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People

This section of the site is about people who have played a role in the life of the city. Some are well-known; some are not. Some are historical figures and some are alive today. We welcome suggestions for other people to include.

  • Airman's Escape from Crete
    Airman's Escape from Crete
    Flight Lieutenant D S G Honor, fugitive for six days.
  • Anne's Memories
    Anne's Memories
    Anne's earliest memories of Welwyn Garden City
  • Arthur Peter Brown (APB) 1889 - 1950
    Arthur Peter Brown (APB) 1889 - 1950
    The Life of an Early Welwyn Garden Citizen
  • Barry T: Working for Louis De Soissons
    Barry T: Working for Louis De Soissons
    "My first real experience of work"
  • Captain Arthur Kelly: First World War Links
    Captain Arthur Kelly: First World War Links
    Captain Arthur Kelly
  • Carl Dane: Former Circus Strong Man Has a Grievance
    Carl Dane: Former Circus Strong Man Has a Grievance
    Carl Dane
  • Cochrane Family Memories
    Cochrane Family Memories
    As it was in the 30's - thro' young eyes.
  • Councillor Lander Inspects the Fire Brigade
    Councillor Lander Inspects the Fire Brigade
    Good work by a smart squad
  • Diane Barron: Early life in Welwyn Garden City
    Diane Barron: Early life in Welwyn Garden City
    Early life in Welwyn Garden City
  • Dinah Sheridan
    Dinah Sheridan
    Actress Dinah Sheridan moved to Welwyn Garden City from Broadstairs when she was 14. Her parents Lisa & James set ...
  • Don Fisher: Work in the Offices of Louis de Soissons
    Don Fisher: Work in the Offices of Louis de Soissons
      Don Fisher has lived in Welwyn Garden City all his life and as a boy went to work in the ...
  • Early Days at 752 Corner
    Early Days at 752 Corner
    Ernest Armitage's taxi service
  • Ebenezer Howard
    Ebenezer Howard
    The founding father of Garden Cities
  • Edna Farrow: Hertfordshire's Equivalent to Graceland
    Edna Farrow: Hertfordshire's Equivalent to Graceland
    Moving into a palace!
  • Eugene F.H. Strauss: Some 1940s Memories of Welwyn Garden City
    Eugene F.H. Strauss: Some 1940s Memories of Welwyn Garden City
    In the early days of the Blitz, circa 1940 when I was 15, my widowed mother and I — together ...
  • Fine Fare Computing Section - 1974
    Fine Fare Computing Section - 1974
    Edward Brush's memories of his employment in Welwyn Garden City.
  • Frances Amoss
    Frances Amoss
    Frances Amoss, former school teacher from Rollswood (now Commonswood) School.
  • Fred Garrod
    Fred Garrod
    A life in Welwyn Garden City
  • From Vienna to WGC on the Kindertransport
    From Vienna to WGC on the Kindertransport
    Gerda Stanley's fascinating story
  • George and Maud Edalji
    George and Maud Edalji
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle made this brother and sister world-famous
  • ICI Keep Fit Team
    ICI Keep Fit Team
    These delightful ladies belong to the ICI (Plastics) Keep Fit Team in Welwyn Garden City. When was this taken, who are ...
  • J W's Memories
    J W's Memories
    Memoires of J W's career and flying leisure pursuits.
  • Janet Fouli: Memories of WGC
    Janet Fouli: Memories of WGC
    Memories of Janet Fouli 1945-1953
  • Jenny Begg: Former Welwyn Garden City Maths Teacher
    Jenny Begg: Former Welwyn Garden City Maths Teacher
    Mrs. Begg was a maths teacher from Scotland who moved to the Welwyn Garden City area in 1982 when her ...
  • Poets Corner

    Poets Corner (3)

    Poetic contributions
  • A R Titford: Memories of Welwyn and Digswell

    A R Titford: Memories of Welwyn and Digswell (10)

  • C B Purdom

    C B Purdom (1)

  • Dr Mail-Smith

    Dr Mail-Smith (2)

  • Lord Desborough

    Lord Desborough (4)

    Welwyn Garden City's Lord Of The Manor
  • Mrs Rita Page

    Mrs Rita Page (5)

    One of the first residents of Handside Lane
  • Sir Stanley Angwin

    Sir Stanley Angwin (1)

  • Bill Horn

    Bill Horn (3)

    Farming Handside at the end of the First World War
  • Molly Jennings

    Molly Jennings (5)

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