Today marks the anniversary of the bomb which killed the inhabitants of a house in Cambridge Road in 1940. Hazel Mead and David Royle laid a wreath at the war memorial in the churchyard this morning in memory of the victims.
This is a collection of articles about the Mathams Wood site that look at its history from the fourteenth century manor to twentieth century airfield. Please contribute if you know more! Copyright remains with the writer.
Dave Mead has written an article about the origins of Nostalgia Day.
Stan Kempthorne was an inhabitant of High Wych who spent some time in a prisoner of war camp during World War Two.
By Theo van de Bilt
October 10th marks the 80th anniversary of the bomb that caused damage and death on Cambridge Road
This is an article compiled by David Royle in connection with the VE Day celebrations.
Here come the Mosquitos – 2nd Walter Lawrence article published
We are currently gearing up to the eightieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War. The Sawbridgeworth Local History Society will mark the occasion by holding an event where local witnesses will tell us how they were affected by these event. More about that later. In time for these commemoration Douglas Coe has… Read More »
To mark the anniversary of World War 2 we are planning an oral history project involving the people of Sawbridgeworth who were living here at that time and who are willing to share their experiences. We would like to interview and possibly film these people for an event on 3rd September at the Hailey Centre.… Read More »
Friends, If you live locally you are perhaps already aware of this story. In short our friends from Hatfield Heath are fighting to save the local old POW Camp from demolition. A planning application has been submitted which would see this historic site demolished to make place for 25 luxury homes. As we are a… Read More »