Today's County in the Spotlight:Part 2
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Letchworth has UK's first roundabout supposedly, circa 1909
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Was a Mormon town till the 60s/70s I believe, but now full of pubs. Spirella building was a maker of silk tights but during ww2 sent the silk to Irwin, who are still/was based in Letchworth to make parachutes.
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Re: Today's County in the Spotlight:Part 2
The McMullens AK is a nice pint but if I have to pick a favourite from Hertfordshire I'd go for a pint of Sidepocket from the Tring Brewery!!NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 20:17 What's your favourite Hertfordshire Brew Mick
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Also, the first garden city. The Worlds End was filmed in Letchworth and Welwyn garden city. They changed Letchworth cinema into a pub for the film.
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Is that Hatfield airport? The one on the left is screaming Croydon, dunno why.
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Both will be in the close vicinity of Hatfield, but may not be there anymore...screenshots from this video hereRp0thejester wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 20:42 Is that Hatfield airport? The one on the left is screaming Croydon, dunno why.
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This made me smile when I followed your link to Tringmickthemaverick wrote: ↑27 May 2022, 20:36
The McMullens AK is a nice pint but if I have to pick a favourite from Hertfordshire I'd go for a pint of Sidepocket from the Tring Brewery!!
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the left photo made me think of this, only ever drove past so never had a good look
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I'm thinking the one on the left may be the original hotel before it became The Comet, they had a big fire in the 60's and rebuilt it completely, it looks familiar but I can't nail it in my mind at the moment. On the right are the offices of De Havilland where Bob's Dad used to work before moving to Rolls Royce at Leavesden.
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The film on Hatfield also had a couple of establishments sporting the name "Benskins". Watford's finest up until 1959 when taken over by Ind Coope. After a few subsequent acquisitions ownership of the Benskins trademarks currently rests with Carlsberg International AS, Denmark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benskins_Brewery
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Could it be a Watford airport that's long gone? Great song btw.
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Not convinced now, this is the comet:
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Pretty sure its not Leavesden but it may have been Radlett, DeHavilland had a hangar there as well.
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I'm close to Hatfield, can't think of that building still standing. Shuttleworth, Hendon, Henlow, Knebworth. I'm intrigued
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