Books on Hemel Hempstead
by Eve Davis
Hemel Hempstead in Camera
Quotes Ltd, 1987
Around Hemel Hempstead in Camera
Quotes Ltd, 1990
Hemel Hempstead
Chalford, 1995
Hemel Hempstead: A Second Selection
Chalford, 1997
There is a web page for books in the Archive Photographs series
Hemel Hempstead
Tempus, 2001
[Reprint of two previous books in one]
These books are all part of a series in that "Quotes" produced a large number of identically formatted small hard-back books while more recently Chalford have produced larger paper-back books in the "Archive Photographs" series - which has apparently been taken over by Tempus.
St Mary's, Apsley
In both series the books contain a wide variety of pictures with a short text. Many are views, such as the above picture of St Mary's, Apsley. However groups are not uncommon - and in some cases the individuals are identified. as in the picture below:
[both pictures from Hemel Hempstead in Camera]
One of the founder guide companies was the Baden-Powell Girl Guide 1st Boxmoor company of 1916. They met in a large house in Heath Lane, but were not allowed to use the front door, climbing instead through a side window, with the aid of a box. Back Row: Maud Rolph, Lil Miller, Flo Holliman, Annie Hobbs. Middle Row: Hazel Johnson, Hilda Stone, Nellie Radford, Ethel Mooney, Nell Tearle, Bertha Cross, Edie Odell, Annie Rolph-Tomlin. Front row: Hilda Green, 'Titch' Hobbs, and Anna Lehmann, who was an au pair for Lady Burbeck.
She was also a joint author of The Book of Boxmoor
There is a web page for Hemel Hempstead
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