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| FRONTISPIECE | ||
| Winter sunshine at Norton Common, Letchworth | 13 | Peter P. Hodge |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| The Hertfordshire "dictator" of the Royal Academy | 22 | Margaret Turner |
| Wings over Hertfordshire | 24 | John Day |
| The queen who was married at fourteen | 26 | Hazel Casimir |
| A wizard with early wind instruments | 30 | E. V. Scott |
| A Hoddesdon school and its illustrious founder | 32 | E. W. Paddick |
| The story of Round Table in Hertfordshire | 34 | Barry Bremner |
| Hertfordshire Windmills | 36 | Richard Mercer |
| By steam to Watford with Colonel Maceroni | 40 | M. Tomkins |
| Hertfordshire's "first lady' | 44 | Pamela Fairbrother |
| Essendon | 47 | R. J. Pigram |
| The Great North Road in Hertfordshire | 50 | Norman Webster |
| EATING OUT | ||
| Chez Danali, Hemel Hempstead | 6 | "Trencherman" |
| Champagne "launching" for Welwyn Garden City hotel | 10 | |
| Sopwell House-newest county hotel | 60 | |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| Taking portraits with a single lamp | 55 | Robin Bowles |
| GARDENING | ||
| Climbers and clingers | 56 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| FOR FLOWER ARRANGERS | ||
| "These are a few of my favourite things" | 59 | Betty Stockwell |
| WOMEN'S WORLD | ||
| The Paris feeling at British prices | 63 | Jackie Moore |
| MOTORING | ||
| The Austin Maxi | 65 | Richard L. Jones |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 70 | |
| Wining and dining | 72 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| Here and there in Hertfordshire | 4 | |
| Ensemble plays for charitable causes | 8 | E. V. Scott |
| Reader's Forum | 14 | |
| Beer in the bakery | 29 | F. Beard |
| Every inn sign tells a story | 42 | Fredrick Vanson |
| Hazelwood | 43 | D. Campbell |
| Memories of moonlight in Hertfordshire | 46 | Lilian Thrussell |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 67 | "Harvester" |
| Your bookshelf | 69 | J. H. C. Laker |
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Contents Vol. 24 No. 130 February 1970 |
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| Fishpool Street, St. Albans | 13 | S. W. Plaskett |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| William Ellis incognito | 20 | M. Tomkins |
| Elizabeth Harwood | 22 | E. V. Scott |
| Some account of Redbourne past and present | 24 | W. G. S. Crook |
| Hertfordshire oriental beer | 26 | Roy A. Harris and K. R. Duff |
| Mother of thirty-nine children | 28 | M. Tomkins |
| Best furnished with windmills | 30 | Richard Mercer |
| With the Seebohm family in Victorian Hitchin | 35 | E. Vernon |
| Bangeo's Norman church is virtually intact | 36 | James Wood |
| Kersha's Hitchin coach | 40 | R. J. Pigram |
| Boyhood memories of Aldbury | 42 | Colin Groome |
| Rebel M.P. hated the coming of railways | 44 | Dorothy Coleville |
| Beauty kings of the bird world | 47 | Edyth Harper |
| A Hertfordshire farmhouse saved from demolition | 48 | Douglas Priestley |
| The Triad project at Bishop's Stortford | 50 | |
| The American who has delved deep into Hertfordshire | ||
| folklore | 51 | W. V. Lea |
| The French Riviera | 52 | Michael Watkins |
| GARDENING | ||
| Gardening 100 years ago | 55 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| FOR FLOWER ARRAGERS | ||
| Old containers for new arrangements | 57 | Betty Stockwell |
| WOMEN'S WORLD | ||
| Men's wear is getting more exciting | 59 | Jackie Moore |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| Fishing for pictures | 61 | Robin Bowles |
| MOTORING | ||
| The XJ6 Jaguar | 63 | Alan A. Hinds |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 69 | |
| Wining and dining | 72 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| Here and there in Hertfordshire | 4 | |
| Family bookshelf | 6, 8 | J. H. C. Laker |
| The last stage at the Grange | 10 | |
| Reader's Forum | 14 | |
| The trials of an amateur antique dealer | 46 | A. W. Silverwood |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 67 | "Harvester" |
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Contents Vol. 24 No. 131 March 1970 |
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| The Roman Catholic church at Rickmansworth | 13 | T. F. Holland |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| A thatcher all his life | 24 | E. V. Scott |
| Buntingford fire brigade faces a crisis | 26 | K. Audrey Strube |
