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A scorching summer: The Heatwave of 1976 in 25 photos

The early morning sun shines down on these tennis fans at Wimbledon on July 3, 1976

Nostalgia | Gallery

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With UK temperatures soaring and today set to be the hottest day of the year so far, today we are stepping back in time to another sweltering summer - the heatwave of 1976.
Stephen Varley

The tragic and brutal unsolved murder of Stephen Varley

Dan Mountney

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Volunteers at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum have been recognised with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.

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Aircraft museum volunteers receive The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Alan Davies

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Potters Bar Golf Course

The mysterious and gruesome Potters Bar Golf Club murders

Dan Mountney

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Princess Elizabeth daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King and Queen of England) waves from a carriage in 1928

The Queen

17 adorable photos of Queen Elizabeth II before she acceded to the throne

Ben Craske

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Anne Lock Railway Killers

The Railway Killers and the shocking Brookmans Park murder of Anne Lock

Dan Mountney

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Grimefighters Welwyn Garden City

When a ‘disgusting’ Welwyn Garden City home featured on ITV’s Grimefighters

Dan Mountney

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The Queen meets guests at a drinks reception

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Gallery

Platinum Jubilee: Hertfordshire's royal visits in pictures

Pearce Bates

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Vincenzo Lunardi

Vincenzo Lunardi, Welham Green and Britain's first balloon landing

Dan Mountney

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The Elizabeth line is open for business after a long delay, with the first passenger trains through central London on May 24

Transport for London | Gallery

The Crossrail connections to Hertfordshire which were never built

Will Durrant

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Enjoy music and dancing at Mill Green Museum at its Vintage Jubilee Day on June 3.

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Join Jubilee celebrations and Vintage Day fun at Mill Green Museum

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A scene from Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.

Do you remember when Hatfield doubled as Michigan city?

Matt Adams

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The Queen's visit to QEII hospital in 1963 from the Welwyn Times and Hatfield Herald.

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Welwyn Hatfield newspapers feature in online Jubilee exhibition

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Members of Mid-Herts Footpath Society on swings near Bramfield around the mid-1950s.

Where do you recognise in ciné film of Welwyn Garden City from 1956?

Matt Adams

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A black and white postcard of the British Instructional Films Studio in Welwyn Garden City.

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Remembering Welwyn Film Studios from the 1920s to the 1950s

Alan Davies

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Hatfield UFO

‘Like nothing I have ever seen before’ - 5 unexplained UFO sightings

Dan Mountney

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Princesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret playing in the sandpit at St Paul's Walden Bury

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What's the future Queen doing in a sandpit in Hertfordshire?

Alan Davies

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A sepia image of the old Comet Hotel, prior to refurbishment.

Hertfordshire Heritage

Remembering the original 1930s Comet hotel in Hatfield

Pearce Bates

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WGC's Alesha Dixon.

Flashback: Alesha Dixon and Fearne Cotton tour Welwyn Garden City school

Matt Adams

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin’s final stand and the end of Freddy Bannister’s Knebworth

Dan Mountney

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British Lead Mills Welwyn Garden City

A history of British Lead Mills ahead of 90th anniversary

Dan Mountney

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The current Potters Bar railway station.

Do you remember Potters Bar's second railway station?

Matt Adams

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The Queen arrives at Hatfield House IN 2012.

The Queen

Queen's 96th birthday: Memories of the Queen's visits to Welwyn Hatfield

Alan Davies

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New member Mick Taylor (second from right) joins the Rolling Stones to replace lead guitarist Brian

Mick Taylor, Hyde Park and his first gig with The Rolling Stones

Dan Mountney

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De Havilland Vampire

When Hatfield's de Havilland and the Vampire ruled the jet age

Dan Mountney

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Batman guarding the entrance to Knebworth House

Days Out Guide

5 things to do this Easter at Knebworth House, Park & Gardens

Alan Davies

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A train makes its way through Smallford station while travelling the Hatfield to St Albans railway l

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Remembering the lost railway line between Hatfield and St Albans

Dan Mountney

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Author of What The Wind Saw, Zoe Jasko.

Winds of time blow through Welwyn Garden City in new book

Matt Adams

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Make-up artist Mark Coulier's Oscar, which he won for 'The Iron Lady', and the BAFTA he won for 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'

Film | Video

6 Oscar winners with links to Hertfordshire

Alan Davies

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