NEWS EVENTS PEOPLE & PLACES EDITOR’S BLOG YOUR VIEWS OLD TOWN NEWS ABOUT GALLERY LATEST NEWSTriumphant return of the Safari SupperOctober 2, 2023Kelly’s heroes are the night shift of the apricot army!August 24, 2023Village gas alertAugust 9, 2023Carly cleans up!July 21, 2023Remembering Motty at the Crown & SceptreJuly 18, 2023 Current EventsBook Club – September…
A summer music festival at the Marchmont Arms has upset residents on the receiving end. PERA secretary Michael Nidd, who lives a quarter of a mile downwind of the outdoor event, said ‘I was infuriated. So-called “music” at threshold-of-pain levels, from around 14.30 until 22.30, may be fine for its enthusiasts but I don’t think it should…
The annual Piccotts End summer garden party hit all the right notes despite the showers which threatened to put a damper on the day. Families, friends and neighbours who gathered in the picturesque setting of Miriam’s Smith’s garden were treated to a musical interlude provided by four of our talented residents. ‘It was a fantastic…
Horror of horrors! Going into Home & Colonial in Berkhamsted recently we were told that our favourite Sunday lunch haunt, the Attic Cafe, had closed. Apparently the owner, James Hannaway of Rex fame, had come in a few days earlier and laid off the staff, just like that. What to do? Where would we go…