Libraries and leisure

In 2010 we celebrate 200 years of education on the British Schools' site.
Regular opening hours are:
Tuesdays, 10am to 4pm,
Saturdays, 10am to 1pm,
Sundays, 2pm to 5pm.
Admission: £4.50 adults, £2.00 children, £12 Family Ticket. Entry to the tea room and shop is free. www.hitchinbritishschools.org.uk

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Keith Fitzpatrick Matthews, Archaeology Officer for North Hertfordshire District Council Museums Service will give a talk entitled 'Bad Archaeology'. Keith will explain what he means by Bad Archaeology and how to recognise it and avoid it. He will give many examples to educate and amuse his audience.
Doors open at 7:30pm and visitors are welcome. Cassio Lodge is near to Watford Central Library

David Heathcote is a design historian, writer, curator and broadcaster. In this lecture he will discuss the ways in which the requirements of different media – whether exhibitions, television programmes or publications – shape the ways that history can be told.

History is almost invariably something that we gain understanding of through its articulation in the public domain. Most historians, however, are woefully unprepared for the work necessary to convert their research into something that the public can read, listen to or view.

Historians rarely suspect, when venturing from the quiet world of the University into the realm of public history, that what awaits them are a vast array of good reasons as to why what they want to state cannot be conveyed as they propose. From the length of lines and legal constraints on seemingly innocent material to the necessity for the historian to appear naked before the audience to tell the story, the public realm has much in common with the gladiatorial arena.


£7 full price, £5 concessions,

Lecture starts at 7.30pm.

Free drop-in. Drop into the museum to explore the new displays & galleries. Try out some of the new family activity trails and enter our fantastic prize draw! Discover the Andrews' Room - a new purpose built building from which our events programme will be run. Museum staff will be on hand to talk to visitors and discuss forthcoming family activities.

Hertford Museum, 18 Bull Plain, Hertford, Herts, SG14 1DT www.hertfordmuseum.org

A chance to take the whole family on a trip back in time to wartime England. The Forties Experience is operated by the Lincolnsfields Children’s Charity and is open to the public on the LAST SUNDAY of EVERY MONTH.
The project is located at Lincolnsfields - the site of Bushey Hall – H.Q. of the 8th USAAF Fighter Command during WWll and is housed in some of the remaining Second World War buildings.
The event is staffed by volunteer period re-enactors and veterans.
Included in the Experience are:
1940’s House – Living room, kitchen, bedroom and hall.
Dig for Victory garden with seasonal crops, Anderson shelter and livestock for food!
London Blitz street scene & public shelter
Militaria Display of uniforms,, weapons, medals & artefacts
Evacuee’s school in the Village Hall
N.A.A.F.I. Cafe – Period refreshments in a period setting. (inc. sampling of war-time recipes.)
WW2 Vehicle Ride – Weather permitting
Admission is only £4 per adult and £3. for children and senior citizens. Open 10.30.am. Closes 4.30.p.m.
Visit can take 2 - 2.5 hours. Last Entry 3.15.p.m.
Visit our website www.fortiesexperience.co.uk
Lincolnsfields Centre , Bushey Hall Drive, Bushey Herts.WD23 2ES