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St Albans Food & Drink Festival Air, Steam & Weddings!

St Albans City Walks Hercules Festival of Sport

Heritage Open Days What’s on & lots more promoting local businesses, organisations and events since 2006

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Welcome to September We hope you’ve had a fantastic summer, and are now enjoying that lovely time of year when the nights are still warm, the sun is low in the sky and the sunsets are at their best. We’re sure you will have heard the squark of the parakeets that have taken over our gardens and parks, noisy though they are, we thought they were so bright and chirpy that we’d use them on the covers this month.

If you run your own business, why not get in touch, we offer a helpful, friendly service, working hard to make the magazines the best they can be. Don’t forget the magazines are monthly so if you miss your copy you can always pick one up in town or read them on our website or social media pages.

St Albans City Walks

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walking through history

Hercules Festival of Sport

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swimming, running & cycling

St Albans Food & Drink Festival 22 food glorious food

Trains, Tommies, Trails & Tails 24 fun for everyone

Do Something for Charity 26 thinking of others

Air, Steam & Weddings! 30 airshows & more

Jane & Wendy

Heritage Open Days 32 history for free

NOW for some Music 34

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music, drama & the Warriors

12 months £33 per edition £40 per edition £49 per edition £84 per edition

choirs, chamber & classical

3 months £43 per edition £52 per edition £64 per edition £110 per edition

NOW at the Public Halls 36 music, dance & more

NOW at The Alban Arena 36 comedy, music & more

What’s on in September 42 & October 44 Index of Businesses 46

other options are available

Please get in touch jane@theNOWmagazines.com

07983 588291

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Deadline 10th Sept for Oct edition www.theNOWmagazines.com

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Lipreaders Hear Better You know how as we get older we often start having difficulty reading small print, we hold the newspaper further away and squint at it? Eventually we give in and get some reading glasses. Well the same sort of thing often happens with hearing, we start to turn up the TV volume, we accuse people, especially young people, of not speaking clearly, we keep saying pardon, meetings become difficult, pubs and restaurants almost impossible. It's time for a hearing check.

Hearing loss may not mean that everything gets quieter, you often lose the high frequency/pitch sounds, and as the consonants in speech are mostly high frequency, speech becomes distorted, but you can still hear a motorbike going by just as loudly as you ever did. This is why people often insist there is nothing wrong with their hearing, it’s everyone else!

New research shows that untreated hearing loss can increase your chance of dementia and depression. No surprise really, as it’s easy to become isolated when you don't know what’s going on.

Hearing aids have come a long way, and the new ones are great, and very discrete, but it can still be difficult to hear in noisy places. This is where lipreading comes in, we all lipread a little, but classes can help us improve. Lipreading and Managing Hearing Loss classes, to give them their full title, are huge fun, we laugh a lot. We learn about lipreading, but we also cover equipment and organisations that can help, coping strategies, how hearing works, what your audiogram shows and lot's more.

My name is Molly Berry, and I started going deaf in my 30s and am now profoundly deaf, but have a brilliant cochlear implant. I now teach one of these very valuable classes at St Mary's Church, Harpenden on Tuesdays from 6.30pm - 8pm. This year's course starts on 18th September and you’re welcome to come to the first class and see if it’s for you.

For more details, and to book a place email mb.lipreading@gmail.com or call / text 07741 095921

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NOW at the Local Theatres The Maltings Arts Theatre St Albans Jazz Ensemble 6th Sept 8pm Known for its high energy, fun-filled performances, packed with both instrumental and vocal features, the band boasts a collective of local musicians, some professionals, others amateurs. Their concerts cover a wide spectrum of jazz music from Swing charts to 70’s Jazz-Funk, film scores and even Soul and Disco. £10, £8 Last Tango in Little Grimley & The Lady Sings in Little Grimley 27th & 28th Sept 8pm A semi staged radio style version of David Tristram’s two hilarious plays of a failing amateur dramatic society. £12.50 The Maltings, St Albans AL1 3HL maltingsartstheatre.co.uk

The Sandpit Theatre Guru Charana Smaranam 9th Sept 4pm Indian classical dance and music by the students of 'Kalaimamani' Smt.Divya Kasturi. £10 Leaf 29th Sept 10am, 12pm & 2pm Hear the life story of a very special leaf in this warm, intimate and playful new piece, inspired by nature and the seasons, it’s the perfect introduction to theatre for the very young. Under 3’s, £5 / £2 The Sandpit Theatre, St Albans AL4 9NX sandpittheatre.co.uk

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dangerous traditional weapons will amaze you, this is a must-see for adults and children alike.

The Grove Theatre, Dunstable LU5 4GP grovetheatre.co.uk

Abbey Theatre Butterflies Are Free 14th - 16th & 18th - 22nd Sept Presented by Company of Ten. Young Don Baker, who has been blind since birth, moves to Manhattan to follow his song-writing ambitions.

When his over-protective mother comes to visit him, she meets his extrovert actress neighbour, and her controlling instincts go into overdrive with hilarious and touching results.

Abbey Theatre, St Albans AL1 2DL abbeytheatre.org.uk

UH Arts The Fishermen 25th Sept 7.30pm In a small Nigerian town, Ben and Obembe and their two older brothers slip away to fish at a forbidden river. New Perspectives presents this powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate. £10, concs £8, child £5, age 12+ Weston Auditorium, Hatfield AL10 9EU uharts.co.uk

Barn Theatre

Barn Fringe 11th - 16th Sept 8pm, tickets £12 11th: Film: Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds 12th: The Carole King Story 13th: Playwriting: a practical workshop 14th: Some Enchanted Evening & I, AmDram 15th: Comedy Night 16th: tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ - The world’s unluckiest punk band reunites for one final The Grove Theatre gig...unbelievably offensive!

