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10 Jul 2011 — Did you go to Callowland Fun Day?
If so, hopefully you were one of the people who stopped at our stall during the afternoon…
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3 Jul 2011 — Callowland Fun Day this Saturday
This Saturday, 9 July, Callowland Fun Day will be taking place at Callowland Recreation Ground…
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15 Apr 2011 — Callowland Fun Day
North Watford History Group will be attending Callowland Fun Day again this year…
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11 Apr 2011 — NWHG thanks Mary Reid
North Watford History Group, on behalf of the members and guests at Saturday's meeting…
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9 Apr 2011 — West Watford History Group
Some readers, who have an interest in the wider Watford area may be interested to know of…
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9 Apr 2011 — Memories of Lea Farm School
Cynthia Jenkinson moved to Watford as a nine-year old girl, and attended Lea Farm School…
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3 Apr 2011 — Grow your own
Those who don't aready have next Saturday, 9 April, marked in their dairy will want to make room for…
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24 Dec 2010 — Secretary's report for 2010
As we near the year-end, it is usual to reflect upon what has happened over the past twelve months…
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3 Dec 2010 — Next meeting on Saturday
The next meeting of North Watford History Group will be next Saturday, 11 December…
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3 Dec 2010 — "Chocolate Tales and Tasting" talk at Watford Museum
The Friends of Watford Museum will be presenting an event at the museum on Thursday, 9 December…
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12 Nov 2010 — Reminiscence Morning
School days are the happiest days of one's life, or so the cliche goes. Fortunately, as with many such…
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12 Nov 2010 — Ken's memories of the Regent Street area
Ken Saunders, a regular visitor to our group meetings has kindly written some of his memories…
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7 Nov 2010 — North Watford Library display now on
The November display at North Watford Library is becoming a regular fixture in the calendar…
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1 Nov 2010 — West Watford History Group
We have learnt of a new group that will be starting up in West Watford…
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24 Oct 2010 — Next meeting on 11 December
The next meeting of North Watford History Group will on Saturday, 11 December…
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24 Oct 2010 — Thanks and apologies from Glen
As the website maintainer, I am particularly aware that the purpose of this site is…
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8 Jun 2010 — Magna Carter weekend
This weekend sees a celebration of the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Magna Carter…
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8 Jun 2010 — Next meeting on Saturday
The next meeting of North Watford History Group will be this Saturday, 12 June.
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8 Jun 2010 — Rosamind Julius
We have recently learned of the passing of Rosamind Julius. She was the daughter of Ray Hille…
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26 May 2010 — Last few days!
The Industrial Development in the Sandown Road area display will only be at North Watford Library…
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1 May 2010 — Blitz Street
Visitors to this website who have read about the bombing of North Watford during World War 2…
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1 May 2010 — Committee changes at 2010 AGM
We welcome Jill Waterson to the committee of North Watford History Group. Jill was elected…
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10 Apr 2010 — Display at North Watford Library
This May sees Industrial Development in the Sandown Road area presented as a static display…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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13 Apr 2009 — Local History Month
May will be local and community history month. This provides an opportunity for groups…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