| The Pendley plays | 28 | Eve Nash |
| Symondshyde in the parish of Hatfield | 30 | Hayward Parrott |
| Birds of the riverside | 32 | Richard Mercer |
| Bank holidays at Bricket Wood | 34 | Eva E. Welch |
| A German spy in Hatfield Park | 36 | Doreen Hornsblow |
| Graveley clergyman clashed over parochial boundries | 38 | James Wood |
| The gilded cock atop a church spire | 40 | Canon F. G. Brenchley |
| A Hertfordshire ancestor to be proud of | 41 | Marjore Baratt |
| Fire marks | 42 | Betty Newbury |
| Hertfordshire's ever-changing boundary | 44 | W. O. Wittering |
| When racing hooves thundered on Lilley Hoo | 46 | Roy Pinnock |
| Looking at the Hertfordshire Chilterns | 48 | R. J. Pigram |
| EATING OUT | ||
| The Blakemore hotel, Little Wymondley | 11 | "Trencherman" |
| GARDENING | ||
| Making a hedge of different shrubs | 50 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| FOR SPRING BRIDES | ||
| Be sensible about your going-away clothes | 53 | Jackie Moore |
| Picking presents for the bride and bridegroom | 55 | Joan Frank |
| FOR FLOWER ARRANGERS | ||
| Flowers for a wedding | 59 | Betty Stockwell |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| How to take a better picture with flash | 63 | George Hughes |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 69 | |
| Wining and dining | 72 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| Here and there in Hertfordshire | 4 | |
| Hertfordshire's newest public-house | 6 | |
| Reader's Forum | 14 | |
| The pleasures of the table | 61 | Rose Kane |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 67 | "Harvester" |
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Contents Vol. 24 No. 132 April 1970 |
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| The fourteenth-century rood screen in St. Albans Cathedral | 11 | C. R. L. Coles |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| The street of my youth | 20 | Elaine Claire McLachlan |
| Muniments, sleepy carters and Kit Nash | 23 | E. A. Williams |
| An autumn visit to a secluded village | 24 | Dorothy A. L. Prince |
| Attractive Tring | 26 | Raymond Lea |
| Encounter with a family of hedgehogs | 29 | Lilian Thrussell |
| A talented and versatile Hertfordshire artist | 30 | Eve Nash |
| All the fun of Michaelmas fair at St. Albans | 40 | Betty Puttick |
| St. Albans-home of English liberties | 42 | Richard Mercer |
| Hertfordshire's only builder of organs | 44 | E. V. Scott |
| Horrors of the stocks and pillory at St. Albans | 47 | Eve Nash |
| He left land to St. Albans school | 48 | Frank Kivington |
| One of the most beautiful gardens in Hertfordshire | 50 | Pamela Fairbrother |
| St. Albans non-events | 52 | M. Tomkins |
| John Ball, the Lollard martyr of St. Albans | 56 | Bernard Dumpleton |
| The treasures of St. Albans abbey | 59 | Richard Mercer |
| Sherlock Holmes in Hertfordshire | 73 | K. R. Jones |
| When horses raced at Harpenden | 75 | Geraldine Mellor |
| EATING OUT | ||
| Sopwell House hotel, St. Albans | 6 | "Trencherman" |
| GARDENING | ||
| Bonsai trees are facinating | 55 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| What camera shall I buy? | 67 | Robin Bowles |
| FOR FLOWER ARRANGERS | ||
| How to make the best use of foliage | 69 | Betty Stockwell |
| WOMEN'S WORLD | ||
| The fashion revolution of the seventies | 70 | Jackie Moore |
| MOTORING | ||
| A "niche filler" from Munich | 81 | Richard L. Jones |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 87 | |
| Wining and dining | 92 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| The arts in St. Albans | 4 | Margot Strickland |
| Here and there in Hertfordshire | 8 | |
| Reader's Forum | 12 | |
| Thomas Hearne-a great Hertfordshire artist | 25 | Elissa Milsome |
| The modern look of Borehamwood | 32 | Jeffery Whitelaw |
| Books and authors of Hertfordshire | 63 | E. Vernon |
| Family bookshelf | 77 | J. H. C. Laker |
| Not only land | 85 | D. Campbell |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 87 | "Harvester" |
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Contents Vol. 25 No. 134 June 1970 |
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| Fore Street, Hatfield | 13 | J. W. Whitelaw |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| A Hertford tercentenary | 26 | Herbert J, Clymo |
| The eccentric will of Henry Trigg | 28 | Betty Puttick |
| Old Bleakie | 30 | Clarice N. Pawsey |
| The short but glorious saga of R.A.F. Hunsdon | 32 | Leslie Hunt |
