Nostalgia


Views of Watford in the past and how it is today
  • Westminster Bank on the High Street...
  • ... is now a wine bar.
  • This photo by Frederick Downer, taken around 1907, shows the High Street looking towards Beechen Grove...
  • ,,,A similar view of the High Street today with offices and a car park in the background
  • The Palace Theatre in 1922...
  • ....The exterior of the theatre has not changed but other buildings have.
  • A view of the crossroads at the top of The Parade, shortly before a roundabout was created in 1936 to deal with increasing traffic...
  • ...here’s the roundabout we all know.
  • The Free School by St Mary’s churchyard is one of Watford’s oldest buildings, dating from 1704...
  • ... and luckily it is still there
  • Watford’s police station in King Street...
  • ... later became the Robert Peel pub now derelict.

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Views of Watford in the past and how it is today

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