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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.

  • 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?
  • 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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