I will soon be embarking on a new web project aimed at the history of Potters Bar.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has any information which may be able to assist me with the development of the site.
Any information such as:
- Personal stories of Potters Bar </li>
- Photos *desperately wanted* </li>
- Any historical facts about the town </li>
- Sources of information (Web sites, books, people etc)</li>
This will be a massive project for me and I am looking forward to getting started so any information anyone has to offer would be most greatfully received.
Please Email me at PBHistorycouk@aol.com
Many Thanks
Chris
When you've finished, or whenever you want, tell me the address and I'll link to it!
Good luck!
Thanks for that.
I'm hoping to have something up and running within the next month however it will be a long process. I will let you know when I have something up and running.
Hello Chris,
Paul here,
You might want to try and contact the
Potters Bar Museum in the Wyllyotts
Centre, telephone 01707 645005
They may be able help with pictures
and stuff for the web site.
Regards,
Paul
Paul,
Many thanks for your reply.
I will be making contact with the museum in the very near future to seek assistance with photos etc. Hopefully I should be able to get some good info from them.
Chris
All,
I have been working on this over the past couple of weeks and have a few pages ready for publication. I'm aiming to have a few more completed by the end of this week and I will then post them online.
The site will be small at first however I hope to build it up over the coming months so bear with me.
If anyone else has some history papers and wants to publish them online I will be happy to work it into the site with full credits to the author.
The site is there to help people of Potters Bar understand the varied history Potters Bar has, if you can help in any way please let me know.
Email \[EMAIL=info@pbhistory.co.uk\]info@pbhistory.co.uk\[/EMAIL\]
Heres an intresting page I found about Potters Bar, the origin of the name and some other information. For example:-
- Potters Bar is the higest station from Kings Cross to York</li>
Edit: It appears I didn't add the name of the page! Its here: <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potters_Bar' target='_blank'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potters_Bar</a>
Just noticed today that the Potters Bar History Site is "up and running" so to speak. I would really reccommend you visit it, the site is very intresting! Its obvious alot of research has already gone into it.
Hi,
The site is up in a basic form. There are still bits and bobs which are wrong and I will be looking to correct these over the coming weeks.
I will be adding a search facility but this may take a few weeks to sort out as I've been working to transfer all my websites to a new server and this is proving tricky!
Any info to assist the site still very welcome!
I have just visited the PB History site. I found it very interesting as I have only lived in Potters Bar for six years. Found out quite a few things about the town. Well done!
Well done for starting this up.
Possibly some useful information
There is an active Potters Bar Historical Society who can be contacted via the PB Museum at the Wyllyotts Centre or find telephone contact in PB Community News. They hold regular public meetings and their members know a huge amount of information. You might be well advised to join. The society also publish many pamphlets on topics of local historical interest. Access these via the Health Food shop in the Broadway or the Museum - which is open on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 2.30 to 4.30pm and on Saturday mornings from 11.30 to 1.30pm.
In addition the Potters Bar Community News often publishes articles about Potters Bar history and local residents of interest (called People from the Past). these are written by Brian Warren, hon Archivist of the PBHS. You may like to contact him. Community News is reproduced on the pb.org website so that these articles could be linked to the new website.
Looking at history not merely via 'historical' eyes, many of the clubs, groups and societies in Potters Bar have long and interesting histories of their own, reflecting events and people over the years. They may in future be persuaded to open up their archives to the web either on their own sites or via this new one. You could contact them via the Clubs and Societies pages in Community News.
Would you like to do a short article about the website for the next issue of Community News? It has been delivered to over 10,000 households in Potters Bar, Little Heath and surrounding areas of Brookmans Park, South Mimms and Northaw by volunteer street deliverers for the last 7 years - and so is creating a history of its own! If you don't have it delivered you can pick up a copy at many public places in Potters Bar.
There are also local historical societies in North Mymms, Brookmans Park, Barnet and Cuffley. The County Council also act as a storage/ archive facility for documents and publications.
This should keep you busy!
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There was a great booklet on the railway available from the health food shop on Darkes Lane (a series of small booklets on local history) as mentioned on the history website. Well worth a read. I recall the reason the station was in Darkes Lane was either because of the angle of the line from London or the height difference. The booklets are a great read with some fantastic pictures, especially that of a single-track Darkes Lane disappearing into fields north side of the railway bridge...
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QUOTE (Marlene @ Feb 19 2005, 11:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> In addition the Potters Bar Community News often publishes articles about Potters Bar history and local residents of interest (called People from the Past). these are written by Brian Warren, hon Archivist of the PBHS. You may like to contact him. Community News is reproduced on the pb.org website so that these articles could be linked to the new website.
Looking at history not merely via 'historical' eyes, many of the clubs, groups and societies in Potters Bar have long and interesting histories of their own, reflecting events and people over the years. They may in future be persuaded to open up their archives to the web either on their own sites or via this new one. You could contact them via the Clubs and Societies pages in Community News.
Would you like to do a short article about the website for the next issue of Community News? It has been delivered to over 10,000 households in Potters Bar, Little Heath and surrounding areas of Brookmans Park, South Mimms and Northaw by volunteer street deliverers for the last 7 years - and so is creating a history of its own! If you don't have it delivered you can pick up a copy at many public places in Potters Bar.
There are also local historical societies in North Mymms, Brookmans Park, Barnet and Cuffley. The County Council also act as a storage/ archive facility for documents and publications.
This should keep you busy! [/quote:823cc5a012]
Thanks for all your useful info.
The site is still new and needs all the help it can get right now
I keep on meaning to go down to the Museum and speak to the staff there. I did go there a few years ago and purchased most of the local papers published by them. The papers along with other references have been a great source of info when first creating the site. By including the list of all the papers published by the society I hope to raise peoples awareness of the fact that the museum exists and historical papers are available. The papers have been a great help to me and by advertising them hopefully I will go soem way to paying them back.
Would be interested in doing a short article for the Community News. Often read this with interest as it contains some good history information. Email me at info@pbhistory.co.uk.
Many thanks for all your information - Certainly will keep me busy :-)
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I did read somewhere that its location in Darkes Lane is due to the railway line crossing under the Great North Road and the station being built at the next area which was near to ground level and near to a road, this being Darkes Lane.
Hi All,
I am looking at introducing the facility for people to directly submit their memories of Potters Bar to the site for others to enjoy. This may take a while as I am currently upgrading computers and moving so am living out of boxes and have no access to update the site at this time!
I would love to hear from anyone who would like to share their memories of Potters Bar from times past, if you would like to Email me any memories you wish to share I will imput these directly on the site when I sort myself out.
Cheers.