The Shaolin Warriors 13th Sept 7.30pm Neighbourhood Watch by Alan Ayckbourn Direct from China, the legendary Shaolin Warriors 28th Sept - 6th Oct return, punching, kicking and tumbling in a dynamic Brother and sister Martin and Hilda lead a quiet, spectacular. This is more than a Kung Fu show; it's Christian existence, but just as they are preparing a traditional strength through adversity story. From for a housewarming gathering, their peace is balancing on sharp metal spears to smashing shattered by a young trespasser in their garden. marble slabs with sheer brutal strength, the troupe's Barn Theatre AL8 6ST incredible synchronization and proficiency with 18 barntheatre.co.uk

Historic People and Places Brought to Life!

Fully qualified guides have been showing people around our City and District for 50 years. Join us on one of our walks and hear about the fascinating yesteryears from the Romans to Victorians. Walk well known and lesser known places. You will be surprised by the many tales about people who have built, lived and worked here for 1000 years.

Walks for September & October Meet at the St Albans Museum + Gallery, St Peter's Street AL3 5DJ unless otherwise stated. Buy tickets from the guide on the day.

Walks last about one and a half hours Adult £5, child £2 (5-15 years) Visit our website for full details of our walks and other information **Must be booked online in advance Historic St Albans - A City Revealed 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th Sept @ 11am 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th Oct @11am A Roman City Revealed 8th, 29th Sept & 13th Oct @ 2.30pm Meet outside Verulamium Museum Fishpool Street - Rags and Riches 1st, 22nd Sept & 6th, 20th Oct @ 2.30pm Meet outside Verulamium Museum Aristocrats, Paupers & Philanthropists 2nd, 15th Sept @ 2.30pm Coaching Inns 23rd Sept @ 2.30pm Victorian St Albans 30th Sept @ 2.30pm There’s More to the Tudors than Henry VIII 14th Oct @ 2.30pm Crime & Punishment 9th Sept & 21st Oct @ 2.30pm Discover Harpenden 8th Sept @ 2.30pm Meet at the War Memorial A Monastery Revealed 16th Sept @ 2.30pm A Round With Sam Ryder 23rd Sept @ 10am Historic Pubs of St Albans 7th Oct @ 2.30pm Ghosts & Ghouls and Haunted Harpenden in October These walks are only available by booking in advance on line.

A list of available dates and times can be seen on our website.

Bookings can be made from 1st September

www.stalbanstourguides.co.uk

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Hercules Festival of Sport 23rd Sept Westminster Lodge Swimming Pool and Verulamium Park

This Festival has something to offer the whole family, including a ‘Scootathon’ for budding little Olympians. The facilities of Westminster Lodge provide everything that athletes could wish for and the surroundings of Verulamium Park provide excellent spectating opportunities for friends and family. All adult events are chip timed, professionally photographed and you will receive a finisher’s medal and a technical t-shirt.

Triathlon (Swim/Cycle/Run) 7am Novice: 200M / 14K / 2.5K Sprint: 400M / 20K / 5K Start in the pool, run to get your bike, cycle through the beautiful countryside, then it’s on to a fast and challenging run in the park to finish. Age 15+ Run 10am Both races will be in the park 5K: age 11+ and 10K: age 15+ Aquathlon (Swim/Run) 7am Novice - 200M / 2.5K Sprint - 400M / 5K Start in the pool and then head out into the park for the run leg. Age 15+ Duathlon (Run/Cycle/Run) 8.30am Novice: 2.5K / 14K / 2.5K Age 15+ Sprint: 5K / 20K / 2.5K Age 15+ Standard: 10K / 40K / 5K Age 17+ Run in the park and cycle in the countryside for a fast and enjoyable race. Road bikes are recommended.

Kids: 400M / 1.2k / 400M (ages 7-14) 11.30am on the athletics track in the park, bikes can be supplied.

Scootathon (Run/Scoot/Cycle) ages 4-8 11.30am Scootathons allow budding Olympians to take their first steps in multi-sport eventing. The Scootathon involves a 200m run, followed by a 400m scoot, finishing in a 400m cycle to the finish line. Scooters and bikes are available or you can bring your own, those under 6 must bring their own. herculesevents.com

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Get Back Into As part of this Hertfordshire Year of Physical Activity, September is being called ‘Get Back Into’ month encouraging you to ‘Get Back Into’ a sport or activity you once loved, whether through participation, coaching or volunteering.

Hertfordshire is home to more than 2000 sports clubs, who are always looking for new members and coaches, as young instructors move on to university, and older ones retire. Herts Sports Partnership Project Officer Charlie Mann said: ‘We hope that September will provide a great entry back into sport and physical activity for many people, from all backgrounds and of all ages. I really like the idea of retuning volunteers as well - my local club is always short of helping hands.’

An ever-growing list of opportunities is available online at www.sportinherts.org.uk/gettingactive/gbi with many free of charge. And, if your club is keen to be included on the list please contact Charlie on c.mann3@herts.ac.uk or 01707 285026

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WIN a Copy of ‘Defence Not Attack’ Colin Berry has been a martial arts enthusiast and personal trainer for many years, and has trained many clients including Jamie and Louise Redknapp. He has studied various martial arts systems including Tae Kwon Do, Jeet Kune Do, Shaolin Kung Fu and Krav Maga.

In 2005 he gained a silver medal competing in the British Championship’s Heavy Weight Sparring category and finished in the last 16 of the World Tae Kwon Do Championship’s fighting in the same weight category. What makes this even more of an achievement is that the British Championship’s was only Colin’s second try at competing at an event.