| A Hertfordshire charcoal-burner | 37 | Hayward Parrott |
| The stained-glass artists of Hertfordshire | 38 | |
| "She's a good 'un" | 40 | R. J. Pigram |
| Gerald Moore, the great accompanist | 42 | Eve Nash |
| The man who restored many Hertfordshire churches | 44 | J. W. Litten |
| The white witch of Broxboure Woods | 46 | E. W. Paddick |
| Wicked Wigginton | 48 | W. G. S. Crook |
| Garden memories of Hertfordshire | 50 | Margaret Beaton |
| Hertfordshire's souvenir china | 52 | J. R. Goffin |
| EATING OUT | ||
| The Red Lion hotel, Radlett | 6 | "Trencherman" |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| Getting to grips with your camera | 57 | Howard S. Cotton |
| GARDENING | ||
| Be wary in May | 59 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| FOR FLOWER ARRANGERS | ||
| Arrangements with summer flowers | 69 | Betty Stockwell |
| FASHION WORLD | ||
| Super clothes for the teenager | 63 | Jackie Moore |
| MOTORING | ||
| Cars for the seventies | 64 | |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 73 | |
| Gardens to visit | 75 | |
| Wining and dining | 76 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| Here and there in Hertfordshire | 4 | |
| Round and about Hertfordshire | 8 | R. S. Pickersgill |
| Antique shops: St. Ouen antiques, Hoddesdon | 10 | Pamela Westland |
| Reader's Forum | 14 | |
| Hertfordshire loses a worthy | 19 | Primrose M. Nicholls |
| Love and care comes first at Harpenden | 41 | Peter Brown |
| Down Hertfordshire way | 43 | Vera Jones |
| Marks and Spencer's third store in Hertfordshire | 55 | |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 71 | "Harvester" |
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Contents Vol. 25 No. 135 July 1970 |
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| The church and charter tower at Hemel Hempstead | 13 | Jeffery W. Whitelaw |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| Literary lights and their links with Hertfodshire | 20 | E. Vernon |
| Exiled, but the traveller's heart lay in the town of his birth | 22 | J. G. O. Whitehead |
| Diaries of a Rickmansworth Farmer | 26 | K. R. Jones |
| Ellen Terry's six years "exile" in Hertfordshire | 28 | Margot Strickland |
| Monken Hadley church's links with the U.S.A. | 31 | C. A. Gentile |
| The Byngs and Wrotham Park | 32 | Douglas Priestley |
| Victorian restoration of St. Albans abbey | 34 | J. W. Litten |
| St. Nicholas's in the old town of Stevenage | 36 | James Wood |
| Two Hertfordshire artists | 38 | E. V. Scott |
| Life at a Hertfordshire station house | 40 | Edith E. Roden |
| Berkhamsted castle-a hinge of history | 42 | Richard Mercer |
| The oldest purpose-built cinema? | 44 | Audrey Wadowska |
| EATING OUT | ||
| The White Hart, Pukeridge |
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| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| What's sharp when | 47 | George Hughes |
| GARDENING | ||
| A fascinating salad bowl | 49 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| FOR FLOWER ARRANGERS | ||
| Making the best of roses | 69 | Betty Stockwell |
| FASHION WORLD | ||
| Shopping in New York | 52 | Jackie Moore |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 57 | |
| Gardens to visit | 59 | |
| Wining and dining | 60 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| Here and there in Hertfordshire | 4 | |
| Bishop blesses the silkworms | 8 | A. G. Elliott |
| Diamonds for beauty-and as an investment | 10 | |
| Reader's Forum | 14 | |
| The ends of Hertfordshire | 33 | R. J. Burford-Mason |
| Family bookshelf | 48 | J. H. C. Laker |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 55 | "Harvester" |
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Contents Vol. 25 No. 136 August 1970 |
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| Shops in High Street, Hemel Hempstead | 13 | M. D. Corr |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| Hedges are our heritage | 22 | Muriel Tansley |
| The Ver Poets | 24 | R. J. Burford-Mason |
| Bramfield-Becket's first rung | 25 | Joan M. Saunders |
| Hertfordshire's indoor cricket school | 26 | Pamela Fairbrother |
| Little Ben-no longer audible | 28 | D. G. Reid |
| A Hertfordshire pianist's mission | 30 | E. Vernon |
| The advent of Welwyn Garden City | 32 | Sir Fredrick Osborn |
| The town that stopped London | 34 | Anthony Wigens |
| Welwyn Garden City-the organization town | 36 | Dr. D. A. Lewis |
