We have again dipped into the Watford Observer’s online archive and here are ten more pictures for you to enjoy that were captured by our photographers in 1990.

Looking back from summer onwards that year, traffic was brought to a temporary standstill by the town’s carnival, while a demonstration against the poll tax took place outside the Town Hall.

Two town centre pubs that are no longer with us – The Artichoke and The One Bell – also feature, while there is also a glimpse of how the Hornets Shop once looked.

Read more: Ten more pictures looking back to 1990 in and around Watford

These images were last published around five years ago and we hope you will enjoy looking through them for the first time or being reminded of them again.

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Poll tax protest at the Town Hall

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Watford Carnival

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Fancy dress pub crawl

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The Artichoke pub, The Parade

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The Hornets Shop

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The Horns pub

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The One Bell pub