Watford Observer

On this day: Hertfordshire Archive

Hertfordshire Archive

• Diagnosis row campaigner joins fight to save hospital

  A WOMAN who nearly lost her sight after a mistake by doctors at Watford General has joined the fight to save the hospital. read more

• Hornets handed object lesson in pure simplicity

  GRAHAM Taylor predicts the season will throw up more relatively heavy defeats for the Hornets but feel they will benefit from the lesson learnt at Sunderland. read more

• Pace is the key for Hazan

  TAYLOR made a special mention of Alan Hazan, when discussing players not in the starting line-up. read more

• New-look team fires four-goal salvo to grab an inspired victory

  WATFORD put together one of their most convincing performances away from home since Graham Taylor took over some 13 months ago. The type of convincing victory that often eluded the Hornets on their travels last season, despite their status, was secured with elan at Ashton Gate. read more

• Literacy initiative is voted a success

  A HEADTEACHER from Watford proclaimed the Government's summer literacy programme as an "unqualified success" after seeing pupils' reading ability and confidence increase in just two weeks. read more

• City fail to heed warning

  JOHN Ward warned his players about Richard Johnson's shooting but to no avail. read more

• Hornets are brought back down to earth after early heights

  THE cool wind of reality blew through the Watford ranks on Tuesday night as Sunderland established a bench mark to demonstrate the class gap between promotion favourites and aspirants at the Stadium of Light. read more

• Mum drove for ice cream while three times over the limit

  A SINGLE mother who drove to get her daughter an ice cream was found to be more than three times over the legal limit when breathalysed. read more

• Belief increases as communication and combinations click in to place

  TAYLOR was delighted with the performance and the chances Watford created. read more

• Pride and top honours at stake for old rivals

  IT will be a meeting of old acquaintances rather than friends when Watford take on Wolverhampton Wanderers. read more

• Lee is the highlight

  JASON LEE worked hard and "put himself about" as the pick of the Reserves' performers in an otherwise disappointing display at Peterborough on Monday night. read more

• Getting ready for winter

  IN late summer, some of the half hardy perennials and tender plants such as diascia, osteospermum, penstemon and verbena will be adding that all-important touch of colour to your borders. read more

• The cruel truth about farming mink for fur

  BOY now the brouhaha about the mink, so wickedly released into the Hampshire countryside by the Animal Liberation front, will have died down. read more

• Wine with flavour of the south

  CORBIERES is the southern-most appellation in the Languedoc region. To the south is the upwardly mobile Rousillon region with all its heady Spanish influences. To the north is Minervois with a distinct Gallic atmosphere. read more

• Cinema listings

  Deep Impact: on everywhere. Warner Bros, Woodside Leisure Park (info: 01923 682244, booking: 01923 682222) The Horse Whisperer (PG); Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (18); Dr Dolittle (PG); The X Files (15); Armageddon (12); Little Mermaid (U); Lost in Space (PG); Avengers (12); Magic Sword Quest for Camelot (U); Godzilla (PG); Barney's Great Adventure (U). read more

• Old and new blend to dominate second warm-up game

  THIS will surely not be the last time Saracens rack-up a half century this season, but then again, there will be tougher opponents. read more

• Largest crowd for a decade watch Hornets

  IN front of the biggest attendance to watch a Watford match since 1987, the club made its competitive debut at a Football League ground for the tenth time in five years. read more

• In the back of the net, with Oliver Phillips

  I RECKON, with judicious use of the space available, I could probably have fitted the entirety of the downstairs of my house in the Press Suite at Sunderland. read more

• First double for Johno

  RICHARD JOHNSON has been "grumpy watching the last few games" but admitted on Saturday evening: "I am a bit happier now". read more

• Changes are afoot as Stag takes a leap down

  I HAVE recently discovered that last year, having gunned down Z-Cars and given us the first wingless Hornet since young Tarzan got bored with dismembering them, former marketing boss Mark Devlin and company then turned their attention to the club badge. read more

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