Each week we delve deep into our archives to bring you a selection of images taken in and around Watford by our staff photographers throughout the decades. We would love to hear from you if you are in any of these pictures. This week we take you back to July 1963.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Croxley Girls celebrate their 50th anniversary

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St Martins Church fete in South Oxhey

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Clements store draws the crowds with its sale

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West Watford Netball Team

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Rag collectors in town

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Check out some of our other nostalgia galleries here:

Flashback to May 1986 - The Queen, bands, and broken legs

Flashback to May 2000 - Millennium mugs, Luther Blissett, and elections

Flashback to April 1990 - Giant eggs, Gary Mabbutt, and marches

Flashback to April 1964 - Easter, snooker, and a Dairy Queen

Flashback to March 1970 - Sheep trials, snow, ans Sweeney Todd

Flashback to March 1994 - Mr. Blobby, running firemen, and Daleks

Flashback to February 1988 - Valentines girls, Comic Relief, and a pub crawl

Flashback to February 1979 - Pickets, pancakes, fitness, and football

Flashback to January 1986 - Big hair, Smurfs, and budding ballerinas

A sinking house in The Ridgeway

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Clarendon School opens its swimming pool

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Donkey Derby

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Croxley Boys Brigade receive Queens Badge

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Primary school swimming event winners

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And finally, Rag Day at Watford Technology College

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