The HALH Spring Meeting and AGM 2018 took place on Saturday 19 May at Tewin Memorial Hall.
Former chairman, Linda Gilley, gave a short welcome talk about the village of Tewin. A series of ten minute talks about their work and research was given by representatives of local societies from Rickmansworth, Tring, Watford & Wheathampstead, as well as by Lowewood Museum in Hoddesdon. President, Dorothy Abel Smith, read some short extracts from John Carrington's diaries vol II. A buffet lunch was provided and members then had the opportunity to visit St Peter's Church. The AGM was followed by the presentation of the 2018 HALH award to Mike Neighbour for his work in St Albans. Dr Ceri Houlbrook gave the Lionel Munby Memorial Lecture on The Concealed-Revealed Project - objects hidden in the fabric of old houses later discovered by modern day residents.
Former chairman, Linda Gilley, gave a short welcome talk about the village of Tewin. A series of ten minute talks about their work and research was given by representatives of local societies from Rickmansworth, Tring, Watford & Wheathampstead, as well as by Lowewood Museum in Hoddesdon. President, Dorothy Abel Smith, read some short extracts from John Carrington's diaries vol II. A buffet lunch was provided and members then had the opportunity to visit St Peter's Church. The AGM was followed by the presentation of the 2018 HALH award to Mike Neighbour for his work in St Albans. Dr Ceri Houlbrook gave the Lionel Munby Memorial Lecture on The Concealed-Revealed Project - objects hidden in the fabric of old houses later discovered by modern day residents.
Place House Hall, Ware - venue for the HALH Spring Meeting in 2017
Mike Quinn [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons