Plaque history
SIR – With reference to the article 70 Years On (Herts Advertiser, September 3), the picture of the plaque at Diocesan House features part of my family history. My parents lived in Southwark, London, and I was born at the General Lying-In Hospital in York
SIR - With reference to the article 70 Years On (Herts Advertiser, September 3), the picture of the plaque at Diocesan House features part of my family history.
My parents lived in Southwark, London, and I was born at the General Lying-In Hospital in York Road (just off Westminster Bridge) but in 1940 my mother was evacuated from London to St Albans.
She was billeted in a house at Totternhoe and on August 2, 1940, she gave birth to my brother in Diocesan House, St Albans.
A couple of years ago I took my brother there to see for himself where he was born (it is now a convalescent home) and they very kindly took us on a tour round which is where we saw the plaque. It is rather odd that it is I who lives near his birthplace.
MRS F H HIDER
West Riding
Most Read
- 1 Sexual assault onboard train to Harpenden
- 2 Enjoy Christmas carols with ukuleles and a brass band in St Albans park
- 3 St Albans gang members jailed for running cannabis factory network
- 4 Where and when can you see Santa's float in St Albans?
- 5 Victorian street theatre coming to St Albans city centre this Christmas with classic Dickensian tale
- 6 Hit and run on deadly Redbourn Road
- 7 Omicron variant: Confirmed case in Hertfordshire says health boss Jim McManus
- 8 Man wanted for criminal damage at The Horn pub
- 9 Area Guide: The popular Camp area of St Albans
- 10 St Albans named among UK's best places for Christmas activities
Bricket Wood
