A customer is all smiles as she looks up from a menu to have her meal order taken at a town centre hotel that has opened its doors to guests for 65 years.
These images were captured by a Watford Observer photographer in June 1981 during a visit to the former Caledonian Hotel in St Albans Road.
The reason for the visit is not recorded in our photographers’ diary but these photos illustrate the focus was very much on the restaurant area.
A hotel has been open on the corner of St Albans Road and Wellington Road since 1960 and today the building close to the Town Hall underpass is home to The Quarters Watford.
- Nostalgic look back at Lower High Street shops in 1980s
- Look inside 'community favourite' pub near Watford before refurbishment
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