Hertford Heath Village Hall
The Village Hall, in London Road, was built in 1935 by a local firm, H Fitch & Sons, on land leased by Haileybury College for sixty years at a rent of ten shillings (50p) a year. The Carnegie Trust donated via a loan, but money to build, furnish and maintain the hall was raised with the proceeds from dances, whist drives, concerts and other events. Even the children gave their pennies at school. During the first years of the Hall's history, many dances and concerts were held. The Hertford Heath Players, now disbanded, put on plays. During World War II, a restaurant operated in the Hall and it was used as a reception centre for evacuee children. In the second World War, a landmine fell on the night of Saturday 19 April 1941 and the Village Hall was considerably damaged by the blast.
