Did you know? – Everyday Lives in War

Remembering the First World War – Hat Making in St. Albans

November 11, 2015

In January 2013 a group of 21 volunteers from the St. Albans Architectural and Archaeological Society began a research project to find out what life was like on the home front during the First World ...

Remembering World War One – The Scouts in Hertfordshire

October 14, 2015

Following on from his work experience with the Everyday Lives in War team, Joe Engledew, a pupil at Richard Hale School, Hertford, visited the Hertfordshire County Scout Archive at Well End, Borehamw...

Postcards from the Centre – Did you know?

September 23, 2015

Did you know that during the First World War the Boy Scouts were called upon to support the war effort by tackling a wide range of tasks, including whitewashing kerbstones, guarding bridges and helpi...

Postcards from the Centre – Did you know?

September 23, 2015

Did you know that during the First World War women workers at E. Day & Co.’s straw hat factory in St Albans produced 750,000 tropical army helmets? Contributed by members of the St Albans Home Fr...