He moved his attention to studying Commando Krav Maga which is a reality based self defence system and in 2007 become an instructor. Having gained so much knowledge in martial arts and reality based self defence systems, he decided to develop his own system. In 2009 the Street Defence system was born, and it has gone from strength to strength. Colin has used the system to train body guards, children and even police officers, and says the Street Defence system can be picked up by anyone, even without any previous selfdefence training.

Over the last year he has been compiling a manual showing the basics in self-defence and the Street Defence system. His book ‘Defence not Attack’ The Self Defence Manual has just been published and is available to buy via Amazon and Kindle format.

We have a copy to give away to one lucky reader, so to be in with a chance of winning, just email DEFENCE to wendy@theNOWmagazines.com by 5th September www.streetdefenceuk.com Twitter: @StreetDefence Instagram: streetdefence

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Heritage Open Days 6th - 9th & 13th - 16th Sept Heritage Open Days is England's largest festival of history and culture, bringing together over 2,500 organisations, 5,000 events and 40,000 volunteers.

Every year places across the country throw open their doors to celebrate their heritage, community and history. It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences, and it’s all free. This year, in recognition of the centenary of the Universal Suffrage Act, the theme will be ‘Extraordinary Women’ focusing on both well-known and less celebrated women. Here’s a selection of what’s happening locally

Bletchley Park 6th - 9th Sept 9.30am - 5pm Visit the once top-secret home of the WWII Codebreakers. Highlights include the restored codebreaking huts, beautiful grounds and the atmospheric soundscapes, galleries and exhibitions with hands-on displays. Including a chance to see the new permanent exhibition ‘The Bombe Breakthrough’. Please book Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes MK3 6EB bletchleypark.org.uk

Stockwood Discovery Centre Secret Garden Tour 7th Sept 11am, 1pm, 2pm free, Explore the centre's beloved gardens and some of the original features of Stockwood House with the Head Gardener. Please book, age 7+ Stockwood Discovery Centre LU1 4LX lutonculture.com

Welwyn Roman Baths 8th Sept 2pm - 5pm Tunnel through time to the world of the Romans.

Visit the remains of a 3rd century Romano-English bathing suite. Try out outdoor trails and activities all about Roman Women.

Welwyn Roman Baths AL6 9FG welhat.gov.uk

St Albans Cathedral Tower Tours 8th Sept 10am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2.30pm 9th Sept 2pm, 4.30pm Climb 211 steps, walk through medieval 14

passages, see the Cathedral bells and enjoy a panoramic view of the city from the roof of the tower.

The tour is mostly in a steep and narrow medieval staircase, so you need to be fit enough to manage such a climb. Age 11+

St Albans South Signal Box 8th & 9th Sept 10am - 5pm Enjoy a great day out for kids, families and railway enthusiasts of all ages at this historic signal box, commemorating 150 years of the railway at St Albans City Station, with hands-on history, bells, levers and signals - all as the trains fly by.

Situated by the four-track mainline station, with demonstrations of real time train movements and signalling. tlr.ltd.uk/sigbox

Wardown House, Museum & Gallery Please book, age 7+ Hat Research Centre 8th & 14th Sept 11am, 1pm, 2pm Take a look at the Luton Hat Industry, as you step inside the Hat Resource Room.

Tours Up On The Roof 8th & 14th Sept 11am, 1pm, 2pm Take a close up look at the chimneys of the House and the historic graffiti on the roof.

Museum Makers Elbow Grease 15th Sept 11am, 1pm Hear about the House's unique collection and how you can support the museum through the Museum Maker Programme. Help clean and polish some of the brass and copper items that rarely see the light of day.

Explore the Stores 16th Sept 11am, 1pm, 2pm A behind the scenes tour of the House's archive stores. Have a look behind the scenes in one of the attic stores and see how they are using the spaces now. Children must be accompanied Wardown Park Museum, Luton LU2 7HA lutonculture.com

Luton Hoo Walled Garden 13th Sept 11am - 3pm Visit the Walled Garden for free lutonhooestate.co.uk

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Call Roger 07949 969446 or 01582 400408

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Herts and Middx Wildlife Trust Walk: Bats on the Common 10th Sept 7.15pm - 8.45pm Enjoy this family friendly walk around Harpenden Common and listen out for these elusive creatures using bat detectors.

Free with suggested donation ÂŁ3, please book hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/events

Heartwood Forest Arboretum Walk 1st Sept 2pm - 4pm Visit England's newest and largest arboretum and see 60 different species of trees and shrubs native to the British Isles, and learn how they have been used over the centuries. Many are still small saplings, but you will be able to watch them grow over the coming years.

Meet in Nomansland Common car park heartwood.woodlandtrust.org.uk

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Garden Care Services Now Available

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World's Biggest Coffee Morning 28th Sept 9am - 5pm Burston Garden Centre St Albans AL2 2DS Catch up over a cuppa and enjoy some gorgeous treats. The money raised at the Coffee Morning will go to Macmillan Cancer Support to help make sure no one has to face cancer alone. macmillan.org.uk

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The Real Harpenden Beer Festival 21st & 22nd Sept 12pm - 12am The landlords and landladies from three local pubs are joining togther to host Harpenden’s seventh independent Beer Festival, bringing you two days of beer and cider tasting. Sid and Daren from The Plough and Harrow, Pete from The Engineer and Tony from The Carpenters Arms promise to make this years Festival even better than last year. With over seventy real ales, perries and ciders, and live music from two popular local bands, the Carnegies on Friday and number 7 on Saturday.

Royal British Legion, Leyton Road, Harpenden Facebook: Harpenden Beer Festival

The Festival returns to showcase the fantastic range of food, drink and produce available throughout St Albans District. With so many excellent eateries providing fabulous food and delightful drinking holes. It’s a great time to try something new or different, and the perfect opportunity to discover some of St Albans’ hidden treasures. Don’t miss exclusive tastings, restaurant takeovers, talks, creative workshops and loads of fantastic food and drink events.

