#objectoftheweek William Ratcliffe captured this scene depicting the construction of a defensive shelter building on land between houses. Dating to around 1938 or 1939 this part finished work shows how ordinary residential streets in #Letchworth or #Baldock prepared for #war.

#archaeologytuesdays #Baldock Bowls Club was once home to what people believed to be an old horse trough; in 2009, an archaeologist recognised it as a stone coffin of Roman date. Why was it there?

https://northhertsmuseum.org/archaeology-tuesdays-childs-totternhoe-stone-sarcophagus/

“One For the Road” featuring Moe from the Simpsons. On a derelict pub on the A505 between #Baldock and #Royston in #Hertfordshire.

#StreetArt #Graffiti #TheSimpsons #A505