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8 Apr 2010 — Next meeting on Saturday
The next meeting of North Watford History Group will be this Saturday, 10 April…
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14 Mar 2010 — Google Street View comes to North Watford
Earlier this week Google announced that its Street View had been expanded from the original 25 cities…
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14 Mar 2010 — Support for Internet Explorer
Next week sees the first anniversary of the release of IE8, the latest version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer…
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12 Mar 2010 — Watford Council's Conservation Area consultation
Watford Council has produced two new Draft Character Appraisal documents, one for each of the Nascot…
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7 Mar 2010 — Visit 2 Willow Road for free
Readers of the article on Hille House may be interested to see some of Ernö Goldfinger's other work…
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28 Feb 2010 — Michael Heavey's recollections of Gammons Farm
Usually the buildings of an area are its the most enduring feature. Often, even if their usage changes, they remain…
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7 Feb 2010 — AGM next Saturday
Next Saturday's meeting includes the Annual General Meeting for North Watford History Group…
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18 Nov 2009 — Don't forget the reminiscence morning
This Saturday, 21 November 2009, North Watford History Group will be holding its second Reminiscence Morning …
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24 Oct 2009 — Parkgate School
Parkgate School has recently celebrated its centenary. Jill's article about the school looks at the school's earlier days…
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4 Oct 2009 — Recollections of the BMH fire
John Langston now lives in Lancashire, but on 21 June 1961 he was at school in North Watford, and remembers the fire at British Moulded Hose…
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8 Aug 2009 — Recollections of the Sandringham Road bomb
This week we revisit the V1 strike on Sandringham Road during the second world war…
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8 Aug 2009 — Group meetings
The attendance at today's North Watford History Group meeting has been the best yet…
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23 May 2009 — Reminiscence Morning
Thank you everybody who attended our Reminiscence Morning today…
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18 May 2009 — WW1 in North Watford: Christ Church Memorial
The final two articles, forming this week's series surrounding the impact of the two world wars on North Watford, focus on the memorial at Christ Church…
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15 May 2009 — WW1 in North Watford: Munitions Factories
The second of this week's history articles about wars and their relevance to North Watford moves to the first world war…
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12 May 2009 — WW2 in North Watford: The Sandringham Road Bomb
The V1 "flying bomb" had been developed by Germany, and successfully test-flown by 1942, but it was later…
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10 May 2009 — Streets of North Watford in 1901
Those who have already visited the Changes Through Time display, at North Watford Library, will have noticed…
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14 Apr 2009 — New articles in the Recollections pages
Two articles have been added to the Recollections pages of the Local History section of the website…
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14 Apr 2009 — Watford Museum
Over the past year we have received considerable support from Watford Museum. Most recently, the museum has given…
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13 Apr 2009 — Local History Month
May will be local and community history month. This provides an opportunity for groups such as our own to hold events …
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29 Mar 2009 — New look to the website
The site has been given a spring clean and a new look. This means that it is easier to navigate and has room to expand…
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9 Feb 2009 — Recollections page
Until now, the articles contributed to this site have been written following research by the author…
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11 Nov 2008 — Farming articles added
Before the development of North Watford into the mainly residential area it now is, most of the land was used for farming…
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22 Oct 2008 — Is chocolate a drug?
Over recent years there have been a number of studies into chocolate, with particular emphasis on the pleasure gained…
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12 Oct 2008 — Future meetings listed
North Watford History Group now meets regularly on the second Saturday of each alternate month…
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24 Aug 2008 — north-watford-history.org.uk goes live
north-watford-history.org.uk, the web-site for North Watford History Group is now live. This provides a public face for North Watford History Group…
