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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.

  • Murphy Design

    Murphy Design

    James Reeve - one of the Murphy Designers
  • Our Town - Under Twenty Parade

    Our Town - Under Twenty Parade

    BBC Radio programme broadcast in 1954
  • Richard L Reiss

    Richard L Reiss

    One of Welwyn Garden City’s founding fathers, Richard Reiss’s influence and contribution to the growth and success of the town ...
  • Roots.....

    Roots.....

    Grandfather?
  • Sally Haddon's (nee Ellett) memories of being evacuated to Welwyn Garden City

    Sally Haddon's (nee Ellett) memories of being evacuated to Welwyn Garden City

    Sally Haddon remembers her evacuation to Welwyn Garden City.
  • Seeking Audrey Wall

    Seeking Audrey Wall

    Reconnection with communities
  • Sir Frederic Osborn

    Sir Frederic Osborn

    One of the town's earliest pioneers
  • Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin

    Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin

    Long distance racing driver & Bently Blower no.1
  • Some 1940s Memories of Welwyn Garden City

    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 ...
  • Starting Life As A Married Couple

    Starting Life As A Married Couple

    Life at 7 Woodhall Court
  • Welwyn Garden City in 'The Dandy'

    Welwyn Garden City in 'The Dandy'

    `My Home Town`
  • Welwyn Hatfield MP Grant Shapps talks about...

    Welwyn Hatfield MP Grant Shapps talks about...

    Thoughts of your local MP
  • 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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