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POPDANCE SHORTLISTED IN NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS SCHEME

By popdance

Aw thanks, Deb x

By popdance at 22:56 on 15/08/10

The shortlist for the prestigious mumandworking 2010 Awards have just been announced - and Popdance is amongst them! The 2010 mumandworking awards are organised by website www.mumandworking.co.uk and reward and recognise the companies and individuals that make flexible working possible. The aim is to show that family-friendly employment not only supports family life but gives real benefits to the companies involved. ...
Southdown Post Office, Not If But When?

By stevenkettle

20 AUG 2010 CoOp now recruiting staff for the Post Office. But no further details.

By debbigg at 11:43 on 08/07/10

It’s no secret that Southdown is to get a new Post Office but when it’s going to happen appears to be. The uncertainty of an opening date is upsetting the local community, who have tirelessly fought to get a Post Office reinstated in Southdown after losing the one in Balfour News, which shut down over eighteen months ago. Although local residents and the local businesses community know that the Post Office will be part of...
Summer Holiday Fun For Harpenden Families

By Harpendenjka

Parents could also take their (over 10 years old) children to learn karate with Harpenden JKA Karate...

By debbigg at 14:32 on 12/07/10

Parents, are you bracing yourself for the summer holidays? I know I am. Whilst the holidays are a welcome break from making packed lunches, helping with homework and hunting school uniform down, the challenge of keeping your children amused and your sanity maintained for six weeks is a challenging prospect. So this week, let’s take a look at some of the events and activities going on in and around Harpenden that might help to keep...
Does Harpenden Have A Drug Problem?

By aliscone

Harpenden Police know full well where most of the drug dealing and drug taking is happening but for...

By debbigg at 19:11 on 07/04/10

Does Harpenden have a drug problem? Recently I saw an old school friend, who grew up in Harpenden and who now lives in North London. Over a glass of wine, she told me that she had advised a friend against moving to Harpenden with her young child as she felt it wasn’t a good place to bring up children. Her reasoning; too much wealth and drugs. Controversial. So many of us see it as a happy and safe place to nurture our young,...
Don't moan when all the local shops disappear

By Mark2010

I totally agree with the comments above, we must ALL start supporting our local shops that we are...

By dollyblake at 13:51 on 06/07/10

So, here we are again. The local bookshop on the parade has closed, and hardly anyone I know has mentioned it. OK I wasn't in there every week but it was somewhere to get a card or a advent calendar, to browse local area books, to get a child's hardback. And then today, another independent store, Village Cards, next to the Slug & Lettuce, announced it too was closing down. It was full of bargain hunters making the...

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School Meals versus Packed Lunches

By debbigg at 10:57 on 07/09/10

With a new school year having just kicked off, what sort of lunches will you be opting for? School meals can be instrumental in forming good eating habits and getting kids to try dishes that they perhaps wouldn’t at home. Amongst the meals offered in local schools are weekly roasts, pies, pasta dishes and continental dishes such as Moussaka and Cannelloni, plus there is always a vegetarian option. A school meal for a primary...
Getting hitched in Harpenden

By debbigg at 15:43 on 06/09/10

Harpenden is a picturesque town for a wedding. With its green backdrop of the Common and parkland, plus a plentiful choice of venues to cater for a celebration, it has a lot to offer a couple making their vows. Whatever the style of wedding, the size of party or the budget, its a location that is surely worth exploring. With a high proportion of church goers living amidst the Harpenden community - rumoured to be in the region of 30%,...
Repair works on Harpenden Road

By debbigg at 09:27 on 02/09/10

A busy route for Harpenden road users is to be resurfaced. Work on the Harpenden Road (A1081), the main road in to St Albans is due to start at 8pm on Wednesday 8 September. Whilst the works to repair, resurface and repaint the carriageway take place over three consecutive nights, weather permitting, a diversion route will be in place between 8pm and 6am. The timing of these works may not sit well with the hordes of road using...
Thank goodness it’s September!

By debbigg at 07:28 on 01/09/10

Thank goodness it’s September! Why? Because now it feels like it’s legitimate to put the heating on! I don’t know about you but I’m itching to crank it up. Gone is the summer duvet and back on the bed is the heavy comfort of a 10+ tog. Despite a last surge of sunny days, the end of summer is here it seems and we’ve had several bouts of heavy rain recently to wash it away. At the Barns Broom weather station...
Low flying planes over Harpenden?

By debbigg at 07:19 on 01/09/10

There’s been an outbreak of noise recently in the local news about low flying planes over Harpenden, Luton Airport bound. So what is the score with plane noise from our neighbouring airport? In a Herts Advertiser article published on 19 August, South Harpenden resident, Neil MacArthur complained that in his home he suffers from “a plague of Luton flights,” whereas a letter published in the same newspaper the following...