The house is now joined with it's neighbour and is an Hotel.
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Watford High Street "Parade" back in 1930's and today as a
pedestrian precinct.

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Middle High Street in 1920's and today....
 

Bushey Arches carrying main rail line from London to
the North and Scotland. Turn of the 1900 century and Today.

Footbridge in Cassiobury Park  crossing the river Gade

Canal Lock Gates (Grand Union Canal which goes as far as
Stratford Upon Avon) Black and white pic taken 1960's
and colour 2002.

Oxhey Park when it opened in 1919 and Today.

River Colne in Oxhey Park back in 1950's & 50 years on the same
tree is standing on the path and the willows on the river.

The Metropolitan Railway Station with "Charabanc" buses outside.
The building is 1930's and almost un-altered.

Once the "Workhouse" then became Shrodell's Hospital now it's
a Maternity Hospital.

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The school I attended until aged 11. Chater School Watford.
This first photo taken in 1915 during
World War One. Photo Courtesy of Watford Museum.
Note the soldiers in the playground and children outside railings.
Some troops were billeted there during that war. Second picture is the same
school in about 1980 just before it was demolished.

And finally here is the same site in 1990 replaced
with a modern bungalow style primary school. The
railings are still the same.  They've lasted well!

Before I sign off this page I couldn't resist putting a picture here of a product which will
be remembered by all those who were at school in the 1950's and 60's. THE JUBBLY
A much missed product that vanished from our corner sweet-shop shelves in the early
1960's.
Lots of people remember it, but few can remember the carton so here is the
photo (black and white only) of a Jubbly Orange Drink in the familiar Tetrahedron
Carton. It has taken me over two years to find a Photo (supplied by Kind Permission of
Tetra Pak International.) They are the company who originally made the carton pack.

The orange drink was often sold frozen making a large ice lolly with no stick!
 The carton was very difficult to spill, being so stable.
A very clever design. It is strange that it is not still sold today.  The Orange Juice
content was manufactured by a firm called Tip Top.  Everyone remembers the
taste.

Here below is a photo of the Chater School Harvest Festival of about 1954
with a sample of several classes probably a choir drawn from a few age groups
just before taking local produce to the old folks in the Almshouses

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There were many more Watford views I would like to have taken, but sadly the parking
facilities were horrendous and I gave up trying to find a space at the top of the town.

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