Arts Centre
| 1978 |
At Lowewood.
Run by voluntary group Broxbourne Arts Council (BAC)
- Ground floor rooms only at "peppercorn" rent of £52 pa.
- Upper floor for Museum use.
|
| 1999 |
BAC had 36 affiliated groups |
| 2000 |
BAC reconstituted, at Borough request, to enlarge scope of activities, borough-wide and become
Broxbourne Arts Forum (BArts) with responsibility for Midsummer Festival.
|
| 2002 |
Lowewood Arts Centre and Museum
- Borough proposal for whole of Lowewood to be a Museum.
- They agreed to find alternative accommodation for Arts activities.
- Survey showed 17,000 annual footfall for Arts at Lowewood, only 7,000 for Museum.
|
| 2004 |
Lowewood Museum refurbished and extended.
- Arts Centre closed. BArts without a base.
- Several of the 36 affiliated groups disbanded.
|
| 2009 |
There is still no base for Arts in the Borough. |
Bowling Alley
| 1965 |
Opened in Tower Centre |
| 1982 |
Burnt down and not replaced. Site currently used by Argos. |
Athletics Club
| Early 1900s |
Hoddesdon had an Athletics Club |
Cinema
| 1907 |
1st Cinema for silent films in Robert Gilling Hall, Burford St. |
 |
| 1929 |
Pavilion Cinema built in part of Old Brewery building. |
| 1972 |
Closed and became a Bingo Hall |
| 2009 |
Site occupied by empty retail premises |
Snooker Club
Tudor Hall, at the town end of Conduit Lane.
Now closed and site sold for re-development
Squash Club
Situated next to Netto supermarket.
| |
Opening date not known. |
| 1980s |
A thriving club |
| 1999 |
Closed. All enquiries and suggestions for re-use refused.
Now derelict.
|
Town Bands
About
1900 Hoddesdon had a
Drum and Fife Band and
a
Silver Prize Band.
