Nostalgia

Worlds Apart perform at Our Price in the Harlequin

Nostalgia: End of an era as Leavesden airfield closes in April 1994

Nostalgia: New nightclub is approved for Watford in April 1993

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Nostalgia: Cash sought for Croxley rail link scheme in April 1992

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Nostalgia: Police prepare for rowdy football match in March 1990

Nostalgia: Building of the Harlequin causes chaos for shops in March 1989

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Nostalgia: Pupils band together to fight school closure in March 1988

Nostalgia: Elton John's birthday bash upsets neighbours in March 1987

Nostalgia: Prince Charles visits Watford in February 1986

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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

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