In conjunction with Scott Hastie, David Spain produced the series of local photographic history books including “Abbots Langley, A Hertfordshire Village”.

In this presentation, David will be continuing his presentation from September 2025 by sharing some of the old photographs of the area from his extensive archive.

Peter Morgan calls this a 'stroll' as it is primarily highlighting the main events and people in Berkhamsted's history, without going into lots of details about them, mainly because covering 1000 years in an hour would not allow him anything else! It is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation, with lots of interesting pictures of the main protagonists and local scenes.

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Alison has been a guide at Chenies Manor for over 11 years. Her talk starts with the Anglo Saxons living at the site. She explains how John Russell gained the title of First Earl of Bedford, and came to live at Chenies through marriage. Alison's talk includes the story of how the title was promoted to a Dukedom in 1694. The presentation includes the links across the aristocratic families living locally. Alison makes reference to Cassiobury, Moor Park and Latimer.

The copiously illustrated talk will cover the active and productive years which George Bernard and Charlotte Shaw spent in our county, detailing their links to some well-known fellow residents, the campaigns they involved themselves in, their relationship with the villagers of Ayot St Lawrence and friendships with famous people.

Philippa is a former librarian who grew up in St Albans and has lived there and in Letchworth Garden City for much of her life. She has been a volunteer at Shaw's Corner, the Shaws' home of 44 years, which was left to the National Trust, for 15 years and researches and writes for Shaw-related journals. She is the leader of Letchworth Local History Research Group.