February2010 Edition - Hatfield Heath Village Magazine

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Swedes 1 v Mr Trickey's Turnips 2 Farmer Trickey of Peggerells extolling the virtues of Hadfield's Special Mangold Manure c. 1914. HATFIELD REGIS LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY The Hatfield Regis Local History Society was formed, in 2000, from the Hatfield Heath History Group who had been responsible for producing A History of Hatfield Heath. Attempts had previously been made to form a History Society in Hatfield Broad Oak and now representatives from both Villages met to write a constitution and form a committee. This committee comprised Liz Wright, Richard Farr, Les Towers, and Ivan Wybrew, later joined by Mary White, Bob Ward, Catherine Hockley and Brian Pugh. In 2008 Robin Gurnett was elected Chairman when Liz Wright moved from the District. Ivan Wybrew is the treasurer, Richard Barnett the Vice-Chairman, Edna Halls the HBO representative & Mick Saban the Heath Representative. The Aims & Objectives of the Society are: v To bring together persons interested in the history of Hatfield Broad Oak, Hatfield Heath and Bush End. v To stimulate pubic interest and encourage the study of local history. v To help preserve records and objects and to co-operate with other local bodies with similar interests. Meetings are held, alternately, in Hatfield Heath (Tuesday) and Hatfield Broad Oak (Sundays) with a programme of talks and visits. Members also undertake local historical projects and these have included: v A reprint of A Tale of a Lonely Parish by Francis Marion Crawford. v A book on the History of the Hatfield Broad Oak Priory. v A detailed analysis of the Stephen Green Diary. v The staging of local history exhibitions for the Millennium, for the Silver Jubilee, and the Heath Festivals. v Memorial books for the two H Heath Churches on the fallen from the two World Wars and the History of the two Churches. v Two albums 'then and now' photographs of the Heath together with other Albums of Photos of the Heath. v Identifying the names of Heath Residents from old Photographs v Detailed work on the history of local farms and farmers. v A booklet on Gibson’s farmhouse and the Hurdle End Cottage. v A reprint of A History of Hatfield Heath. These reprints are available priced £4.00 plus £1.00 postage from: The Treasurer HRLH Society E Mail: mwybrew@fsmail.net 3
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