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The North Hertfordshire Bowls Club recently benefited from a £400 Community Grant; awarded towards the cost of a trip to play a Bowls match against the Yeomen of the Tower of London.

50 Letchworth Garden City citizens and club members made the journey with 12 team players taking part in one of just six matches the Yeomen take part in each year.

Dorothy Harrison, Assistant Treasurer of the club, provided this account of their wonderful outing to the Tower during July 2010:

The Garden City Meeting
Thursday 13 May 2010

Plinston Hall, Broadway
7pm for 7.30pm start

Presented by Stuart Kenny, Director General and Colin Chatfield, Chairman, this meeting is your chance to learn about the Heritage Foundation’s latest plans for the Garden City and to find out what’s been happening over the last year.

Stuart Kenny is to retire as Director General of Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation at the end of June 2010, after 15 years at the helm.

“The Foundation’s Chairman, Colin Chatfield, said: “Stuart has been at the forefront of many key developments over the past 15 years that have transformed the town and community. His ability, dedication and energy will be a huge loss to Letchworth Garden City.”

The £500,000 makeover of this special landmark in the world’s first Garden City’s has been declared open.

A large number of people gathered to mark the occasion in this popular indoor shopping precinct, on Friday, November 20.

Stuart Kenny, Director General of the Heritage Foundation, along with Hugh Harper, until recently the Chairman of Letchworth Garden City Town Centre Partnership, unveiled a commemorative plaque on the entrance from Leys Avenue.

Letchworth Garden City Festival 2009 promises an action packed week of entertainment for the whole family.

Whether you're a fan of live music, history, walks, fashion, cars or a good old quiz there is bound to be something that will keep you entertained.

A town’s largest Landlord and the County’s University have teamed-up in a ‘green’ business initiative which has been financially backed by Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP).

A unique snapshot of the world’s first Garden City, will be ‘in the frame', at the town’s Heritage Museum in Norton Way South, from June 24 until July 5.