| On foot around Welwyn Garden City | 38 | E. M. Bavin |
| A home for artists in Welwyn Garden City | 40 | E. V. Scott |
| Matchless Welwyn | 42 | Rev. Eric R. Littler |
| A health service for a penny a week | 44 | Dr. G. Mial-Smith |
| The real importance of the garden city | 47 | W. A. Allen |
| Music-making in Welwyn Garden City | 50 | Anna Falchikov |
| The Shredded Wheat story | 52 | |
| A new life for an ancient barn | 54 | Roy Brewer |
| The Eylure story | 61 | Treena Price |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| Filter away those blues | 63 | George Hughes |
| GARDENING | ||
| Bamboos-Victorian favourites | 65 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| FOR FLOWER ARRANGERS | ||
| Starting at the beginning | 67 | Betty Stockwell |
| MOTORING | ||
| The Renault 12- in two versions | 68 | |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 73 | |
| Gardens to visit | 75 | |
| Wining and dining | 76 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| Here and there in Hertfordshire | 4 | |
| Vintage wines-guidance for the beginner | 6 | David Rowan |
| Family bookshelf | 8 | J. H. C. Laker |
| Artist has many U.S. admirers | 10 | A. G. Elliott |
| Reader's Forum | 14 | |
| Lawns through the centuries | 23 | D. G. Reid |
| Women's World | 70 | Jackie Moore |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 71 | "Harvester" |
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Contents Vol. 25 No. 137 September 1970 |
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| A scene on the canal at Boxmoor | 13 | Hertfordshire Countryside |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| Two High sheriffs of Hertdfordshire | 24 | W. G. S. Crook |
| Temple Dimsley through eight centuries | 26 | Wendy Barnes and Bridget Emma |
| Carrick | ||
| The Purwell meadows and their wild flowers | 28 | F. Bentley |
| Below Stairs | 30 | R. J. Pigram |
| Benskins Watford Brewery | 32 | David L. Tyler |
| The London trolleybus in Hertfordshire | 34 | Peter Paye |
| A sculptor lives at Hinxworth Place | 38 | John Illman |
| Electronic organs made in an old mill | 40 | E. V. Scott |
| Sopwell guards a lady's honour | 42 | Richard Maercer |
| The mystries of a Stevenage farm | 45 | W. O. Wittering |
| John Railton-conductor and teacher | 47 | E. V. Scott |
| "Funny old weather of the past in Hertfordshire | 48 | M. Tomkins |
| GARDENING | ||
| Growing edelweiss-the bridal flower | 46 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| All the fun of the fair | 53 | Harold C. Wyld |
| FOR FLOWER ARRANGERS | ||
| How to use drapes in your arrangements | 55 | Betty Stockwell |
| WOMEN'S WORLD | ||
| The new long refined look | 59 | Jackie Moore |
| MOTORING | ||
| Practical transport-Italian style | 60 | Alan A. Hind |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| Eating out | 63 | |
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 72 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| Here and there in Hertfordshire | 4 | |
| The home freezer-revolution in the kitchen | 6 | |
| Best-kept village competition winner | 8 | |
| Will Corn Exchanged be demolished? | 10 | |
| Reader's Forum | 14 | |
| A sculptor's work in Hertfordshire | 37 | |
| A Hertfordshire boys' choir is going places | 41 | E. V. Scott |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 75 | "Harvester" |
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Contents Vol. 25 No. 138 October 1970 |
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| FRONTISPIECE | ||
| The Bell Inn, Cottered | 13 | |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| Nearly thirty years with the R.M.S.A. | 22 | E. V. Scott |
| Rivers of the north-east plateau of Hertfordshire | 24 | Richard Mercer |
| Badgers in Hertfordshire | 28 | Wyn Hughes |
| Betty Ainsworth-a notorious landlady of Bishop's Stortford | 30 | George Berry |
| The story of Colney Heath (1) | 32 | M. Tomkins |
| A famous Berkhamsted family | 34 | K. R. Jones |
| A paradise for moisture-loving plants | 36 | Frank Bentley |
| Six thousand years of man at Hamper Mills, Watford | 39 | Robin Derricourt |
| The strange life of Lady Caroline Lamb | 42 | Elissa Milsome |
| A Victorian garden remembered | 44 | Margaret Beaton |
| Dance organs of a bygone era | 48 | E. V. Scott |
| GARDENING | ||
| How to order from the nurseryman | 51 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| Choosing a slide projector | 52 | Robin Bowles |
| FOR FLOWER ARRANGERS | ||
