Watford Observer | Memories

Our School: Francis Combe School, Garston, 1962

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:46:53 +0000

An appeal for former school pupils who went to Francis Combe School in the 1960s has been sent to Nostalgia.

Paper industry documentary

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:15:16 +0000

Former BBC investigation journalist Jon Danzig has uploaded a documentary focusing on the paper industry, made in the 1980s, to video sharing website YouTube.

Royal Navy Electricians meet again

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:56:42 +0100

A letter from the Isle of Wight gives details of a forthcoming reunion for former Royal Navy Electricians.

Further memories of Central Hall

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:54:49 +0100

More memories this week about Central Hall, in Loates Lane, Watford, come from Philip Jordan.

‘Reverend Wilkinson would be proud’

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:48:48 +0100

As members of the Abbots Langley Gilbert and Sullivan Society prepare to celebrate its diamond jubilee, here is a photograph taken from its first ever show – a performance of Mikado in 1951.

Cream biscuits and chopper bikes

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:12:01 +0100

Reader Maureen Spicer has answered a couple of questions to appear on this page in recent weeks.

Memories of the 'mansion'

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:07:21 +0100

Blackwell House is the subject of a letter from Irene Voss, of Oakdale Close, South Oxhey.

Who remembers the GPO cricketers?

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:00:48 +0100

The pictures above and below were sent in by Julie Addison who explained the players worked for the General Post Office in Watford, with the team made up from workers at the Market Street Post Office and the sorting office in Clarendon Road.

Tea, toast and iced cakes at Cookery Nook

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:00:08 +0100

More memories of Watford restaurant Cookery Nook landed on the Nostalgia desk this week. Mrs H Robinson, of Juniper Grove, Watford, wrote: “I was interested to see the request in the Observer Nostalgia column for memories of Cookery Nook.

Memories of Central Hall

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:57:29 +0100

Reader Rowland Starkey sent in this email following a question about Central Hall, in Loates Lane, Watford. He wrote: “One of your questions from readers asked whether anyone had any memories of Central Hall when it was used as a place of worship.