October

Garden City to be featured on BBC One

The One Show in the world's first Garden City

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At 12.15pm today (Thursday), October 9, the Executive Director of the BBC One Show, rang the Heritage Foundation, to say that because of unexpected problems suddenly coming up with Angellica Bell, the presenter, she now cannot make it into the studio tomorrow night for her ‘live to camera’ piece, so the Letchworth Garden City feature has now been postponed until Wednesday, October 15.

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Extended opening at Standalone Farm

Standalone Farm is now open daily until Sunday 2 November, from 11am until 5pm (last admission 4pm).

Excellence Rewarded

The Winners of the Garden City Heritage Awards 2007

Heritage was very much the word in the world’s first Garden City last Thursday night.

A Voluntary Success!

Letchworth & Baldock Naval Association’s stand.

Around 700 visitors 'got involved' last weekend, when they attended the second North Hertfordshire Volunteers Fair – a two-day event held at two venues in the world's first Garden City.

A Budding Botticelli?

The Big Draw at First Garden City Heritage Museum

As part of the forthcoming national 'Big Draw' initiative, where people all over the country will be encouraged to draw, First Garden City Heritage Museum, Norton Way South, Letchworth Garden City, is running its own 'Big Draw' exhibition from October 1 until October 27, adding their contribution to the host of planned nationwide events.

Boost for town's voluntary sector

North Hertfordshire Voluntary Sector Fair 2005Appropriately, in the 'Year of the Volunteer' , charities, clubs, organisations and societies in the world's first Garden City were given a real 'pick-me-up' by the town's Heritage Foundation.

Major boost for Garden City Arts Centre

The PlaceThis is a joint statement from the Trustees of The Place, North Hertfordshire District Council and Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation, following a meeting held on Friday, October 21, 2005.

Surfin Cafe arrives in the Garden City

Surfin Cafe Grand Opening

Letchworth town centre's latest attraction officially opened its doors for business on Saturday 16 October. Surfin Café, based at 27 Leys Avenue, specialises in Costa continental coffees, teas, juices, freshly baked patisseries, gateaux, luxury ice-cream and assorted savoury foods.

Friends - in a league of their own!

The new Ambulance 'opening'Ace voluntary fund-raisers - the Ernest Gardiner Day Hospital's League of Friends - have come up trumps yet again.

'Drawing' the crowds to Letchworth

The Big DrawLetchworth Garden City town centre comes alive this Saturday, 16 October, when a whole host of family activities are on offer as part of National Family Learning Week.

Happy Birthday Letchworth Garden City!

 Howard Marshall; Tony Rawlinson; Stuart KennyOn 9 October 1903, Letchworth Garden City's first sod of earth was turned in a ceremony which took place in a muddy field in North Hertfordshire.

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