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A Walk Back In Time

Dave Armitage and John Woolston from the Museum lead the intrepid walkers round the east side of Boreham Wood on this years History Walk – the 10th would you believe.  Starting from the Ark, and taking unfamiliar paths and passages, we travelled via Well End, over a suspected Roman road, down and around the MGM studio site to Elstree Way and the large number of industries that have come and gone along this area. At every significant point we could examine old photos of the area which brought the history alive.  Dave pointed out that this end of the town was originally three farms and all the roads that linked them were just paths and tracks. We ended up in Maxwell Park and the Community Centre, via the original drover’s road from the farms to The Village. An excellent walk, and no one complained of aching feet!