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11th July 2007:
PLANS LAID FOR COLLECTING MEMORIES

Following receipt of the substantial funds last month the Trustees moved quickly to purchase top-line equipment, such as that used by leading musueums, to enable them to record residents recollections of their early life in Welwyn Garden City. First priority is to teach volunteers how to use the equipment and to organise protocols for interviewing residents with stories to tell.

Christopher Cory is in charge of the programme so if you want to help, or contribute your recollections of the early days of our town, email him at ... Read more...

7th  June 2007:
FIRST MAJOR GRANT FOR TRUST

Trustees were celebrating the first major  grant to the Trust as the cheque hit the bank. The gift from another charity with very close links to Welwyn Garden City will enable the purchase of  recording equipment to begin the programme of  collection audio memories of the town, its people and its heritage. Read more...
 

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This site is still in its (very) early phases of development. If you have any ideas concerning things you'd like to see covered, please e-mail the webmaster.

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Version: 1.1
(9th October 2006)

Welcome to Welwyn Garden City - Heritage

Welwyn Garden City (WGC), as its name suggests, is a garden city, founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the 1920s following his previous experiment in Letchworth Garden City, and designed by Louis de Soissons. Howard had called for the creation of new towns of limited size, planned in advance, and surrounded by a permanent belt of agricultural land, as a role model for lower-density urban development. Howard believed that such Garden Cities were the perfect blend of city and nature.

In Welwyn Garden City he achieved his aim, creating the icon of modern town design and the blue-print for many new towns the world over.

Cowper Cottages - Demolition ProposedDespite this iconic status, Welwyn Garden City like all modern towns comes under constant development pressure.  In a  planning application submitted in November 2005 to knock down original Handside Village houses in Bridge Road in order to create a new housing development, the council received over 200 objections (!) many siting the historical significance of these houses.  This proves that there is a groundswell of opinion that the heritage of the town should be protected and furthermore celebrated.

 Rather than simply coming together at ad-hoc times (such as to object to undesireable planning) many thought that a more permanent celebration and defence of the Heritage of Welwyn Garden City was necessary.

The CampusThis site is therefore dedicated to the protection and celebration of the heritage of Welwyn Garden City and to provide a rallying point for all those interested in its heritage.  Please register with us (free) if you would like to participate in any way (actively or passively) or simply to indicate support of our aims.

and now ... The Heritage Trust Dream Becomes a Reality!

The Trustees: Cllr Chris Cory, Anthony Fisher, Cllr Dr Dennis Lewis, Jim Morgan, and Cllr Tony Skottowe - photo by Ken WrightAfter some time spent developing the final Aims & Objectives of the proposed Trust application forms were filed with the Charity Commissioners and Companies House this week (2nd October 2006) to set up the Welwyn Garden Heritage Trust.  Read more...