Vans are parked up by the side of the road to unload their deliveries while a woman cycles past one on a typically busy day in the high street.
These pictures were taken by a Watford Observer photographer on July 15, 1965 and they again serve to illustrate how much has changed since.
Many readers will remember the familiar sight of Clements on the left in the picture below but next to it are some shops and businesses that have also disappeared.
- The town centre street corner once known as Dudley's Corner
- The unchanged appearance of a town centre street in 90 years
Next door to Clements was a restaurant, followed by a Dorothy Perkins clothes shop, a branch of Barclays Bank and a Dewhurst butchers.
The businesses on the opposite side of the road are less easy to make out, but the familiar sign of Tesco is clearly visible along with the words ‘food fair’.
But perhaps the starkest change is what’s in the middle of both pictures – a road. Now, of course, this part of High Street has been pedestrianised.
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