Up until about 40 years ago, children had freedom to roam everywhere. There were many places to explore in Sopwell and further afield. Here is Bill Mackenzie talking about how he and his mates used to walk along the Watford… More about ‘Walking to Park Street – Bill Mackenzie’»
Category: Places and spaces
Ice house on the golf course – Bill Mackenzie
On the golf course, near Sopwell Gate Lodge, there is a spinney where residents recall that there used to be some kind of brick building. This fascinated the children who played there. It appears to have been a brick built… More about ‘Ice house on the golf course – Bill Mackenzie’»
London Road station – Valerie Robertson
In 1865, a six mile single-track branch line from St Albans to Hatfield originally run by the Hatfield and St Albans Railway Company was opened. The line terminated at London Road and was first called St Albans GNR and then… More about ‘London Road station – Valerie Robertson’»
Tavistock Avenue
Tavistock Avenue was once part of Doggetts Road. Then it was called St Julian’s Farm Estate on East Road, while the houses were being constructed, as the land was also part of the St Julian’s estate. The land was sold… More about ‘Tavistock Avenue’»
St John’s Church – Kathy Sinfield
St John’s Church in Old London Road was a second-hand tin church, transferred from the original site at the corner of Stanhope Road and Granville Road in 1909 when the new St Paul’s Church was opened at Blandford Road. It… More about ‘St John’s Church – Kathy Sinfield’»
Park Street roundabout
The images below are of the construction of the Park Street roundabout in the 1950s. Before that it was not a roundabout but a junction between the A5 and A414 North Orbital. It was part of the construction of the M10… More about ‘Park Street roundabout’»
St Stephen’s Vicarage and garden
Before it was vandalised in the early 1970s, St Stephen’s vicarage and garden was a splendid Georgian building. Here are some wonderful descriptions and images of what it was like in its heyday. The land on which the building stood… More about ‘St Stephen’s Vicarage and garden’»
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