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  • Jessie Axford - Hatfield's Mother and Baby Clinic

    Jessie Axford - Hatfield's Mother and Baby Clinic

    A baby clinic was initially held in Hatfield at St John’s mission hall. In 1959 the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS) started a Mother and Baby Clinic at Hilltop.  Jessie Axford describe the development of the clinic and the activities it ran:
  • Jim Parker - first Christmas in a Hatfield new town house

    Jim Parker - first Christmas in a Hatfield new town house

    First Christmas in a new house in new town Hatfield in 1960
  • Barbara Latham - 1st Christmas in Hatfield

    Barbara Latham - 1st Christmas in Hatfield

    First Christmas in a new house in new town Hatfield in the late 1950s
  • Donald Hodson - establishing a new business

    Donald Hodson - establishing a new business

    Starting up a new Pharmacy business in New Town Hatfield in the late 1950s
  • Donald Hodson - setting up a business in the new town

    Donald Hodson - setting up a business in the new town

    living and working in the new town
  • Gerald Model - setting up a new business in Hatfield New Town

    Gerald Model - setting up a new business in Hatfield New Town

    Setting up a business in the new town in the late 1950s
  • Jessie Axford - Shopping in the New Town

    Jessie Axford - Shopping in the New Town

    Shopping facilities in South Hatfield in the late 1950s
  • Ken Wright - the day I may have met Barbara Cartland!

    Ken Wright - the day I may have met Barbara Cartland!

    Working on the cleanup operation after the 1957 storm damage
  • Jessie Axford - when the roofs blew off!

    Jessie Axford - when the roofs blew off!

    Storm damage to the new town houses in Hatfield
  • Jessie Axford - moving to a new town isn't always straightforward

    Jessie Axford - moving to a new town isn't always straightforward

    Jessie Axford moved to Hatfield in 1956 with her husband, having previously lived in Surrey
  • Jessie Axford - moving to Hatfield new town in 1956

    Jessie Axford - moving to Hatfield new town in 1956

    Moving to a new house and building work
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