She flew out a Princess and returned as the Queen
Another story from the archive of 1952, concerning the death of King George VI
View ArticleThe charge of the blue cross brigade
The day in 1985 thousands queued around the block in the rain to attend Clements sale
View ArticleLucky, plucky Susan who fell from a moving train
The extraordinary story of the six-year-old who fell from a moving train and survived with cuts and bruises, and a singed coat, from 1950
View ArticleWatford observed - stories from February past
Wham! banned, Watford Junction falling to bits, Edison's "talking machine" and an exploding compressor tank
View ArticleBushey film studio to close
1985, and The Bushey Studios, built by Sir Hubert Herkomer, are closing down.
View ArticleWatford observed - stories from February past
Scruffy Watford, a car for two bob and a riot at the town hall
View ArticleFan waxes lyrical over famous Hornets victory
A Watford FC fan comes up with that rare beast, a reader's poem that's actually quite good
View ArticleWatford observed - stories from February past
A dramatic discovery, theatrical accident, the disappointed thieves and a radical solution to the horror that is Charter Place
View ArticlePrincess Diana brings royal touch to school opening
The People's Princess visits Chater School in 1988
View ArticleHumble beginnings for future football star
Joe Kinnear leaves his Watford home for a career in professional football in 1965.
View ArticlePrint tycoon Maxwell's plan for Watford FC
Robert Maxwell declares his intention to build houses on Watford FC's Vicarage Road ground.
View ArticleWatford observed - stories from February past
Wham!, the local man who won the Australian state lottery, forged Elton John tickets, the end for Scammells and much more
View ArticleKeeping Watford on the radar
1953 Watford and "the most powerful gun used by any infantry in the world"
View ArticleCampaign by Moonies upsets vicars
The Moonies visit town to try to convert shoppers to their controversial cause
View ArticleWhen charity took a funny turn
Reports and pictures from the first Red Nose Day in 1988.
View ArticleWatford observed - March stories
A bat, a bus, roads and spreading the word about Aids.
View ArticleBR launches Operation Sparkle
Readers' letters and comments on, among other things, the Harlequin Line and Cassiobury Park Gates.
View ArticleWatford observed - March stories
Modelling in fat, a lost - and found - contact lens, the girl who fell down a manhole and an impromptu Royal visit to Rickmansworth Aquadrome
View Article'Nothing is too good for Plaza patrons'
The arrival of Watford's most comfortable cinema
View ArticleFilm brings back memories of a macabre case
How the events at 10 Rillington Place had particular significance for one Croxley Green man
View ArticleWatford observed - April stories
The Archers, the Bishop's wife, the 19th Century bus, Pat Jennings and more
View Article'More animated scenes have rarely been seen in history of the town'
1925, and Watford gets a new hospital. Here's the Peace Memorial Hospital's story, as featured in the Watford Observer on the occasion of its golden anniversary in 1975.
View ArticleWatford observed - April stories
The violin-playing tramp, how far you can travel on a gallon of petrol, Watford FC puts its prices up - by 20p - and more besides
View Article'A permanent essay crisis'
A youthful Stephen Fry, interviewed at the Palace Theatre, Watford, in 1988.
View ArticleAnd the Beatles goes on...
Beatlemaniac DJ prepares to play Fab Four discs non-stop for four weeks
View ArticleWatford observed - April stories
A hero pop singer, Mrs Thatcher at Watford Market and more
View ArticleLeavesden airship flights were first for half a century
Watford makes aviation history.
View ArticleFirst for Watford FC - and Elton
Vicarage Road announces the first ever pop concert held on a football ground, in 1974
View ArticleDustmen with a real pride in their job
A dustmen's lot is such a jolly one, or it was in the 1920s
View ArticleWatford observed - April stories
A selection of stories from Aprils past from the Watford Observer archive
View ArticleTales from a football club
A selection of tales from Watford FC past including the time a member of the crowd was called on to play for the opposition to make up the numbers
View ArticleM25 makes veg inedible half a mile away
The perils of living near a motorway during the days of leaded petrol. A worrying tale from 1990.
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