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Weekly collections start in November

Food waste caddy with instruction leaflet
Image by North Mymms News released via Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0

The new green containers for domestic food waste are being delivered throughout the borough this week, along with instructions about how they should be used.

But the new weekly collections will not start until the week beginning Monday 2 November.

A project to preserve local history for future generations

Montage of images of North Mymms created by the North Mymms History Project and released via Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0

Do you have any old images of North Mymms you would be willing to share?

Our history site, The North Mymms History Project (NMHP) already has hundreds of photographs recording the history of the parish, and we are keen to add to the collection.

Green kerbside food caddy service to start in November

Image of food waste by Taz released via Creative Commons BY 2.0

A new weekly collection of food waste is being introduced by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (WHBC).

Food caddies will be delivered throughout the borough by mid-September.

At first only those living in houses will receive one of the green 23 litre caddies.

The local authority says people living in flats won’t be included when the scheme is rolled out, but says it hopes to introduce food waste collections to some flats in the future.

Coronavirus pause ends with warning to motorists

Residents parking sign in Brookmans Park. Image by North Mymms News released via Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0

Parking restrictions are being enforced again across Welwyn Hatfield.

The resident parking scheme was paused in March because of the impact of the pandemic, but the borough council has decided to reintroduce the scheme due to an increase in traffic.

Another letter delivered door-to-door

11 Brookmans Avenue, Brookmans Park
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The Brookmans Park Estate Residents Committee (BPERC) has circulated another letter urging people to oppose the development of flats at 11 Brookmans Avenue, with a reminder that the 30-day period to object is under way.

When the first flight over England touched down in a local field

Lunardi during his historic flight over Hertfordshire
Drawing by George Moutard Woodward
Image courtesy of The British Museum released via Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0

On the afternoon of Wednesday 15 September 1784, North Mymms entered aviation history. The Italian balloonist, Vincenzo Lunardi, making the first manned aerial voyage over England, touched down briefly in a cornfield near the parish border with Northaw.