| Flower exhibitions under difficulty | 55 | Betty Stockwell |
| WOMEN'S WORLD | ||
| What influences the great designers? | 56 | Jackie Moore |
| MOTORING | ||
| The Jensen Interceptor II | 60 | Alan A. Hind |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 64 | |
| Wining and dining | 68 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| Round and about Hertfordshire | 4 | R. S. Pickersgill |
| Hertfordshire shops: Jacaranda, Cockfosters and Potters | ||
| Bar | 6 | |
| Worth reading | 8 | |
| Prints of a famous watercolourist | 10 | |
| Reader's Forum | 14 | |
| The cunning glow-worm | 31 | Bill Richman |
| Books and authors of Hertfordshire | 46 | E. Vernon |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 71 | "Harvester" |
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Contents Vol. 25 No. 139 November 1970 |
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| FRONTISPIECE | ||
| The Fighting Cocks, St Albans | 15 | Hertfordshire Countryside |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| Van Gough came to Hertfordshire | 26 | E. V. Scott |
| Heraldic views of Hertfordshire | 28 | Ivan E. Broadhead |
| The Shire Hall, Hertford | 30 | D. Campbell |
| Flowers of the fields in Hertfordshire | 32 | Frank Bentley |
| Masters of music | 35 | James Fallows |
| The Hertfordshire man they called Scilly Smith | 36 | Betty Puttick |
| Pleasures of Beane county | 39 | Richard Mercer |
| The story of Colney Heath (2) | 42 | M. Tomkins |
| A Hertfordshire man became the first mayor of New York | 44 | William A. Tack |
| Knebworth had a home for waifs and strays | 46 | John Stroud |
| The first pocket atlas of Hertfordshire | 48 | Dr. Joyce Wright |
| EATING OUT | ||
| Thorley Place hotel and country club | 8 | "Trencherman" |
| GARDENING | ||
| Secrets with melons | 55 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| The importance of a screen | 57 | Robin Bowles |
| FOR FLOWER ARRANGERS | ||
| Flowers with figurines | 59 | Betty Stockwell |
| WOMEN'S WORLD | ||
| Shopping in Paris | 61 | Jackie Moore |
| MOTORING | ||
| First-timer at Earls Court | 62 | Richard L. Jones |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 67 | |
| Wining and dining | 70 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| Here and there in Hertfordshire | 4 | |
| Round and about Hertfordshire | 6 | R. S. Pickersgill |
| Hertfordshire miscellany | 10 | |
| Reader's Forum | 16 | |
| Quincentenary of Nettleden church | 38 | |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 72 | "Harvester" |
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Contents Vol. 25 No. 140 December 1970 |
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| FRONTISPIECE | ||
| St. Albans abbey | 17 | Hertfordshire Countryside |
| FEATURE ARTICLES | ||
| The duchess who lived at Moor Park | 26 | Christine Sheppard |
| Golf in Hertfordshire (1): Knebworth | 30 | John De Vine |
| Is yours a Hertfordshire surname ? | 32 | Andre Page |
| Foxhunting days at Hitchin Priory (1) | 34 | R. J. Pigram |
| Ickleford school (1) | 36 | H. G. Western |
| And sixpennyworth of milk | 38 | Richard Mercer |
| The Back Street meeting house at Hitchin | 40 | H. C. Jenkins |
| My memories of the blitz in Hertfordshire | 42 | E. A. Williams |
| Benington in the snow | 44 | N. W. Webster |
| The story of Colney Heath (3) | 46 | M. Tomkins |
| Hertfordshire funeral lore | 50 | Bernard Thoresby |
| Ancient Yule log customs in Hertfordshire | 52 | Geraldine Mellor |
| Richard Hill's household guide | 55 | R. J. Pigram |
| The city hall, St. Albans | 70 | E. V. Scott |
| EATING OUT | ||
| The Black Lion hotel restaurant, St. Albans | 8 | "Trencherman" |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| Christmas and the cameraman | 57 | Dennis Taylor |
| GARDENING | ||
| Plants that flower in mid-winter | 59 | Dr. W. E. Shewell-Cooper |
| FOR FLOWER ARRANGERS | ||
| Getting ready for Christmas | 61 | Betty Stockwell |
| MOTORING | ||
| Notes on some of the new models | 76 | Richard L. Jones |
| HERTFORDSHIRE GUIDE | ||
| What's on in Hertfordshire | 77 | |
| Wining and dining | 80 | |
| OTHER FEATURES | ||
| Wine talk | 4 | Cherry Mercer |
| Here and there in Hertfordshire | 6 | |
| Worth reading | 10 | "Harvester" |
| Reader's Forum | 18 | |
| A glimpse of the Bramfield of Thomas à Becket | 29 | W. O. Wittering |
| Books and authors of Hertfordshire | 49 | E. Vernon |
| Hertfordshire panorama | 75 | "Harvester" |