On 30th September The Feastival takes over the city centre, with scrumptious street food, superb local produce and lots of fabulous entertainment, and on the 8th October The Food and Drink Awards will then be revealed For more in information please visit enjoystalbans.com/ foodanddrink

St Albans Beer & Cider Festival

Why not give up the car for a day, short trips in towns and cities can be quicker using a bicycle.

Sustainable St Albans will be at St Albans Market encouraging you to walk, cycle and use public transport more often. sustainablestalbans.org

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26th - 29th Sept 11am - 11pm The festival will stock up to 450 different beers across ten bars, with up to 300 cool, caskconditioned real ales, 80 ciders and perries, 50 bottle conditioned beers and 80 foreign beers from all over the world.

There’ll be live music from The Landlords on Thursday evening, Swan Vesta Social Club on Saturday lunchtime and The Overtures on Saturday evening. So why not pop down with your mates and have a beer or two!

Weds £3 / Thurs £4 Fri £5 / Sat £6 CAMRA members free The Alban Arena AL1 3LD

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Trains, Tommies Trails & Tails Dogs in the Park 23rd Sept 12 noon - 4.30pm For the dogs: Novelty Dog Show, Agility Course and lots more. Dog Show Registration from 11.30am / starts 1pm For the humans: Enjoy a relaxing afternoon with a delicious Cream Tea. Entry is free, there will be a charge for some activities.

Greenwood Park, Tippendell Lane, St Albans AL2 3HW

Chiltern Open Air Museum World War One: Meet the Tommies 15th & 16th Sept Come and meet costumed WWI soldiers and find out what life was like for them. Listen to WWI folk songs and see a replica Airco DH2 plane. Visit the Museum’s Dig for Victory allotment and explore the 1940s post war prefab house.

Knitting 29th & 30th Sept 11am - 4pm During WWI men, women and children knitted large volumes of clothing and accessories to help with the war effort making socks, scarves, sweaters, hats and balaclavas for the troops.

Have a go at different types of traditional knitting and crocheting. Discover different types of wool and help solve your knitting conundrums by talking to the experts. All ages from beginners to experienced knitters are welcome.

Standard admission prices apply.

Chiltern Open Air Museum HP8 4AB coam.org.uk

Day out with Thomas 1st & 2nd Sept 10.30am - 5pm Join Thomas for a day of family fun with train rides, face painting, kids shows, meet the Fat Controller, miniature train rides and badge making so come along and stay for as long as you like, it's all included in the ticket price.

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road Station, Aylesbury, HP22 4BY bucksrailcentre.org

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Africa Adventure Trail 30th Sept 1pm - 4pm Family fun afternoon in aid of Harpenden Spotlight on Africa. With a children's African themed obstacle course, carrying water, bowling tyres, plastic bag football in flip flops, see how well you can do! £5 per child for the course, but why not make your effort more worthwhile by getting some sponsors.

Just download the form and see what you can achieve.

Rothamsted Park, Harpenden AL5 2EF hsoa.org.uk

British Schools Museum Children's Book Festival 8th Sept 10am - 2pm Come and meet three local favourites; James Mayhew, Harriet Muncaster and Martin Impey as they tell you their stories, and maybe even sign a book or two for you! £5, age 4+ Talk: The Glory That Was Greece 20th Sept 7pm Andy Gibbs' illustrated talk charts the rise of Classical Athens. How did a small, obscure city state, embroiled in almost constant war, come to dominate the classical world? Discover how Athens' incredible 'cultural revolution’ still influences many aspects of our lives today.

British Schools Museum, Hitchin SG4 9TS britishschoolsmuseum.org.uk

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Redbourn Classics Motor Show & Village Fete 15th Sept 12 noon - 5pm A great day out for all the family with over 250 classic vehicles, vintage motorbikes, trucks and tractors, plus a display of supercars in the grounds of Redbourn Village Museum. Live music, fairground rides, bouncy castle and go karts. See ‘Upton’ the guide dog demonstrating his skills and have a go at bell ringing at the special bell ringing tower.

The Village Fete includes a BBQ, tea and cakes, a bar, barista coffees, ice cream, games and a roving magic show by Mr Colley Wobbles.

Adult £2 family £5, all proceeds to local charities.

Redbourn Common AL3 7BU redbournclassics.co.uk

Brambleton Model Railway Open Day 8th Sept 2pm - 5.30pm This is a great way for the Club to show off what it’s all about. See the railway as it was originally intended, with a great variety of rolling stock (O gauge circuit) and live steam narrow gauge (16 mm).

Highfield Oval, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden AL5 4BX brambleton.org.uk

Bletchley Park Book Launch: X,Y & Z The Real Story of How Enigma was Broken 10th Sept 1.30pm - 4.30pm from £16.20 A special afternoon with Sir Dermot Turing and guests for the launch of his new book. The book describes how French, British and Polish secret services came together to unravel the Enigma machine. Please book.

Autumn 1940s Vintage Weekend 29th & 30th Sept 9.30am - 5pm Come and enjoy a fabulous time, and dress to impress in 1940s attire. There will be live music, food, vintage lawn games, and a chance to browse the collection of vintage vehicles, and watch historical displays and reenactors. Plus stalls including Hotties Vintage Pip ‘n’ Mix, Woody’s Wardrobe, Chaps of Distinction, The Heritage Milliner and Sally’s Jewellery.

Entry is included in admission price bletchleypark.org.uk

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Life at Gorhambury Film: The Gorhambury Tour 5th Sept 10.30am - 12 noon £8 Experience the 18th century rooms of the House as they were laid out until recently.

