On this day in south west Hertfordshire
There was not a single charge of drunkenness at Watford Police Court during the festive season. A few years ago that would have been regarded as very remarkable, whether at Watford or at any other town of the same size; today it is taken almost as a matter of course.
[From the Watford Observer of January 2, 1926]
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