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St. Albans Festival Starts Friday

By Katie326

I was at the Dan Snow talk but unfortunately I learnt nothing about the Magna Carta. This is solely...

By StAlbansRobin at 19:40 on 10/06/10

The St. Albans Festival, an annual celebration of the role of St. Albans in the creation of the Magna Carta, kicks off this Friday - 11 June 2010 - and runs until Sunday the 27th. From 10am-4am on Friday, as well as again on Sunday from 1pm-5pm, there will be a special exhibit, including a replica of the Magna Carta itself, in the North Transept of St. Albans Cathedral. The Old Court Room, located in the Old Town Hall, will be open...
Review: Kashu Restaurant in St. Albans

By Bootzilla

The food was fine, if unspectacular and pizzas nothing to write home about. What was disturbing was...

By StAlbansRobin at 10:00 on 16/01/10

Kashu, where we had a family lunch today, offers a stylish dining environment and superb food. Conveniently located on Hatfield Road, just around the corner from St. Peter's Street, Kashu's owners have tastefully transformed the building which once housed the Liberal Club (still occupying upstairs) into a modern, stylish and airy dining environment. The original floorboards have been exposed and sanded down, the windows refurbished,...
Future Uncertain for Popular St. Albans Toy Shop

By RosieChad

A petition has been set up to help save Little Wonders, if everyone could please sign it, we'd...

By StAlbansRobin at 14:20 on 27/06/10

Little Wonders, a popular independent toy retailer, faces an uncertain future after the Maltings Shopping Centre, where the small toy shop has been located for around 8 years, gave owners and staff just 30 days notice that the lease will not be renewed. A thoughtful and moving notice posted in the window of the shop on Saturday read, in part, "It is with deep regret that I must pass on the message that Little Wonders is...
Opportunist NCP Parking Wardens?

By JillyCarter

Traffic wardens are the same all over. What else were you supposed to do? Make your car float a foot...

By StAlbansRobin at 20:13 on 15/06/10

I live in a controlled parking area of the City, adjacent to the centre. This means we have to pay the council for a parking permit each year to help pay for enforcement of, well, not having a parking permit. Anyway, this evening on my way home, I remembered that a few days ago the Council put a letter through our door, asking us to ensure that all vehicles were moved off the road in advance of a "deep clean" scheduled to...
The School Place Shortage and Applying for Schools in St. Albans

By StAlbansRobin

Some schools in the Centre, such as Aboyne Lodge and Maple, had only a small handful of reception...

By StAlbansRobin at 15:16 on 12/01/10

St. Albans, it's often said, is a place that many families move to because it offers excellent schools. The problem is, as city centre living has become more popular with families in recent years, the number of children needing school places has risen and city centre schools have failed to match that demand. We live less than half a mile from the old town hall, in the conservation area between Catherine Street and St. Albans Hospital....

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City Centre's Disappearing Greenery

By StAlbansRobin at 12:59 on 27/07/10

Yesterday evening I noticed that the street scene at the corner of Victoria Street and Bricket Road had changed - and instead of looking at a mature hedge of bushes, I was instead staring directly into an ugly paved car park. The bushes that were there have been completely hacked down. Work to remove the hedge, which had provided a rare dose of greenery in the City Centre and shielded the view from the street of the car park and...
160 Dictionaries given away

By davljns at 11:55 on 27/07/10

One hundred and sixty copies of the Usborne Illustrated Dictionary have been distributed by the Rotary Club of St.Albans to Year 6 pupils at several schools in the town to commemorate their leaving and moving on to senior education. The dictionaries are part of a worldwide Rotary literacy programme and were donated to pupils leaving Aboyne Lodge, Camp, Cunningham Hill, Margaret Wix and Windermere schools. Roger Talbot, President...
Man to face trial over death of ex-soldier

By StAlbans-People at 22:01 on 20/07/10

A former pest controller is due before a judge tomorrow accused of murdering an 83-year-old retired army officer shot dead in a village six years ago. Christopher Docherty-Puncheon, 31, of Stocking Pelham, Hertfordshire, is scheduled to appear at St Albans Crown Court accused of killing Lieutenant Colonel Riley Workman in Furneux Pelham, Hertfordshire, in January 2004. Docherty-Puncheon, who used to be called Christopher Nudds,...
Fines of £10 million for Buncefield Blast Companies

By StAlbansRobin at 17:21 on 16/07/10

Five firms have been fined almost £10 million pounds in combined fines for their role in the Buncefield Fuel Depot blast, the BBC reports. The 2005 blast, which mercifully took place early on a weekend morning so didn't directly lead to any deaths, woke people across the city and caused some damage to buildings and broken windows.
New web site for Gold Line Taxis !!!

By goldlinetaxis at 13:53 on 13/07/10

Gold line taxis have now acquired another web site www.goldlinetaxis.net This is addition to their original one of www.goldlinetaxis.co.uk The phone number is still the same 01727 833333.