The Gorhambury Building Project Revealed 12th Sept 10.30am - 12 noon £15 Viscountess Grimston moved into Gorhambury in 2012, and will give you an overview of the current building project and the nine years of decisions and planning taken to get to this point. The project will be put in the context of the architectural and social history of the house.

Talk: My Life and Art at Gorhambury 19th Sept 10.30am - 12 noon £15 By the Countess of Verulam who lived at Gorhambury from 1977 - 2012.

The Gorhambury Estate AL3 6AH gorhamburyestate.co.uk

Cool Britannia 31st Aug - 2nd Sept Festival featuring some of the best of British rock and dance music including Happy Mondays, Ocean Colour Scene, Feeder, Razorlight, The Lightning Seeds, Peter Hook & The Light, Cast, Heather Small, Dodgy, Toploader and The South. There will be camping, glamping, street food, themed bars, street entertainers, funfairs, kid-zone, fireworks, trade stands, karaoke and much more.

The March 16th Sept 2pm & 7pm A new play celebrating the centenary of women gaining the vote, and the key part played by the Lytton’s of Knebworth in the campaign, including Lady Constance Lytton who endured prison and force feeding. Age 11+ Matinee £13.50, evening £15 includes Q & A Knebworth House SG1 2AX knebworthhouse.com

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Do Something for Charity

RAF London Spitfire Family Run 1st Sept 8.30am £5 This new gentle 1k family run which accompanies the Spitfire 10K will help raise funds for the RAF100 Appeal. Kids, mums, dads, aunts, uncles, pilots and superheroes put on your cape, and race around the transformed museum. Entry to the Museum is free, Children under 16 years must be accompanied by an adult, only those paying will be awarded a medal. rafmuseum.org.uk

Talk: Trek India 11th Sept An information evening to hear about this exciting fundraising trek which takes place in November 2019. It involves four days trekking 50km through the lush green tea plantations of the tropical Kerala region at altitudes of up to 2640m. Ending with a two -day care project in Trivandrum, a hospice helping children with cancer and their families. The evening is free, with no commitment to sign up for the trek. stfrancis.org.uk

Peace Hospice Care Kenyan Adventure In February 2019 take the adventure of a lifetime, trek across the grasslands, valleys, hills and volcanoes, and see the breathtaking wilderness of the Great Rift Valley. To take part you'll need to pay a deposit and raise a minimum amount of sponsorship. peacehospicecare.org.uk

Herts Hearing Advisory Service 3rd Sept 10am - 12 noon This free service available to NHS hearing patients can help with any hearing aid related problems, including issuing NHS hearing aid batteries, re-tubing, cleaning and replacement of open fittings.

Maltings Surgery, Victoria Street AL1 3JB hhas.org.uk 01707 324582

Rennie Grove Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge 9th Sept 10am - 5pm Choose from a 7, 11 or 20 mile challenge, tackling the scenic three Chilterns peaks of Whiteleaf Cross, Coombe Hill and Ivinghoe Beacon, and help raise money to support local residents with life-limiting illness and their families. £20, child £10, under 5s free Meet:Princes Risborough School HP27 0DT renniegrove.org

The Hospice of St Francis RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden Opening 16th Sept £20 This is one of only nine of the 27 Chelsea gardens exhibited this year to be relocated in its entirety. Enjoy talks about the garden’s creation and planting scheme from its designers, a glass of fizz, canapes, live music and tours of the gardens.

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Giant Incinerator Planned 2 Miles from Harpenden Stop the Harpenden and Luton Incinerator (SHLI) is fighting to STOP CGEP's planning application to build a giant incinerator plant on green belt land owned by the Luton Hoo estate, situated on the Lower Harpenden Road at East Hyde.

JUST 2 MILES FROM CENTRAL HARPENDEN This will have an impact on you because:  CO2 and NOx is released 24/7  HGVs will be visiting the site every 2.5 minutes for 11 hours a day  The building will be as long as Harpenden High Street, with a 100 metre high chimney  We will become the Nation’s dumping ground.  All Hertfordshire’s landfill waste would be burnt in 5 weeks, the other 47 weeks of the year it would burn waste from around and outside the UK  The River Lea and its unique chalk stream will run beneath, through and alongside sewage, landfill and pollutants before reaching your local park There are 40 schools within a 5 mile radius of the proposed incinerator, not to mention: smell, light, flora, fauna, noise....

You can help the fight by: • Joining our emailing list, visit www.shli.org.uk • Emailing and/or writing to your MP and contacting local and national officials • Telling your friends and putting it on social media • Volunteering to help

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Air, Steam and Weddings!

Bedfordshire Steam Fayre 14th - 16th Sept Get an insight into country life at the turn of the 20th century when steam was in its heyday. Visit the beer garden, listen to the band and watch the stage show. End your day marveling at the line-up of IWM Duxford showman’s engines generating the fairground rides Battle of Britain Air Show and attractions. Dogs on leads welcome.

22nd & 23rd Sept Hear the roar of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines over Aeromodellers - Festival of Flight 22nd & 23rd Sept the sights and sounds of the exciting showground, including the Home Front Second World War There is something at this festival for everyone themed village. The skies above IWM Duxford will whether you’re a pilot, spectator, aircraft enthusiast be filled with majestic flight as this important airfield, or photographer. Adult £13 steeped in history is transformed with re-enactors, The Shuttleworth Collection, Beds SG18 9EP www.shuttleworth.org 1940s dances, events and activities for all. Visit the Meet the Authors tent with talks, signings and Q&As RAF London from well known, respected writers. Please book IWM Duxford, Duxford CB22 4QR War Brides iwm.org.uk 14th Sept 2018 - 15th Sept 2019 Global conflict and the mobilisation of troops during Shuttleworth Collection World War II brought couples together who would Airshow: Shuttleworth Heritage Day never normally have met. Couples met on the dance ‘Extraordinary Women’ floor, on air bases, blind dates, in queues, hospitals 2nd Sept 9am - 6pm Air display: 2pm or air raid shelters. For war brides, a new husband Adult £27, child free meant a new country. Artist Bev Tosh work portrays This event celebrates the contribution of women to war brides of airmen stationed on RAF bases in the aviation, engineering, and Shuttleworth through an UK during WWII and Canadian brides of ‘flyboys’ air display, agricultural exhibits, vehicle display, and from England, Australia and New Zealand trained in an exhibition at The House. Follow the heritage trail, Canada. listen to live music, ride on vintage buses, explore Hendon Pageant the Swiss Garden and House, and make a free 15th Sept 11am - 5pm, free aircraft model with Airfix & IPMS Brampton.

