The Watford Observer is again delighted to team up with its friends at Watford Museum to look at some structures or objects from the town’s past that have either disappeared or been relocated.
Today we look back at the rural scene that was located where the Town Hall is now.
The museum’s volunteer archivist Christine Orchard said: “This vanished scene is of Cassio Hamlet on Hempstead Road. It can be difficult to imagine where such a rural looking view could be as almost all of the buildings had been swept away by the late 1930s when the Town Hall was built.
“Much of this area was taken up by the new building. The only building to survive to this day is the Horns which is almost the furthest building from the photographer.
“This view point was a very popular position to photograph Cassio Hamlet from and there are several postcards showing a snowy scene from 1906.”
Watford Museum is open Thursday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm.
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