As we near the end of all things March, a couple of follow-ups to our recent correspondence column.

First, a letter from Vera Shoylekov (née Simpson) regarding the Co-op in north Watford. She writes: “The item re Jill Waterson’s research into the Co-op in north Watford brought back many happy memories to me. In the mid 1940s, my family were great ‘Co-operators’ and took part in many events organised by the Watford and Harrow Co-operative Society.

“My father was a member of the Co-operative Men’s Guild; my mother a member of the Women’s Guild and, together, members of the Mixed Guild all meetings taking place in the Central Co-operative Hall over the Co-operative Shop in St Albans Road. My sister and I participated in events organised by the Guilds, such as whist drives and Old Time Dancing lessons.

“In the late 1940s, I joined the Co-op Players and spent many happy years under the direction of Myke Myson. Our favourite activity was the production of an Old Tyme Music Hall show which we took round to entertain the residents of local retirement homes, even travelling to homes in London, carrying all our costumes and so on in large suitcases on the Underground.

“We also entered the West Herts Drama Festival with various one-act plays, but never won anything.

“Myke Mason also directed The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist with an all male cast, using members of the drama group and calling on men from the Guilds to play the rest of the cast.

“In later years, the Watford and Harrow Society was merged with the London Co-op Society and financial support was no longer available. The Co-operative Players eventually closed about the middle of the 1960s. I look back on my years with the group with much affection.”

Jennifer Sturgess contacted us to find out the name of a shop she used to visit around the late 1970s. “It sold perfume and toiletry gifts and was very close, if not next to, Garners the bakers on the corner of Clarendon Road,” she wrote.

It didn’t take long for Rodney Salter, of Eastbury Road, to come to her rescue. “The name of the shop that was frustrating Ms Sturgess might be Chemimart,” he wrote, And indeed, it was.

Finally, another plea from Justin Webber at Watford Borough Council. Having got much of the information he needed concerning war memorials thanks to an un-named lady who read our piece and contacted him at the council, he says: “Is there any chance you could run another question at some point in the Watford Observer? It is this: “Does anyone know when the Oxhey Green/ Paddock Road Recreation Ground was opened? We have narrowed it down to the mid-20th Century, but don’t have the actual year.”

Does anyone know? Please let us know by clicking here watfordnostalgia@london.newsquest.co.uk