The Home Guard in West Herts
10 January 2022
Right. Get fell in! Atten-shun! Right dress! Eyes front. Stand at ease. Stand easy.
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Scoop Magazine
20 November 2021
‘Scoop’ was the magazine published by the children at Long Marston school, every term, in the 1940s. We have obtained copies of the magazine which provides an insight into the effects of the bombing of the school as well as the thoughts from children that were evacuated from London to Long Marston during the war.
The Life and Times of a Remarkable Survivor
2 November 2021
Most of the early work on our new local history website – Tringruralhistory.co.uk – has focused on the 20th century and in particular World War II. A number of stories mentioned the use of the local Airfield by the American Airforce and the impact on our communities at the time.
Good Old Days
25 August 2021
Excerpts from a transcript of the tape by Arthur Reeve (1907-1989) relating to Marsworth Airfield. The tape was produced in November 1984 by Arthur Reeve of Townfield Farm and Joan Dutton of Vicarage Road, Marsworth.
The Day the Bomb Dropped on Our Village
24 August 2021
This story was originally submitted to the BBC People’s War site by Gwilym Scourfield of the County Heritage Team on behalf of Sheila Wood.
The day the war came to Long Marston (part 2)
8 July 2021
We follow up the previous interview with Eunice Hall by discussing the bombing of Long Marston school with Neil Dean, also a child at the time. There is also coverage of the growth of Neil’s family business – Deans Eggs – and its impact on the village.
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