Author: Stephen Jeffery-Poulter Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445616327 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 193
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hertfordshire has changed and developed over the last century.
Author: Peter Ruffles Publisher: ISBN: 9781445602721 Category : Hertford (England) Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
Located in the heart of the Home Counties, Hertford has retained its identity as the administrative capital of 'The Shire of Hertford' for 1,000 years and yet has managed to remain a small, almost 'self-sufficient' town. The arable land surrounding Hertford led to the creation of its staple industry of brewing, with mills and maltings dominating the sky-line alongside civic buildings and private homes when many of the early photographs in this book were taken over a century ago. The book contains period photographs, many being published here for the very first time, which have mainly been sourced from Hertford Museum's extensive archive. The contrasting illustrations provide an accessible and interesting way of seeing the extraordinary changes that have taken place in this charming and historic market town over a century or more of evolution, expansion and re-development.
Author: Hemel Hempstead Local History and Records Society Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 362
Author: Paul Johnson Publisher: Frontline Books ISBN: 147389395X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 487
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Collected first-hand accounts of British men and women serving their country during World War I, as discovered through the Herts At War community project. In Hertfordshire Soldiers of The First World War the authors explore a series of individual case studies of Hertfordshire men who served in various theaters during the First World War, all of which had been uncovered as part of the Herts At War community project. This unique collection of largely unknown accounts includes stories from the Western Front, Gallipoli, Salonika, Mesopotamia, East Africa, Egypt, and even Russia in the fight against the Bolsheviks in 1919. The Herts At War team uncovered many letters and objects in the course of their research, including men who were Victoria Cross winners to those whose courage or bravery went unrecognized, as well as stoicism on the Home Front. One of the most moving of these surrounds a photograph which was found in the hands of Sergeant Percy Buck as he lay fatally wounded in a shell hole in 1917. On the back of the photograph of his wife and young son he had written his address and asked for whoever found the image to post it to his loved ones in the event of his death. Sergeant Buck would have assumed it would be a British comrade who would find the photograph, but the person who recovered it was a German soldier who subsequently sent it on to the grieving, but grateful, family. The war memorials of Hertfordshire contain the names of over 23,000 men and women who gave their lives whilst in the service of their country during the Great War; some of their tales are uncovered here. Indeed, the poignant collection of stories, anecdotes, and artifacts revealed in this book bring the First World War to life in an unusual and highly moving fashion.
Author: Margaret Ward Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press ISBN: 9780954218928 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 158
Book Description
"This practical and comprehensive guide provides an introduction for family historians to trace their ancestors in Hertfordshire. It is thematic in approach, the chapters incorporating related material on subjects as broad as military ancestors and the poor and the sick"--Publisher's description.
Author: J Banfield-Taylor Publisher: ISBN: 9780857041609 Category : Hertfordshire (England) Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
This comprehensive work on the River Ver reveals a fascinating story from source to confluence and prehistory to the 21st century of a chalk stream that has shaped not only the local landscape but the lives of its people past and present.
Author: Paul Ashton Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3110636352 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 306
Book Description
If historical culture is the specific and particular ways that a society engages with its past, this book aims to situate the professional practice of public history, now emerging across the world, within that framework. It links the increasingly varied practices of memory and history-making such as genealogy, podcasting, re-enactment, family histories, memoir writing, film-making and facebook histories with the work that professional historians do, both in and out of the academy. Making Histories asks questions about the role of the expert and notions of authority within a landscape that is increasingly concerned with connection to the past and authenticity. The book is divided into four parts: 1. Resistance, Rights, Authority 2. Memory, Memorialization, Commemoration 3. Performance, Transmission, Reception 4. Family, Private, Self The four sections outline major themes emerging in public history across the world in the 21st century which are all underpinned by the impact of new media on historical practice and our central argument for the volume which advocates a more capacious definition of what constitutes ‘public history‘.
Author: Josh Tidy Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445654733 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Letchworth Garden City has changed and developed over the last century.
Author: Stephen Jeffery-Poulter
Author: Peter Ruffles
Author: Hemel Hempstead Local History and Records Society
Author: Paul Johnson
Author: Margaret Ward
Author: Anonymous
Author: Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club
Author: J Banfield-Taylor
Author: Paul Ashton
Author: Josh Tidy