Photos of Hertford, Ware and surround

Photos of Hertford, Ware and surround This page has been created to enable people to find the photos and memories sharing group for Hertford, Ware & the surrounding areas.

It also provides a snapshot of some of the items being discussed in the main group. If you would like to join the discussion, reconnect and discover more you will be welcome. Please visit and join the main group;

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Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!Jem Warner, Deryck Rhodes, Michael Cook, Josh Kavanagh, Am...
02/09/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!

Jem Warner, Deryck Rhodes, Michael Cook, Josh Kavanagh, Amanda Hunt, Janine Cooper, Shawn Neate, Steve Smith, Jane Dean, Emily Wraith, George Lees, Brian Bilton, Mark Kiff

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉Ann Yates, Alan Tyler, Angela Brain, Jan ...
31/08/2026

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉

Ann Yates, Alan Tyler, Angela Brain, Jan Reed, Andy Neate, Sue Rider, Stuart Baker, Lorraine Harrison, Jan Andrews, Andrew Case, Christine Willis, Peter Ephgrave, Carol Curtis, Bob Connelly, Andrew Shipp, Bernie Keyte, Stephen Hawes, Janis Kelly, Sandra James, Elizabeth Lill, David Sell, Karen Milne, David Bennett, Chris Leister-crow

📸 NEIL’S MEALS ON WHEELS, BULL PLAIN, HERTFORD – 2018A great piece of more recent Hertford history, captured by Nigel Lo...
30/08/2026

📸 NEIL’S MEALS ON WHEELS, BULL PLAIN, HERTFORD – 2018

A great piece of more recent Hertford history, captured by Nigel Lomas in 2018 on Bull Plain.

For anyone who has spent time in Hertford over the past few decades, Neil’s Meals on Wheels will need very little introduction!

A Hertford stalwart since around the late 1980s/early 1990s, Neil has been feeding generations of locals and has become something of a Hertford institution.

🌭 And for a certain generation, Neil’s will forever be remembered as the essential late-night food stop after leaving Stags nightclub. A night out in Hertford wasn’t quite complete without joining the queue for something to eat before heading home!

This brilliant photograph captures Neil doing what he’s done for decades — serving the people of Hertford from his familiar spot in Bull Plain. (He has now moved into Maidenhead Street)

Sometimes local history isn’t about buildings that disappeared a century ago. It’s about the people, places and traditions that make a town what it is.

Who remembers stopping at Neil’s after a night at Stags or as an early morning hangover cure? 🌭🍔

📸 Photo: Nigel Lomas, 2018

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🚂🎬 STAPLEFORD RAILWAY STATION – RAILWAY & FILM HISTORYA wonderful view of the long-lost Stapleford Railway Station, once...
30/08/2026

🚂🎬 STAPLEFORD RAILWAY STATION – RAILWAY & FILM HISTORY

A wonderful view of the long-lost Stapleford Railway Station, once situated on the line between Hertford North and Stevenage.

The Cuffley–Hertford–Stevenage route opened to passengers in June 1924, but Stapleford’s first life as a passenger station was short. Passenger services between Hertford and Stevenage were withdrawn in September 1939.

A Saturday service returned in March 1962 and eventually regular daily services were restored. Neighbouring Watton-at-Stone reopened, but Stapleford never did. The station finally closed to general goods traffic in March 1965.

Today trains between Hertford North and Stevenage still pass the site, but they no longer stop.

📸 Stapleford station photo: John Mann Collection, held by Nick Catford.

🎬 Stapleford also has a remarkable connection with Flying Scotsman and British cinema.

The photograph of LNER No. 4472 Flying Scotsman at Stapleford was taken during the making of the 1929 film The Flying Scotsman.

Directed by Castleton Knight, it starred Moore Marriott, Pauline Johnson and a young Ray Milland. The LNER provided No. 4472 and allowed filming on the Hertford Loop.

Several scenes were filmed around Stapleford, including North Road, south of the station, and Widow Bushes to the north. The film’s dramatic climax featured the locomotive being uncoupled from its train while moving, with filming taking place between Watton-at-Stone and Stapleford.

Remarkably, Pauline Johnson and Alec Hurley performed their own stunts, climbing around the outside of the moving train – Johnson reportedly doing so in high heels!

