In October 2011, our Small Grants Committee awarded a grant of £500 to aspiring Letchworth Garden City teenage artist, Hannah Whittall towards the costs of exhibiting her work at Gaudi's Casa Batllo Museum in Barcelona.
Here's our round-up of the events over the coming week, compiled by the Local & Tourist Information Centre, also available in The Comet. For more information visit the Local & Tourist Information Centre's website here.
Plinston Hall, funded and run by Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation, is making preparations ahead of a planned re-launch. Customer research is now underway, with the results helping to define the nature of the refurbishment and Plinston Hall’s future offering.
Plinston’s live events programme ended this week with some private hire functions continuing until March. The team has worked hard to help the clubs and societies relocate.
As proud sponsors of the Letchworth Garden City Eagles Football Club, we recieve regular updates from club chairman, Tony Eden. Here's our January update...
On Saturday, 5 February, fashion-lovers can pick up professional vintage hair and beauty advice from make-up artist Dani Richardson, and exchange old clothes, for free.
The Heritage Museum’s ‘Vintage Swap Shop’, open between 5pm and 8pm, will also feature boutique clothes and accessories for sale from local store, Jolly Brown. Tea and cakes, served on classic vintage China, will be available from local vintage company, ‘Buns & Bunting’.
John Harper visits the Garden City to present his fascinating illustrated talk, revealing the secrets behind Letchworth’s codebreaking heroics in World War II.
John recalls 10 years of hard work rebuilding a ‘Bombe’, a machine which decoded Germany’s secret messages during the war, capable of scrambling a code in 150,000,000,000,000,000,000 ways!
A Town Centre Online Forum Make suggestions and share your Town Centre views online.
Your chance to sign up for workshops Help shape the Town Centre by attending a workshop during spring 2011 to voice your views, opinions and suggestions face-to-face.
This May, the Garden City Greenway will host its very first half marathon to celebrate the North Herts Road Runners’ Silver Jubilee.
Are you a competitive or keen runner? Perhaps you are looking to raise money for charity? Whatever your reason, the ‘Challenge’ promises 13 miles of mixed terrains, for runners of all levels.
With half term just round the corner (15-19 February) the Heritage Foundation is on hand to offer the perfect selection in family entertainment.
Enjoy a movie at Broadway Cinema, let the kids 'run off steam' at the PlinstonKids Holiday play scheme or get creative with craft activities at the First Garden City Heritage Museum.
The Foundation has agreed terms with Packington Estate Enterprises Ltd on a 150 year long leasehold letting of the former Opalion Plastics site in Works Road. Comprising approximately one acre, planning permission has been granted for the construction of five new business units totalling 18,760 sq ft. These will be available on long leases, bringing new industry and new jobs to the Garden City.
On 29 January 1999, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales officially re-opened The Spirella Building following the £10 million transformation of the internationally famous former corset and swimwear factory.
Robot challenges, satellite launching, bionic ears, the physics of circus skills, 'lab in a lorry' etc... and throw in a lecture from none other than a Nobel Prize winner - and over 2,500 students from the world's first Garden City were very much in science mode.
The world's first Garden City has a new Town Centre Manager.
Maria Leone, 34, who started her new role on 5 January, has lived locally for many years and brings six years of marketing experience with both the private and public sector, to the post. She will be working from Letchworth Garden City Town Centre Partnership's new offices above Dixon's in Central Approach.
The world's first Garden City has a new Town Centre Manager.
