The pictures show some crocodiles at a crocodile farm in town, a group of tortoises being taken out of winter hibernation and a classic street scene in Hemel from 1910.
And the gallery also features workers in a firework factory hard at it, war evacuees in town and Christmas trees being readied for the big occasion,
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1. A street in Hemel Hempstead
A street in Hemel Hempstead, circa 1910. Photo: Getty Images
2. Emerging from winter hibernation
Tortoises being carried into the open after their winter hibernation on a farm at Hemel Hempstead on 25th March 1938. Photo: Getty Images
3. Preparing for Christmas Day
The Nettleden L.C.C. Senior Boys ' School are making great preparations for Christmas at thw St. Margaret 's Camp, at Great Gaddesden, near Hemel Hempstead. Photo: Getty Images
4. Snowball fight
Pupils of the Nettleden L.C.C. School, evacuated to the St. Margaret 's Camp at Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, had great fun after a fall of snow there. Photo: Getty Images