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Then & Now

Westminster Bank on the High Street...
... is now a wine bar.
This photo by Frederick Downer, taken around 1907, shows the High Street looking towards Beechen Grove...
,,,A similar view of the High Street today with offices and a car park in the background
The Palace Theatre in 1922...
....The exterior of the theatre has not changed but other buildings have.
A view of the crossroads at the top of The Parade, shortly before a roundabout was created in 1936 to deal with increasing traffic...
...here’s the roundabout we all know.
The Free School by St Mary’s churchyard is one of Watford’s oldest buildings, dating from 1704...
... and luckily it is still there
Watford’s police station in King Street...
... later became the Robert Peel pub now derelict.
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