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Nostalgia: Noel Edmonds visits Watford in February 1985
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Nostalgia: Parents protest Chater School move in February 1984
Nostalgia: Protests over decision to merge schools in February 1983
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Nostalgia: Retailers fight back against Charter Place repair costs in January 1982
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Nostalgia: Plea to save high street pubs in January 1981
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Nostalgia: Calls to ban Monty Python's Life of Brian in January 1980
Nostalgia: Work begins on High Street reconstruction in January 1979
Nostalgia: Park and ride scheme helps alleviate Christmas traffic chaos in December 1977
Nostalgia: Snow causes chaos in December 1976
Nostalgia: Watford gets into the Christmas spirit in December 1975
Nostalgia: Protest over platform shoes in November 1974
Nostalgia: Plea to protect Cassiobury Park in November 1972
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Nostalgia: Complaints about too much sex and violence in entertainment in November 1971
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Nostalgia: Town switches to six-day shopping week in November 1970
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Nostalgia: School stands empty after 100 years in October 1969
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Nostalgia: Town responds to new drink driving laws in October 1967
Nostalgia: Watford is changed forever as demolition of the High Street begins in September 1965
Nostalgia: Watford's printing reputation takes a blow in September 1964
Our history: The events that shaped Watford
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Nostalgia: Boys make history as first male nursing cadets in September 1963
Nostalgia: Do you remember what happened in Watford in September 2000?
Nostalgia: Princess Diana and Bart Simpson come to town in July 1992
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Nostalgia: Shopping centre begins to take shape in June 1989
Nostalgia: Carnival capers in June 1988
Nostalgia: Protest against scrapping of red phone boxes in June 1987
Nostalgia: 6,000 people attend Watford Carnival in May 1985
Nostalgia: Youths go on rampage in town centre in May 1983
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Nostalgia: High levels of unemployment dominate headlines in April 1981
Nostalgia: Football fan is stabbed in April 1979
Nostalgia: Town gets go-ahead for new museum in April 1978
Nostalgia: Gang battles on the increase in February 1970
Nostalgia: Fire sweeps through an 800-year-old church in February 1969
Nostalgia: Abortion and asbestos are the hot topics in February 1967
Nostalgia: Five-day shopping dominates the news in January 1966
Nostalgia: Town's most luxurious department store opens in January 1965
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Nostalgia: Teachers fear being replaced by machines in January 1964
The Watford Observer celebrates its centenary in January 1963
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Concern over decision to allow pubs to stay open for 36 hours over New Year's in December 2001
Hundreds of shoppers queue for rare chance to buy PlayStation 2 in December 2000
Watford prepares for the Millennium in December 1999
Nostalgia: Graham Taylor tells of dash to hospital in December 1998
Nostalgia: Pupils receive brand new computers in 1997
Watford gets the country's first community website in November 1996
Nostalgia: 1995 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII
Nostalgia: Lottery fever sweeps through Watford in November 1994
Nostalgia: Elton John takes the Sunday Mirror to court in November 1993
Nostalgia: The recession hits Watford in October 1992
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Nostalgia: Elton John opens a new hospital clinic in October 1991
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Watford suffers a crime spree in October 1990
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A puma prowls through Watford in September 1988
The Wild West comes to Watford in September 1987
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Test tube babies and the first GCSEs: Watford in September 1986
Stuntmen and EastEnders descend on Watford in September 1985
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