The film was originally made as a silent production in 1929, with dialogue and sound subsequently added for a version released in 1930. This may explain why the Flying Scotsman photograph has sometimes been dated 1930.

So this isn’t simply a photograph of a famous locomotive – it captures the time quiet little Stapleford became part of British cinema history. 🎥🚂

Does anyone remember the remains of Stapleford station or have more photographs to share?

Come see more, relive, remember, discover, share and discuss in the main Facebook group.

Big shout out to my new rising fans!Dominic Sutton, Jeffrey May, Ann Yates, Nick Culpeck
28/08/2026

Big shout out to my new rising fans!

Dominic Sutton, Jeffrey May, Ann Yates, Nick Culpeck

Big thanks toAngela Brain, Carol Curtis, Jan Reed, Stephen Hawes, Andrew Shipp, Bernie Keyte, Colin Dyefor all of your s...
26/08/2026

Big thanks to

Angela Brain, Carol Curtis, Jan Reed, Stephen Hawes, Andrew Shipp, Bernie Keyte, Colin Dye

for all of your support! Congrats for being top fans on a streak 🔥!

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎Angela Brain, Raymond Adams, Carol Curtis, Ian Chapman, Susie Ellis, Jan Reed, Ste...
26/08/2026

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Angela Brain, Raymond Adams, Carol Curtis, Ian Chapman, Susie Ellis, Jan Reed, Stephen Hawes, Andrew Shipp, Sue Rider, Bernie Keyte, Colin Dye, Chris Leister-crow, Rose Walters, Audrey Vaughan, Andy Neate, Andrew Case, David Sell

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!Maureen Garwood, Susan Tyler, Aubrey Holt, Stuart Inskip, ...
26/08/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!

Maureen Garwood, Susan Tyler, Aubrey Holt, Stuart Inskip, Ron Powell, Rose Walters, Sally Angus, Steve Prime, Mark Knowlden, Emma Tyler Cox, Steven Polley, Andy Houghton, Andy Todd, Gemma Louise Hunt

🏘️ WEST STREET, WARE — 1977A wonderfully atmospheric view of West Street, Ware, taken in 1977, with The White Swan on th...
26/08/2026

🏘️ WEST STREET, WARE — 1977

A wonderfully atmospheric view of West Street, Ware, taken in 1977, with The White Swan on the left.

🍺 THREE PUBS IN ONE LITTLE STREET

West Street once had a remarkable concentration of pubs, with three virtually next door to one another:

🍺 The White Swan — No. 5
🥊 The Bell & Sun — No. 6
🍺 The Old Punch House — No. 7

The White Swan and Bell & Sun have long since disappeared as pubs, but the Old Punch House survives today, continuing West Street’s long association with the licensed trade.

🥊 THE BOXING BOOTH

There’s also some truth behind an intriguing piece of Ware folklore.

An account of Ware’s pubs in the 1920s describes the three as West Street’s “happy trio” and refers to:

“The middle house with boxing booth, is called the ‘Bell and Sun’.”

So the boxing story isn’t simply a rumour — the Bell & Sun was recorded as having a boxing booth. Exactly what form it took is less certain, but it must have made this a lively little corner of Ware!

Interestingly, No. 6 was later incorporated into the neighbouring Old Punch House, perhaps explaining why memories of the boxing booth sometimes became associated with the Punch House.

📚 CYRIL HEATH

This photograph appears in The Book of Ware by Cyril Heath, whose work helped preserve photographs, stories and memories of Ware’s changing streets and buildings. His books remain a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the town’s history.

There’s so much to enjoy here — hanging signs, old shopfronts, pedestrians and those unmistakably 1970s cars squeezed into narrow West Street.

📍 West Street, Ware
📅 1977
📷 The Book of Ware, Cyril Heath

Does anyone remember the White Swan or Bell & Sun — or know more about the Bell & Sun’s boxing booth? Perhaps there’s a photograph or family story out there! 👇

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎Angela Brain, Raymond Adams, Carol Curtis, Susie Ellis, Jan Reed, Stephen Hawes, A...
19/08/2026

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Angela Brain, Raymond Adams, Carol Curtis, Susie Ellis, Jan Reed, Stephen Hawes, Andrew Shipp, Sue Rider, Bernie Keyte, Colin Dye, Chris Leister-crow, Audrey Vaughan, Andy Neate, Andrew Case

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