Another dry night and another big turnout for the annual Piccotts End fireworks party, provided courtesy of Fantastic Fireworks. Nearly 100 villagers, families and friends came to Marchmont Cottage to enjoy all the traditional fare of Bonfire Night – the only thing missing was the bonfire! Led by PERA social secretary Annette Harrison committee members…
Not content with rowing the Atlantic, Mill Close resident Graham Witham is now setting his sights on running across the Sahara! Graham, who completed the gruelling sea marathon in 2012, says it will be pale in comparison with his 2014 challenge of completing the desert run in just 7 days. That’s after he has completed…
It rained on every other parade but not on ours! Thanks to the Marchmont Arms, a terrific turnout of villagers, families and friends and the hard work of the social committee, the PERA Jubilee Party was a huge success. More than 130 people shrugged off the weather and donned red, white and blue to make it a…
September 2013 St Mary’s Church in Hemel Hempstead Old Town was packed with family, friends, neighbours and political colleagues for the funeral of PERA chairman Robin Corbett. In a moving tribute his wife Val and fellow peer Lord Grocott recounted fond memories of the former Labour MP who died last month at the age of…