Hertfordshire County Council encourages their County Councillors to spend cash on local projects that promote worthy social, economic or the environmental wellbeing of their local area, and supports this aim by allocating each Councillor a ‘Locality Budget’. In past years, long-serving County Councillor Richard Smith (now retired) allocated cash from his Locality Budget to pay […]
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January 2022 – Notice of Work Parties
Weather Forecast – long range Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze – but cold if standing still. (Photo by Colin) Management of Work on Danesbury Nature Reserve We welcome back all volunteers to the first Working Parties of 2022. The dates for all meetings can be found on the website calendar. Following very constructive meetings […]
Historical note – the Closure of Danesbury Hospital in 1993
Editorial Note: The following notes were kindly offered by Henry McIntosh when he learned that at some stage we planned to develop this website to include more historical facts about Danesbury House and its residents; to include the events leading to the relocation of long-term patients from the original Danesbury Hospital to their new premises […]