With reference to the Primrose Garages in Radlett Road. I too remember the massive corrugated hangars that housed two old biplanes.

It seemed to be home to a Mr Oglevie, who used to sit in an old airplane seat either in the back or on sunny days in the front of Radlett Road.

He was always dressed in a leather flying jacket, pilot's hat with flaps hanging and a Jimmy Edwards moustache.

He also had a big St Bernard dog who like his master was usually resting. My brother Derrick Haswell and I used to pass him when walking into Watford. No buses ran to Mill Way or Park Avenue in the early 1940's.

We were also sent to Mr Oglevie to charge our accumulator batteries for a non-electric radio. I believe he charged six pence and we would leave one and collect a recharged one each week.

We were fascinated by the contents in the garage. Old engines, car parts, models and plane parts which were hanging mostly covered in cobwebs.

There were also lots of pictures of Mr Oglevie dressed in a pilots uniform alongside other airmen and flyers.

Later, we acquired an electric radio but still called in on him as we passed. I cannot remember when Primrose Garages closed down or what happened to Mr Oglevie, only that one day he had gone.

MS JEAN MILES, of 10 Milbourne Court, Alexandra Road, Watford R SMITH, of 63 Balmoral Road, Watford AS another correspondent has stated, this was the Primrose Garage. The owner was Mr Ogilvie, a name well known in aviation circles.

Displayed on the garage wall was a certificate which showed he was the bolder of No11 Pilots Licence in Great Britain. No mean achievement!

He had many bits and pieces of World War One aircrafts including German and Fokker, many fairly complete. His collection of engines included Zeppelin, Rotory and a Rolls-Royce Eagle, the latter probably a spare for his Bristol Fighter. The Bristol Fighter was a biplane of World War One vintage. It was stored, but well maintained in the garage from the early 1930's.

After the war he took it to Elstree, where it was reassembled and flown. It can now be seen in The Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

As a boy I spent a lot of time at the garage, if he knew you were interested in aeroplanes he was quite friendly.

Two large St Bernard dogs on chains, used to roam all over Radlett Road, this was just a narrow lane in those days. Not much traffic.

R SMITH, of 63 Balmoral Road, Watford.