Arthur Peter Brown (APB) 1889 - 1950
The Life of an Early Welwyn Garden Citizen
A house on Parkway
My brother said "You know Dad there's a lovely lot of new houses being built in Welwyn Garden City. Why don't we go and have a look at them?"
Memories of Handside Lane
We were right on the edge of the town
Living in Guessens Court
A minister for Christchurch
An East side home
"it was terribly cold and very wet and there was clay all round the house, nothing else at all"
Valley Road
"father was appointed the chief air-raid warden for WGC"
Ludwick Way
"We spent most of our lives there."
Childhood memories of the 1930's
Go-karting and a film set in Sherrards Park Woods
A move from Sunderland
Relocation paid for by labour exchange
Life in Lanefield Walk
"I am really Welwyn Garden City born and bred"
Work and play
Shorthand typing at Roche and dances at The Cherry Tree
Life in Ethelred Close
Waiting for Dad to come home from work
Hatfield Hyde and Woodhall
Dad went to the pump to fetch our water for the day
A family arrives in 1924
An early encounter with a car in Valley Road
School days
First memory of school and the new grammar school during the war years
First impressions of the town in 1931
My first impression was how small everything was
An operation at the Cottage Hospital
A bit of a dust up with a Handside pupil and the Cherry Tree Restaurant from a child's perspective
Pioneering Parents
Moving to WGC in 1922
From Canada to WGC
Memories of the first Welwyn Stores
From South Shields to WGC
Guarding Digswell viaduct
Living in Longcroft Lane
Pram wheels half way up in mud
Living in Elmwood
Elmwood neighbours
A difficult journey to WGC in 1939
From Leipzig with help from WGC Quakers
East-side and West-side
Everybody was very friendly
Woodhall Athletic Football Team
"We started with just one football, borrowed kit..."
Working for Louis De Soissons
"my first real experience of work"
Some Characters From The Early Days
The Sargeant Commissionaire and Mr G
Early years in The Quadrangle
I don't ever remember being bored
Knella Road Memories
"It was all open fields."
Moving to WGC and an early commute
My first visit was as a bridesmaid
Handside Memories
Pre-Campus West Entertainment!
Playing Outdoors
The sandwasher and the River Lea
A Nursery Nurse in WGC
I trained at Ludwick Nursery School
A 1940's Eastside Memory
Playing in the Back Field
Jewish Refugees come to Welwyn Garden City
WGC Interfaith Storytelling Event Tuesday, 23 November 2010