“Three Men, Three Ships and A Submarine: 22 September 1914” & “The Bedmond Cowboy” – two short Great War talks by Geoff Cunnington and Roger Yapp. Geoff Cunnington (Chairman of the Beds & Herts Branch of the Western Front Association) will present the story of a famous British Naval disaster from September 1914 with Abbots Langley interest, and based on original research, Roger Yapp (Project Leader of the Back to the Front Project) will reveal the previously unknown story of…

“Back to the Front”, a talk by Roger Yapp. Roger Yapp (Project Leader of the “Back to the Front” Project will tell the story of Walter Owen, a Groom from Abbots Langley, who joined up in September 1914 and how a long weekend in France led to the birth of the “Back to the Front” Project. Before and after the talk please visit the “Back to the Front” exhibition at the Church. Doors open 7.30pm Suggested donation £2 per person…

Extended until Sunday 18th November 2018 An exhibition will feature the life and times of the people from the villages of Abbots Langley, Bedmond, Hunton Bridge, Langleybury and Leavesden. From the declaration of War in August 1914 and the arrival of troops to be billeted in and around the villages, through to the Armistice in November 1918 and beyond. The exhibition will run for two weeks (one week in Bedmond, followed by one week in Abbots Langley), and will present…

An evening of music and songs from the Great War and stories of local people at the Front and at Home in villages.

“Now that the guns have stopped” will comprise an anthology of music, poetry, readings and imagery led by Brian Hibberd. It will be a reflective presentation, much of the material having been written by writers, composers and poets themselves involved in the First World War. Although prayerful in nature it will be suitable for people of any faith or none.