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Sawbridgeworth People
8 June 2021 / 21 June 2024 by David Royle
‘The Future of Local Government’: a speech by Mr E. B. Barnard M P at the Shaftesbury Hall, Sawbridgeworth on 14 November 1907 Note Edmund Broughton Barnard OBE JP DL (16 February 1856 to 27 January 1930) according to Wikipedia, was a British Liberal politician, landowner and sportsman. He was an original member of Hertfordshire County Council from 1888, serving on and chairing many different committees and becoming its chairman in 1920 and an Alderman. He was chairman of the County Council's Education Committee and took a strong stand in favour of the retention of village schools, emphasising their importance to the preservation of village life. Barnard also served on Sawbridgeworth Urban District Council and was its chairman between 1905 and 1907. He died suddenly, aged 73, during a meeting of the Hertfordshire County Council, which he was chairing, on 27 January 1930 in London in the Law Society's hall.
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Parish Magazines and Town Guides
14 April 2021 / 21 June 2024 by David Royle
Scanned from Sawbridgeworth Parish Magazine 1935 to 1938
Town Twinning
23 September 2020 / 21 June 2024 by David Royle
Sawbridgeworth has another twin town in Germany – Moosburg. David Royle has written an article about the history of the town twin and a guide to it.
Have you ever wondered how and why we are involved in town-twinning? David Royle has written an article about our French twin-town with its history and a guide.
World War 1
6 June 2020 / 22 June 2024 by David Royle
This article is about the visit of the Sawbridgeworth Town Twinning Association in September 2018.
World War 2
6 June 2020 / 21 June 2024 by David Royle
This is an article compiled by David Royle in connection with the VE Day celebrations.