A nostalgic festival celebrating the style and charm Heritage Open Day of the Hendon Pageants of the 1930s, which were a 7th Sept 9.30am - 5pm free chance for people to see aircraft fly, to experience Garden Tours 11.30am & 2.30pm new technology and to see the RAF in action.

House Tours 1pm - 2pm See how high you can fly on the Swing Boats and The enchanting Swiss Garden was created in the Chair-O-Plane. Test your strength on the high ‘Swiss Picturesque’ style in the early 19th century striker. Practice your aim at the Coconut Shy. Watch and reopened in 2014 after a major restoration. The some amazing engine displays. Live music will be 200 acres of listed historic parkland, designed by playing all day, enjoy swing and jazz, the sound of landscape architect Edward Milner, is a beautiful the 30s, and bring your dancing shoes to learn how setting for the Grade II* listed House with its to swing dance at our taster sessions. Immerse impressive clock tower that stands today. yourself with our re-enactors as they bring the era to Bedfordshire Walking Festival 11th Sept life. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will be flying An 6.5 mile walk exploring part of the estate, the Dakota ZA947 over the Museum. including a stop at Jordans Mill. There is also a RAF London NW9 5LL rafmuseum.org.uk shorter walk just to Jordans Mill with transport back.

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Time Turner Festival

16th Sept 1pm - 4pm St Albans is going back in time and transforming the City Centre. Streets will be themed to a different era of the 20th Century with a variety of activities for the public to enjoy.

Historic cars, motorbikes, scooters and commercial vehicles will line the streets.

Businesses, shops, restaurants, banks and pubs will be joining in the fun by creating their own retro feel.

Holywell Hill will be themed WW1 to 1920s, St Peter’s Street WW2 and 1940s, George Street 1950s and 1960s and Catherine Street 1970s and 1980s.

There will be lots to see including music, food and fashion, why not put the date in your diary now.

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NOW for some Music Chamber Music Festival at Hatfield House 20th - 23rd Sept 20th Sept Opening Concert 7.30pm Mendelssohn Overture ‘The Hebrides’ Op.26 Brahms Concerto for violin and cello Op.102 Brahms Symphony No.1 Op.68 £40, £28.50, £18 21st Sept Clarinet Trio 5pm Mendelssohn Variations Concertantes Schumann Fantasiestücke Op.73 Brahms Trio for clarinet, cello and piano Op. 114 £25, £20, £15 21st Sept Waltz & Hungarian Dance 8pm Fanny Mendelssohn Notturno in G minor for piano Röntgen String Trio No.4 in D major ‘Waltzer Suite’ Dvořák Miniatures arranged for string trio Op.75a Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor Op.25 £35, £25, £15 22nd Sept Romance 5pm Clara Schumann Three Romances Op.22 Fanny Mendelssohn Adagio in E for violin and piano Mendelssohn Song without Words Op. 109 for cello and piano Schumann Piano Quartet in E flat major Op.47 £25, £20, £15 22nd Sept Lieder 8pm Clara Schumann Six Lieder Op.13 Brahms Two settings of Felix Schumann from Op.63 Schumann Liederkreis Op.24 Brahms Piano Quartet No.2 in A major Op.26 £35, £25, £15 23rd Sept Midday Concert 12 noon Mendelssohn String Quintet No.2 in B flat Op.87 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op.115 £25, £20, £15 23rd Sept Homage A Brahms 5pm £25, £20, £15 23rd Sept Festival Finale 8pm Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Op.45 £40, £28.50, £18 hatfieldhousemusicfestival.org.uk

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Lydekker Park Music in Lydekker 1st Sept 11am - 2pm Come and listen to the local talent and entertainment on the band stand. Bring deck chairs and blankets and enjoy an afternoon of music in the open air.

Lydekker Park, Sun Lane, Harpenden AL5 4EG

St Nicholas Church Magic Voices Choir 8th Sept 7.30pm A repertoire of pop classics and songs from musicals and shows, arranged exclusively by West End Musical Director Andy Rumble, in support of local charity, the A-T Society. £10, under 12’s free St Nicholas Church, Harpenden atsociety.org.uk/events/magic

Dagnall Street Baptist Church Open Rehearsal 13th Sept 7.30pm Interested in joining a friendly local choir? If so why not try the St Albans Choral Society, with no obligation, as they start learning Benjamin Britten’s St Nicolas. For more information and to register, email: membership@choralsociety.com Dagnall Street Baptist Church, St Albans AL3 5EE choralsociety.com

Bedford Esquires Toyah 15th Sept 8pm From punk princess to cult stage actress, Toyah Willcox is a uniquely gifted performer and an inextinguishable flame. She has amassed 13 top 40 singles, recorded 24 albums and toured live across the world. Expect a lively and energetic concert with her full live electric band and expect to hear hit singles good Morning Universe, Thunder In The Mountains and It’s A Mystery alongside classics Neon Womb, Danced and Ieya and I Want To Be Free. £20 in advance thepadpresents.com

St Saviour's Church Amadeus Chamber Orchestra 29th Sept 7.30pm Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus op.43 Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 Arnold: Serenade for small orchestra Mozart: Symphony no.39 in E flat K 543 £15, child £3, in advance £13 / £3 St Saviour's Church, St Albans AL1 4DF amadeuschamberorchestra.org.uk

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NOW at the Public Halls Chuck Prophet and Jesse Malin 9th Sept 7.30pm Chuck Prophet has been on the scene since recording 7 albums with Americana pioneers Green on Red. He’s gone on to have a successful solo career producing over 12 albums. Hear him in a rare duo setting with Stephanie Finch and support from Jesse Malin.

