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There seems no end to the bad news that emanates out of the financial sector. House prices set to take another decade to reach their pre-crash levels, salaries rising much lower than inflation and disposable income sparse. It all adds fuel to our fears of a further collapse as our country teeters on the brink.

Trading Up welcomes Lee Boswell as the new Town Centre Manager for Letchworth Garden City.

Lee, 39, joins the partnership from M&S where he was part of the management team at the flagship London Colney branch. Lee, who is married with 3 children, says he is looking forward to working in the town.

Letchworth Arts Centre is spearheading a summer event which will celebrate the 50s, 60s and the glory days of Garden City industries of yesteryear.

Former employees from some of the town’s best-loved firms including Marmet, Jones Cranes, Shelvoke & Drewery, ICL, Meredews and Ogle will form a ‘Walk of History’ along Broadway Walk, on Saturday 1 August.

There will be children’s activities, classic bikes, cars and vans, stalls, tea room and museums’ exhibition marquees and live 50s and 60s music on Broadway Gardens.