• Do any readers recall Tommy Dando, who played the cinema organ at the Gaumont in Watford? Does anyone posess any pictures of Mr Dando, or the organ? Was the Gaumont the only cinema to have a resident musician? Does anyone have any further memories of working in Watford's cinemas?
  • In recent years, the practice of feeding pigeons has been discouraged by public authorities. However, there was once a time when visitors to Trafalgar Square in London could buy containers of grain to feed to the birds. Was pigeon grain ever sold in any of Watford's parks or the surrounding area?
  • Mr R L Walker, of Watford, asks if readers have any knowledge of the precise location of a house that was destroyed in an air raid on October 31, 1940. There was a report of an incident in which two women were rescued from a house damaged in an air raid, published in the Watford Observer on November 8, 1940, but wartime reporting restrictions did not allow precise details of dates and locations to be published. Can any readers assist with this enquiry?
  • Historian Gordon Cox is keen to find a photograph of North End House, which stood at the corner of Watford High Street and Rickmansworth Road until about 1915.
  • Do any readers have stories to share of Saturday and holiday jobs they held as youngsters? Where did they work and how much would they have earned?
  • Do any readers have memories of living and working at The Rookery? Does anyone know exactly when the cottages were demolished? Do any readers have pictures of this area that they would like to share?
  • Do any readers recall hiring rowing boats on the River Colne by The Rookery? How far was it possible to navigate in one of these boats? A 19th Century engraving of the area shows a sailing boat on the river was the river ever deep or wide enough to allow larger boats, or was it artistic embellishment?
  • Do any readers have any recollections of working on canal boats or maintaining the local stretch of the Grand Union Canal? Do any readers have pictures of working boats or locks on the Grand Union Canal from days gone by?
  • Do any readers possess any pictures of the former dance and live music venues in Watford, such as the "Trade", the Oddfellows Hall, the Gaumont and Top Rank? Does anyone recall The Clockhouse Club, which was in The Parade?
  • Carole Darley wrote in by e-mail to ask: "Can any reader provide a photograph of Faraline House, which stood at the top of Wiggenhall Road/Vicarage Road corner? We think it was owned by a Mr Hayter, who owned a mens/boys outfitters in Vicarage Road. I can remember it was rather a grand house for that area. This would be in late 1940/1950."
  • A reader asks if anyone has any photographs or information of a Methodist chapel, which stood on the corner of St Albans Road and Regent Street. Until recently, the site was occupied by a branch of the Midland Bank. Does anyone know when the chapel was built and when it was demolished?
  • 2005 saw the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Ypres. According to some historians, it was common in the years immediately after World War One to observe a minute's silence on Ypres Day April 23. Does anyone recall observing this silence? When did the practice cease?