Do any readers have recollections of signs put up by the National Equine Defence League, urging horse drivers to slacken bearing reins to allow their charges greater freedom of movement while going uphill? One of these notices is displayed in Watford Museum, but does anyone have memories or pictures of any others? Do any readers have memories of working with horses?

Alan Ritchie, of Lincolnshire, asks: "What was the name of the hall fronting onto St Albans Road, just to the north of Watford's original town hall roundabout? It was used as a billet for the advanced guard of the US 8th Air Force. I asked the late Bob Nunn, author of the Book of Watford, but having spent the war years in the Forces, he was unaware of the Got any gum, Chum?' era, which erupted in Britain in 1942, especially to the north-west of London. As a 10/11 year-old, I was often entertained by this new breed of men in this hall, who epitomised the picture that Hollywood had instilled in us."

Geoffrey Campbell, of Chalfont St Peter, is searching for information about Metro Motors, which operated garages in Station Road, Rickmansworth, and The Swillett, Chorleywood, until the end of the 1960's. Mr Campbell purchased the company's 1947 Morris 10cwt van in 1969 and is about to undertake a full restoration of the vehicle. He has established that the company started up in Rickmansworth after World War One and was owned by the Barton family, who also owned a seed merchant business in Station Road. Do any readers have memories of the company or the Morris van?

Does anyone remember the Kandy Caf in St Albans Road, Watford? Mary Forsyth, of Watford, asks if this was the caf run by Jannece Agostino in the 1940's and 1950's.