Retro

This beautiful family home comes with a price tag but is steeped in history and has links to a former US president

Kings Langley property with links to former US president

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In Pictures: 10 of Tring's 50 most important buildings featured in new book

Aerial View of the Ovaltine Factory

Dacorum Heritage invites Ovaltine workers to share their memories of factory lif...

Pokemon characters, like those pictured, are among toy deals at Aldi (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Cowabunga! Iconic 1990s retro toys comeback in supermarket deals

Nine video games you may have played in the 1980s - including arcade classics.

Nine retro video games you may have played in the 80s

50 Fest comes to Hemel Hempstead next month

Hemel Hempstead to host special event celebrating 50 years of Dacorum

St Leonard's Church

Church near Tring and Wendover demands vicar resigns for 'causing distress'

Ashridge House WWII maternity ward

"Ashridge babies" to reunite at WWII Hertfordshire birthplace, Ashridge House

Ovaltine Advertising Image

Dacorum Heritage to tell the story of Kings Langley’s Ovaltine Factory

Dawn Pitts being presented with her award by Dr Heather Falvey

Hertfordshire Association for Local History award Sarratt resident

Councillors after the first meeting of Hertfordshire County Council in May 1974 (Picture from Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, Hertfordshire County Council)

Herts County Council set to mark 50th anniversary of first meeting

When councillors meet on Tuesday (May 21) it will be 50 years since Hertfordshire County Council met for the first time.

Deborah Price Local Democracy Reporter

Robbie Cumming visited Tring on the latest season of Canal Boat Diaries

Tring set to be featured on latest season of popular nature series

St George's Day falls tomorrow. Image: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

Number of residents identifying as English revealed ahead of St George's Day

Leahoe House. Image supplied by Hertfordshire County Council

Council decides whether to sell house used as base for WW2 air raid precautions

The Plough was voted Britain's 'second-worst' roundabout in 2005.

YouTuber braves Britain’s second-worst roundabout in Hemel Hempstead

There were 4,871 heritage buildings and sites across the country considered at risk in 2023. Image; Rui Vieira PA

Only one Dacorum heritage site considered at risk

Becoming Us exhibition - Shelley Hayles, Director of Leeannas Wish and Andrene McDonald, Chair Active Lifestyles.

Councillors allocate budget to showcase African-Caribbean culture and heritage

Charles Hanson with some of the gold coins found in a linen box, photo from Nathan Fitzsimmons/Hansons

Over 300 gold coins found in old sock sell for £118k at Herts auction

Liz with library mascot Herty.

High Sheriff sets challenge to visit all 46 libraries across Hertfordshire

Red lion Public house

Carry on Policeman -- good Ole P.C Dickens got em at last

Berkhamsted Old Town Hall

Gadebourne Lodge 6960

The portrait

Herald article found hidden in portrait sparks appeal to find family of war hero

A member of the Armed Forces salutes after laying a Poppy Wreath. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

Calls for 'lighter approach' over road closure costs impacting Remembrance Day

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...Image: Hush Naidoo Jade Photography

Countdown to Hemel Hempstead Christmas light switch on begins

The Valiant Trooper in Aldbury, Hertfordshire. Image: Google Earth

Council officers reject plans to turn part of historic pub into a farm shop

Helen Phillips and her partner Julian Smith in their new shop in Berkhamsted's Home & Colonial antique centre. Pic: Laurel Phillips-Smith

Vinyl makes a welcome comeback at Berkhamsted antique centre Home & Colonial

The Bourne End rail crash wreck.

The Bourne End Rail Crash; A Forgotten Tragedy

Aylesbury Waterside Theatre present Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Waterside Theatre pantomime officially launched with cast photoshoot

The whole cast got together for a photoshoot including the Eastenders star

James Lowson

Station adopter Alex Michaels, Cillr Alan Johnson, John Richardson from Imagination Tech-nologies, graffiti artist Mark Tanti and LNR Kings Langley booking officer Ian Hendey.

Station mural depicts 12th century pope and rumoured Hertfordshire resident

Locals have been getting in the creative spirit!

Hemel Hempstead community chips in to create trail of nearly 60 scarecrows

Historian and author Michael Long

New book set for release exploring history of Kings Langley Palace

Cast members prepare for A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Theatre company to treat local school children to free al fresco performance

Prof Stephen Spiro.

Former trustee chair of Rennie Grove Hospice honoured with OBE

A special screening of Sam King's documentary is planned. (Photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images)

Series of Windrush 75 activities confirmed in Hemel Hempstead

Paradise Motel Mini-T-TRAK module.

Full steam ahead as model railway convention chugging into Hemel

There will be a host of entertaining activities on the day.

Dacorum community to celebrate armed forces at bumper-packed annual event

A Cemetery Managed by the War Graves Commission

Hemel Hempstead Probus Club to host ‘The War Graves Commission' talk

The stunning rose garden at Ashridge House

Ashridge House, near Berkhamsted opens its historic gardens for summer tours

Volunteers hard at work on Dunstable Downs

Whipsnade’s famous White Lion landmark gets a clean-up thanks to volunteers

The stolen Queen Consort decoration

Yarn bomb display of Queen Consort stolen inTring ahead of Coronation

Rubi Iqbal and Samaira Iqbal

Hemel sisters receive inspiration awards at major event organised by the Mayor o...

Sir Mike Penning, Local MP (left), Anthony Donovan, Manager of the Heather Club (middle) and Alan Johnson, Deputy Mayor of Dacorum, Councillor (right)

First president named at 40th anniversary of Hemel Hempstead's Heather Club

The 1949 Victoria School football team. Former member Ken Potter would like to know the names of the two boys on the right in the front row and the sports master

Can you name the two players at the right of the front row?

Don't miss out on the fun - courtesy of Hemel Hempstead Bid which is organising a King's Coronation party on May 7

Right Royal knees-up planned to celebrate King’s Coronation

The High Sheriff visited Open Door in Berkhamsted

Mayor joins High Sheriff on visits to charities and businesses across Dacorum

Whirlwind tour stopped off in Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring

News Team

Newsagents Tony and Kathy Dyde are retiring on Saturday (April 22)

End of an era as couple retire from family run newsagents business

Boxmoor Playhouse

‘Chicago and the Birth of the Skyscraper’ the theme of next Probus Club meeting

Declaration service of the new High Sheriff Liz Green was held at St Peter’s Church, Berkhamsted.

Declaration ceremony of new High Sheriff of Hertfordshire held in Berkhamsted

Prince Edward at Ashridge House

Prince Edward plants tree at luxurious wedding spot near Berkhamsted

Volunteers from Dacorum Heritage Trust

Dacorum museum searches for new communications director

King Charles III (Photo by Ian Vogler - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

King Charles III's Coronation to be broadcast at free Hemel event

Boxmoor Playhouse is the venue for the Hemel Probus Club

Hemel Hempstead Probus Club to host English Civil War talk

The presenters of 'Breakfast Time', first national breakfast television programme, UK, August 19, 1983; including Frank Bough (far left) (photo: Getty Images)

​A look back at 40 years of early morning sleepy Breakfast television

My word, our language constantly changes!

Some of our staple sayings have seen better days.

The gallows were once a typical sight (photo: Adobe)

The gruesome business of public execution put under the microscope