White Hart Tap Sausage Festival
October 5, 2011 – 12:57 | Comments Off

The White Hart Tap is running their annual (?) sausage festival this week until Saturday 08 October. Choose from a selection of twelve locally sourced sausages – try three different varieties at a time. Last …

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St. Albans Festival Starts Friday 11 June
June 10, 2010 – 19:47 | Comments Off
St. Albans Festival Starts Friday 11 June

The St. Albans Festival, an annual celebration of the role of St. Albans in the authoring of the Magna Carta, begins on Friday 11 June 2010.
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of events between the …

Local Blogger Raising Funds for Stroke Association
May 14, 2010 – 17:30 | Comments Off
Local Blogger Raising Funds for Stroke Association

Local blogger, Mike Hartley, suffered a stroke two years ago. Thankfully, he recovered quickly, unlike so many others. Now he’s getting on his bike and riding 64 miles to raise funds for the Stroke Association. …

St. Albans Festival Schedule Announced
May 13, 2010 – 14:41 | Comments Off
St. Albans Festival Schedule Announced

Tickets are now on sale for several events that form part of St. Albans Festival, an annual showcase and celebration of the City’s role in the writing of the Magna Carta.
According the the Council website, …

Kubrick Exhibition at St. Albans Museum
April 21, 2010 – 10:47 | One Comment
Kubrick Exhibition at St. Albans Museum

St. Albans Museum is currently running a free exhibition on Stanley Kubrick’s life and work. Kubrick lived in the estate house at Childwickbury, about a mile outside of St. Albans, until his death in 1999.
Although …

St. Albans… Australia
April 4, 2010 – 12:00 | One Comment
St. Albans… Australia

If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been away the past two weeks – working, then taking a brief holiday, in Sydney. Well, I’m back, well and truly jetlagged, and hoping to get back into the swing …

Heartwood Forest Blog
March 13, 2010 – 12:03 | Comments Off
Heartwood Forest Blog

Heartwood Forest which, when fully planted, will be the largest new native forest in England, is just a few miles north of St. Albans, near Sandridge.
The forest, being created by the Woodland Trust on over …

Historic Photos of St. Albans in the Late 1800s
March 5, 2010 – 15:30 | Comments Off
Historic Photos of St. Albans in the Late 1800s

Today I came across some fascinating historical images of St. Albans, many of which have probably never been seen by the public. The images, mostly taken in the late 1800s, include street scenes, photos of …

4+ Inch Deep Crater in Road a Serious Danger
February 21, 2010 – 10:20 | Comments Off
4+ Inch Deep Crater in Road a Serious Danger

Yesterday I spotted a pothole several inches deep at the top of Normandy Road:

It was so shocked by it’s depth that I actually went home to get a tape measure – and found that it’s …

St. Peter’s Church Stars in EastEnders Role
February 19, 2010 – 15:09 | Comments Off
St. Peter’s Church Stars in EastEnders Role

Last night’s episode of EastEnders, in which Bianca and Ricky got married, was filmed at St. Peter’s Church in St. Albans.

You can clearly make out the church as well as the Cock pub in …

St. Albans Bloggers Meet-Up and Tweet-Up: 11 March
February 19, 2010 – 11:43 | Comments Off
St. Albans Bloggers Meet-Up and Tweet-Up: 11 March

It’s been a long time, probably too long, since the last St. Albans bloggers meet-up, which took place last winter (much to our surprise there was several inches of snow on the ground by the …