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Anecdotes from an Anorak

Hemel Hempstead 

Scenes from when the New Town was fairly new.

 

 

 

Autumn

 

Haymaking was an event which took place until the late 1970s only a stone’s throw from the Marlowes centre, on the parkland at Turners Hill.

 

 

 

Winter

 

 

The old fountain frozen out of the plan updating Bank Court.

 

 

 

 

 

A cold snap taken from the top of  the Spiral Multi-story Car Park which preceded the Riverside shopping centre.

 

 

 

 

Spring

 

 

Hanging over the same guard-rail of the spiral multi-story a few month later ...

 

 

 

Summer

 

An ‘Icelandic’ view across the car park adjacent to Hillfield Road towards the old Marlowes garage and the then proposed superstore site.

 

 

Hertfordshire New Town

Seasons of the 70's