The story continues

"The journey is the reward" – Steve Jobs.

There is always a point in the writing of a history when the author has to rest his pen, as last week's blog outlined.  Whatever date is selected, there will be a day soon afterwards when fresh information adds to a part-told story.  Or additionally acquired information can cause existing research to lurch in a different direction.  

In history the story is never complete.  Most, if not all, of those stories in Volume 1 have the potential for exploration of alternative avenues, discovery of new witness statements, or have speculation replaced by firm facts.

Last week I referred to a plaque fixed to the entrance hall of W O Peake Ltd, and, of course, the many unanswered questions on this site also have a chapter to themselves in the book.  There are new leads on the Crown Hotel, on two properties between the Midland Railway and Granville Road. and on a group of cottages at Horseshoes.  A stunning new document has emerged concerning the Fleetville Cinema, expanding this topic significantly.  And that is not the only cinema with some surprising new documentation attached to it.

St Albans' Own East End Volume 2: Insiders will be a very interesting companion to Volume 1: Outsiders.  Only another fourteen months to wait!