Oye Santana 15th Sept 8pm Presenting four decades of hits from Black Magic Woman and Oye Como Va, via Carnaval, Dance Sister Dance and She's Not There. Prepare yourself for guitar wizardy, keyboard mastery, powerhouse brass and astonishing vocals!

Lindisfarne 16th Sept 7.30pm They first appeared in the early 70s, with an instantly recognisable style. Their hit records, Meet Me On The Corner, Lady Eleanor, Fog On The Tyne and Run For Home have achieved classic status.

The Dambusters Ball 28th Sept 7pm - 1am To commemorate the 80th birthday of the Public Halls, for one night only, celebrate this iconic pre-war building with the biggest vintage party around. A twocourse dinner, dancing, live music and some special guests will make this a night to remember.

Party like it's 1938!

Space 29th Sept 7.30pm This sixties inspired indie band have a huge back catalogue of much loved singles including Avenging Angels, Female of the Species and Neighbourhood.

The band was in the charts with their album, Spiders and return now with their new album, Give Me Your Future.

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NOW at The Alban Arena Dylan Moran 12th & 13th Sept 8pm £25 Moran has been called the Oscar Wilde of comedy and his famed style, deadpan, witty and crackpot lyricism, promises to be an unmissable journey through his interpretations of the world.

Celtic Country Show 17th Sept 7.30pm £23.50 Bringing together the best of Irish and Scottish artists with their own style of Country music.

With special guest Eve Graham, the original lead singer of The New Seekers who’s hits included “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing” and “Beg Steal Or Borrow”.

Sinatra, Sequins & Swing: The Capitol Years Live 20th Sept 7.30pm £25, under 21’s £15 The ultimate homage to Sinatra’s golden years of 1953-61, this critically-acclaimed concert has wowed audiences with its spectacular sounding, visually evocative celebration of the era’s legendary songs and its ‘50s Hollywood glamour.

This Is The Greatest Show 21st Sept 7.30pm £22, £20 Join a cast of West End singers and a live band as you journey through music from “The Greatest Showman” “Moulin Rouge” “Barnum” and many others. It will have you singing and dancing in the aisles.

The 2-Tone Tribute Tour 22nd Sept 7.30pm £19.50 2-Tone took the British music charts by storm in 1979 and turned the country into a sea of black and white check. Special Kinda Madness, play as the Specials and Madness, and The Special Brew from Cardiff perform as Bad Manners. So dust down your pork pie hats, put on your Fred Perry, Harrington, DMs or loafers and enjoy this nostalgic night of music The Alban Arena AL1 3LD alban-arena.co.uk

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NOW for Some Art Hand Drawn Action Packed 2nd Sept - 11th Nov A new exhibition, of ten international artists, exploring narrative in drawing and its many forms. The artists make imaginative use of their tools, from pen and ink to a smartphone and a stick of charcoal.

St Albans Museum + Gallery AL3 5DJ stalbansmuseums.org.uk

Herts Open Studios 8th - 30th Sept

This popular annual event connects art-lovers and artists and is even bigger this year, with 150 artists taking part at almost 70 solo and group venues across the county. As always, you will be able to enjoy a rich mix of free-to-enter experiences including personal studios, live demonstrations, exhibitions and more. The artists, artisans and designer-makers across Hertfordshire offer enormous choice and opportunities.

With painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, glass, photography, ceramics, textiles, jewellery, a blacksmith and more. Where artists show, demonstrate or talk about their work, or just allow quiet browsing if preferred.

Regardless, a warm welcome is assured at every venue.

The brochure is available across the county and on the website. hvaf.org.uk

Aldenham Art Festival 14th - 16th Sept Fri 11 - 7pm, Sat 11 - 4.30pm Sun 12 - 4.30pm An eye-catching exhibition of over 300 pictures of original, contemporary and traditional works of art to browse and buy at affordable prices St John the Baptist Church, Aldenham WD25 8BD aldenhamartfestival.org.uk

Printmaking Courses 15th & 16th Sept / 20th & 21st Oct 10am - 5pm This is a 2 day course with Childwickbury Art School taught by Ali Yanya, a regular exhibitor at the Childwickbury Arts Fair. At the end of the course you’ll take home your own completed prints.

