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Steve Morrison and Roger Lewis with the FA Trophy
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Ronnie Henry and Roger Lewis with FA Trophy
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Baldwin Family in Newcastle before the match
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Traction Engines - Stevenage Carnival 1963
... Traction Engines outside number 27 High Street (the white building) then, a Mother and Baby Clinic now part of the Cromwell Hotel. The building on the other side of Basils Road was unoccupied for many years and, demolished in 1970. It then became the offices of Lombard North Central and, is now a Turf Accountants. ...
Memories of Pioneers
Text adapted from an article by Richard Young that appeared in the Stevenage Comet on the 8th September 2011 Mrs S’s family were on the housing list from the end of the war and had to look Stevenage up on a map when they were offered a house in the town in 1954. The Lingfield Road resident said that her Mum and Dad had had an interview with a Miss Tabor the housing Manager of the Stevenage Development Corporation in the Old Town and we were shown...
Diamond Anniversary for New Town
Text adapted from an article written by Richard Young which appeared in the Stevenage Comet in September 2011 The first completed houses During the summer of 1951, excited young couples received the keys to the first completed houses in Stevenage – and began a new experience in town living. The first street to be occupied was Broadview which now bears a special sign to commemorate the arrival of the first residents. Bob Sulzbach whose father work...
A Brief History of the Club
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Report of Basildon v Stevenage
... Includes a reference to Tony Ward playing after the loss of an arm in a car accident. Clip supplied by Bill McManus. ...
Oxfam Shop 40th Anniversary Celebrations
On Saturday 29 October 2011 the Oxfam shop in Middle Row, Stevenage celebrated it’s 40th anniversary of opening. Council leader Sharon Taylor came along to the shop to mark the start of an afternoon of events, with poetry reading, story telling, drinks and a lovely birthday cake donated by Waitrose. Deputy Manager Peter Bentley has been researching the history of the building and has produced an interesting leaflet which is available from the sho...
Paul Fairclough with Diadora League Team
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Stevenage Team
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Stevenage Youth v West Ham Youth
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All Saints Church
... My Father, Derek Heritage, was the first Methodist Minister at All Saints Church – we moved to Stevenage before the church opened, so church services were held in a school (I forget which one, though I seem to remember it was at the corner of Chells Way and Fairlands way, and has now gone, to be replaced by houses). These photos are in his collection ...
Ashtree School 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Ashtree School celebrated it’s 50th birthday during the week of 18th July 2011, with various activities. These included a 1960s inspired sports day, a Summer Fayre, staff and children dressing in retro clothing, a street party and a tree planting ceremony attended by Stevenage Mayor, Carol Latif. The school chose to plant a young ash tree close to a spot on the front entrance to the school where a tree had recently been felled by bad weather. The...
The Stevenage Town War Memorial : a brief history
In honour and grateful remembrance of the men of Stevenage who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919. Their name liveth for evermore In the autumn of 1918 numerous letters were sent to the Hertfordshire Express newspaper concerning the choice of a suitable memorial to commemorate the men of Stevenage who were killed during the Great War. Mr W.H. Foster suggested an avenue of trees be planted with a label on each bearing...
Stevenage Central Library
... Central Library Southgate Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 1HD For more information visit the Stevenage Museum webpages ...
In and Out of the Peartrees
My birthday is in mid September, so I spent 3 years at Peartree Infants School, staying back an extra year to ensure I gave the other kids a good head start. Two years under the tutelage of Mrs Hart, my first and one of my all time favourite teachers, followed by a year with Mrs Smy and I was primed and ready for the jump to the big league. Peartree Spring Junior School. My sister was in 4th year when I joined Peartree Junior School in September ...
Stevenage Lodge
... Sadly, the Lodge was demolished and exists now only in people’s memories. Please do add a comment if you remember working or visiting there. ...
'Purpose' CD
AN archive of fascinating material charting the birth of Stevenage New Town has been released in a new digital format. The CD contains an indexed collection of the Stevenage Development Corporation’s quarterly journal ‘Purpose’ from 1955 to 1966 as well as its predecessor, the SDC quarterly bulletin. The name Purpose came from the Development Corporation’s motto “Consider Thy Purpose” and over ten years the magazines told the story of the New Tow...
Church of the Transfiguration and Christ the King
The nearest Mass centre for the few Roman Catholics (probably Irish immigrants) living in the Stevenage area prior to 1911 was at Hitchin where the service was held in St. Michael’s school, a school established in 1903 and run by Fathers of the Society of St. Edmund of Pontigny (S.S.E). As the Stevenage Roman Catholic community grew so did the need for a Mass centre in Stevenage and on the eve of the Nativity in December 1911 a mission chapel, ca...
The Twin Foxes
These famous Stevenage characters were born in 1857 in Symonds Green. Twin sons, so alike, that their parents would tie different coloured ribbons on them to tell them apart, were called Ebenezer Albert and Albert Ebenezer (after the Ebenezer Chapel on Albert Street in Stevenage). 200 convictions The twins were well known poachers whose convictions between them ran over the 200 mark. The police were often at a loss to know which twin they had cau...
Stevenage At War
Have you ever visited the Stevenage War Memorial? Ever wondered who the men were who are listed on the memorial plaques? If so, try visiting my website which lists the names of all those townsmen who perished during the two world wars. You’ll find their service details, the stories of their fate and, in some cases, their photos. Follow this link to the website: Home Page – STEVENAGE AT WAR If you have any information to add or any questions about...
Stevenage Italian!
I have done a lot of family history and have discovered some amazing coincidences. I lived in Stevenage from 1971 until 1984. My parents, brother and sister are still there. My father’s family we believed hailed from Tottenham and my father came from a long line of Charles Thomas Hawkins. I got as far back as his great great grandfather and discovered Luigi Landi who had come from Italian to Stevenage of all places. He married an Emma Munt who wo...
The Man in the Moon
... In December 2015 it was refurbished and renamed The Willows. It stands on the corner of The Willows, so called because of its association with the cricket ground in Shephalbury Park nearby. ...
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