{"id":700,"date":"2020-03-19T12:17:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=700"},"modified":"2020-03-19T12:17:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T12:17:49","slug":"march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=700","title":{"rendered":"March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was delighted to be one of the first through the doors of The Station pub when it reopened on Valentine\u2019s Day.\u00a0 Having been inside the empty and unkempt building two months earlier, the transformation was startling.\u00a0 What a great job the Parish Council and new publicans Becky and Lloyd Willis have done in bringing this important community hub back to life after three long years.\u00a0 Fantastic.\u00a0 A great day for Knebworth.<\/p>\n<p>Because I was first in, I was able to pop my head into the Ladies \u2013 don\u2019t be alarmed, I won\u2019t make a habit of it \u2013 to admire two of the framed poster bills from the turn of the last century that we found in the Knebworth House Archive to contribute to the decoration of the pub.\u00a0 One of these promises that \u201cBetter Health Awaits You\u201d if you drink milk \u201cdirect from the cow\u201d via Swangley\u2019s Dairy Farm \u2013 \u201cPhone Knebworth 34.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To save you making the call \u2013 if you fancy some milk direct from the cow after your glass of wine at The Station \u2013 here\u2019s a useful map of how to get from The Station Hotel to Swangley\u2019s Farm, also from our Archive.\u00a0 You\u2019ll notice there was no Co-op to pass in those days.\u00a0 Indeed no High Street.\u00a0 Only the newly named Station Road (formally Aston Road) leading to the new little hamlet of Knebworth Station.<\/p>\n<p>For more history of our village, do visit Knebworth House on our Parish Open Day on Sunday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> March.\u00a0 We celebrate the start of our 2020 Summer Season by inviting all residents of Knebworth Parish to visit Knebworth House, Park, Gardens, Adventure Playground &amp; Dinosaur Trail as our guests.\u00a0 Please use the Old Knebworth entrance at St Mary\u2019s Church and bring this magazine to let us know that you are a neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/henrycobboldkh\">@HenryCobboldKH<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-701 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hamlet-of-Knebworth-Station-late-19C-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"hamlet-of-Knebworth-Station---late-19C\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hamlet-of-Knebworth-Station-late-19C-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hamlet-of-Knebworth-Station-late-19C-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hamlet-of-Knebworth-Station-late-19C-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/hamlet-of-Knebworth-Station-late-19C.jpg 1772w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was delighted to be one of the first through the doors of The Station pub when it reopened on Valentine\u2019s Day.\u00a0 Having been inside the empty and unkempt building two months earlier, the transformation was startling.\u00a0 What a great &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=700\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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