1938 Click here

17-Aug-16 Sunny days for harvesting pre-1968 Tunnel Field Click here

27-Apr-20 A long spring P Birtchnell 1972 Hockeridge Click here

23-Jan-15 Ice breaking boat P Birtchnell 1985 Click here

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