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30th Aug - 1st Sept Flamstead Book Festival St Leonard's Church, AL3 8DD flamsteadbookfestival.com 31st Aug - 2nd Sept Cool Britannia see page 25 1st Music in Lydekker Park see page 34 Spitfire Family Run see page 26 Arboretum Walk see page 18 Classic Ibiza Hatfield House, summer dance party, 5.30pm - 10.15pm, £39.50, child £17.50, under 5s free hatfield-house.co.uk Outdoor Cinema: Dirty Dancing Luton Hoo, 8.30pm sundowncinema.co.uk Emergency Services Open Day see page 8 1st & 2nd Peppa Pig Herring Green Activity Farm & Birds of Prey Centre MK45 3DT, 10am - 4pm, £12.50, child £9.50 birdsofpreycentre.co.uk 2nd St Albans Comic - Con see page 14 2nd Sept - 11th Nov Hand Drawn Action Packed see page 39 4th Jewels & Gems by Jane Hass Harpenden Public Halls, 01582 621757, Harpenden Floral Decoration Club, all welcome, 2pm 6th - 9th & 13th - 16th Heritage Open Days see page 32 7th Focussed Writing Session on the meaning of ‘Transformations’ Friends’ Meeting House, Southdown Road, Harpenden Writers Meeting, all welcome, 10am, £4, harpendenwriters.com 7th & 8th Buckets Abbey Theatre AL1 2DL 8th Book 'em Girls St Albans Market, Soroptimists Bookstall for International Literacy Day 8th - 30th Herts Open Studios see page 39 9th Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge see page 26 Musical Sunday Afternoon St Albans Organ Theatre AL1 5PE, 2pm - 4.30pm Sunday Afternoon Organ Recital St Albans Cathedral, 3pm, free 11th Talk: Bob Brown, Cotswold Garden Flowers.

‘Plants for Autumn’ Harpenden Gardening Society, Roundwood Park School, £3, 8pm harpendengardeningsociety.org 11th - 13th Statty Funfair Harpenden Common

14th - 16th & 18th - 22nd Butterflies are Free see page 6 15th Redbourn Classics Motor Show see page 25 Rennie Grove Moonlight Walk Toyah see page 34 15th & 16th WWI: Meet the Tommies see page 24 19th Lunchtime Organ Recital St Albans Cathedral, 12.30pm, free The Falklands & A Touch of Antarctica St Mary's Church, Childwickbury AL3 6JJ 01582 762284, St Albans, Harpenden & District Philatelic Society, 8pm 20th Lecture: “I am the very Model” Parodies of Victorian Society in Gilbert & Sullivan. The Arts Society Harpenden Area DFAS, theartssocietyharpendenareadfas.org.uk 21st & 22nd The Real Harpenden Beer Festival page 22 22nd The 2-Tone Tribute Tour see page 36 St Albans International Organ Festival Gala Concert St Albans Cathedral, Olivier Vernet, France, Organist of Monaco Cathedral, 5.30pm 22nd & 23rd Battle of Britain Air Show see page 30 23rd Hercules Festival of Sport see page 8 24th Talk: Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust & Ver Valley Society Soroptimist Women's Group, Chiswell Green URC Church AL2 3HG, 8pm 25th The Fishermen see page 6 26th Sept - 8th Oct St Albans Food & Drink Festival see page 22 27th Floral Demonstration All Saints Church Hall, Harpenden Evening Floral Group, 7.30pm 28th Talk: The Lady 'Owners' of Luton Hoo Luton Hoo Estate Office, 10.30am - 12.30pm, £3 28th - 30th Carmen Abbey Theatre, AL1 2DL presented by Rogue Opera, abbeytheatre.org.uk 29th Amadeus Chamber Orchestra Concert pge 34 Craft Fair St Albans Organ Theatre AL1 5PE 10am - 4pm stalbansorgantheatre.org.uk 29th Sept & 20th Oct Tower Tours St Albans Cathedral, 10am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2.30pm, please book, £9.50

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2nd Les Fleurs du Temps Harpenden Public Halls, 01582 621757, Harpenden Floral Decoration Club, all welcome, 2pm 5th Gin & Jazz George Street, St Albans 5th - 7th Harvest Flower Festival St Leonard’s Church, Sandridge, sandridgechurch.org.uk 6th St Columba’s College Open Day see page 41 Concert: Carmina Burana SandPit Theatre, St Albans, presented by The Hardynge Choir, 7pm, £13, student £7, child free 7th Willow 10K Hatfield House, 11am willowfoundation.org.uk Herts Musical Memories St Albans Cathedral, a fun & therapeutic singing session for those with dementia & their carers, 1pm 9th - 13th Oliver! Harpenden Public Halls, Harpenden Musical Theatre Company, £15 11th Talk: Haunted by Christ St Albans Cathedral, on the works of poet WH Auden, 7.30pm, £10 12th - 14th & 16th - 20th Dangerous Corner Abbey Theatre, St Albans AL1 2DL, abbeytheatre.org.uk 13th Concert: Animal Cracker’s St Nicholas Church, AL5 2TP, The Music Makers Choir of Harpenden, 8pm, £15, £12, child £6 18th Lecture: David Hockney’s Mr & Mrs Clark The Arts Society Harpenden Area DFAS theartssocietyharpendenareadfas.org.uk

19th Style St Albans: Fashion Show St Albans Museum + Gallery AL3 5DJ 25th Floral Demonstration All Saints Church Hall, Harpenden Evening Floral Group, 7.30pm 25th & 26th My Mother Said I Never Should Wheathampstead Dramatic Society, The Memorial Hall, W’stead, 01582 621357, 8pm, £10 Private Peaceful Weston Auditorium, commemorating the anniversary of the end of WWI, age 8+, £14,concs £12 & £7, uharts.co.uk 26th & 27th Poppy Field St Albans Cathedral, a beautiful poppy filled Nave to commemorate the centenary of the end of WWI, 7.30pm - 11pm, free 27th An Evening With Andy Hamilton Harpenden Public Halls, 01582 767525 Stampfest - Bringing our Hobby to a Wider Public County Club, St Albans AL1 3AG 01582 762284, St Albans, Harpenden Philatelic Society, 10am-4pm stalbharpstampclub.org.uk 28th Memorial Service St Albans Cathedral, reflective service for those who have been bereaved in recent years, 6.30pm 29th Oct - 4th Nov Circus Zyair Harpenden Common 30th Film: Scars of Dracula Weston Auditorium, 7pm, £5, uharts.co.uk 31st Autumn Open Day Luton Hoo Walled Garden, adult £5, child £3,10.30am - 1pm

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