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Local stories and social life in St Albans & Harpenden
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Communities
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Community Blogs
Local stories and social life in St Albans & Harpenden
7 posts
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Lest We Forget, part 8: Private Edward Warner VC: The Straw Hat Maker from Cannon Street
The most famous name on the St Albans memorial belongs to a man who made straw hats before the war. Edward Warner was bo...
The Social Martini7 Nov 2026
4m read
Lest We Forget, part 7: The Street Memorials of the Abbey Parish
St Albans has something found nowhere else in Britain: a set of stone memorials built into the walls of ordina...
The Social Martini7 Nov 2026
5m read
Lest We Forget, part 6: Building Memory: The Memorials of 1920 and 1921
The Social Martini7 Nov 2026
4m read
Lest We Forget, part 5: The Fallen: The People Behind the Names
The Social Martini7 Nov 2026
5m read
Lest We Forget, part 4: St Albans in the Great War: A Garrison Town
The Social Martini7 Nov 2026
5m read
Lest We Forget, part 3: Harpenden in the Great War: Camp, Hospital and Home Front
Harpenden had no hospital in 1914, so the town's volunteers built one. When the Notts and Derbyshire battalions arrived, the officer commanding the 1st North Midland Field Ambulanc...
The Social Martini7 Nov 2026
4m read
Lest We Forget, part 2: August 1914: Two Towns Go to War
Within days of the declaration of war, Harpenden and St Albans stopped being quiet Hertfordshire towns and bec...
The Social Martini7 Nov 2026