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 Broadsword to Danny Boy . . . IN a regular online column, RICHARD STAINTON casts a nostalgic eye over old TV, films, books and sport. This time he looks back at Ingrid Pitt and the thrill of Where Eagles Dare.
(08/07/2008)
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Herts links to OlympicsBy Gemma Gardner AS the 2008 Olympics draw to a close, an exhibition marking the centenary of the first-ever London Games is being held at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies. The exhibition - at the centre beside Hertford's County Hall - starts with 1906, when the eruption of Mount Vesuvius meant that Italy could not host the Games and they were reassigned to London for 1908. The Games were officially opened by King Edward VII in July that year.
(22/08/2008)
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Olive's badge of honourBy Gemma Gardner A LAND army girl who left her family to help on the Home Front during the Second World War has been honoured more than 60 years on. Olive Warby joined the Women's Land Army in 1941 when she was just 18 years old and living in London.
(11/08/2008)
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Glass artist reflectsBy Jean Marsden TALENTED stained and fused glass artist Tessa Verrecchia has told the Mercury about her aristocratic family tree, which has its roots in the Bosanquet family who used to reside in imposing Broxbournebury mansion - now The Hertfordshire Golf and Country Club in Broxbourne.Tessa, 67, who lives in Epping Green, near Berkhamsted, grew up in Mortals Wood on the Bosanquet estate. (11/08/2008)
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25 YEARS AGO Extension for Moore workAugust 19, 1983THE Henry Moore Foundation has applied to East Herts Council for planning permission to build an extension to Dane Tree House in Perry Green, to contain and conserve the works of sculptor Moore. (22/08/2008) [Read More]
First book landmark for local writerAugust 19, 1983THE publishing of a first book is a landmark for any author and for Broxbourne journalist Joan Hessayon it is the realisation of an ambition going back nearly 50 years. (22/08/2008) [Read More]
Zoo is up for saleAugust 5, 1983SALE notices went up at the frequently-troubled Broxbourne Zoo this week and it is expected to be sold in three separate lots - the zoo, the restaurant and the amenity area. (22/08/2008) [Read More]
Another festival, but not for three yearsAugust 5, 1983THE next East Herts Festival will not be until 1986, despite the success of the inaugural one this year. (22/08/2008) [Read More]
Mercury still as popular - as ever 107 years on21 August 1998THE Mercury has a new stockist - but it doesn't promise to be first with the news. In fact, it's 107 years out of date. (22/08/2008) [Read More]
Evacuation after Mills Bomb spotted21 August 1998PART of a town centre was evacuated and bomb disposal experts called in after an old soldier identified a live grenade among junk cleared from a Cheshunt garage. (22/08/2008) [Read More]
A10 bypass gets the green lightAugust 7, 1998AFTER decades of campaigning, villagers living along the A10 in East Herts have been victorious in their battle for a bypass. (22/08/2008) [Read More]
Terry has Royal birthday chatAugust 7, 1998THE Queen Mother received a pleasant surprise for her birthday when she met Waltham Abbey's veteran campaigner Terry Hutt and was presented with some flowers and a birthday card. (22/08/2008) [Read More]
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