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Police to hold community lobbies in supermarket
BOBBY lobbies will be held in Asda in Watford from Sunday, February 27. The Herts police north Watford community team has joined forces with Asda to launch its new community initiative. The initiative hopes to give community officers the opportunity
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Appliacation for development deferred
AN application to build 56 homes in Mill End was deferred last week. The application, made by Country and Metropolitan Plc, is to demolish two houses in The Queen's Drive and build an access road to the site, which is currently a green area used by local
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Appeal for witnesses to attack on house
A MOB surrounded a house in Chorleywood last week and carried out a sustained attack on the property. Police this week appealed for people who may have information about the incident to come forward and help with investigations into the incident. The
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Seeking Mathew Robson Petty
Paul Stevens of 1, Hughes Avenue, Barnstaple, Devon. Tel: 01271 329311, writes: I HAVE recently found out the name of my grandfather and I am having trouble finding out anything about him. During World War Two my nan was working in a church canteen
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Seeking Amanda Lewis
Sharon Segal of 210, Wellington Close, Watford. WD 19 5BF (0208 428 5556) wrote in: I am looking for Amanda Lewis who I knew back in 1982. She lived in Rickmansworth and then, when she married, she lived in School Lane, Bushey. She got divorced
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From Putney to Cox's Corner, Watford
FOLLOWING a question about Cox and Co on Watford bypass, a reader has submitted the following, which is the first part of the official history of the firm. A COX & Co was a small engineering firm which started up at the end of 1927 and grew on the
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Who remembers?
A SELECTION of questions sent in by readers of the nostalgia pages. Q. ARE any of the old bands, that played band music as opposed to pop and rock, still going? Q. DOES anyone know if there used to be undergound tunnels connecting the Sun Printers
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Compiling the history of Sun Engraving and Sun Printers
A REQUEST for memories of Sun Engraving and Sun Printers to use on a website has been made. "Sun Printers came into being in 1945 when the printing operations of its predecessor, Sun Engraving, were sold. The accomplishments of Sun Engraving and Sun
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Curious origins
R COOKE of The Green, Sarratt, asks: From as early as I can remember, I have heard of Bovingdon Docks and Sarratt Treacle Mines. Can anyone enlighten me as to the origins of these two names? To answer this query, or any other raised in this section
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Recalling Emerys and Bramwell Bros
MEMORIES of a scrapyard between Bushey and Watford High Street Stations at Watford Fields were requested. Ron Hughes of 109 School Lane, Bushey, writes: "A sign at the entrance, had the name Bramwells on it. "There was a cycle shop close to Sedgewicks
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WIN IRISH TICKETS
THE Watford Observer has teamed up with Tetley's, the official beer of Saracens, to offer two fans a pair of tickets each to watch the Men in Black take on London Irish on Sunday (February 20,) at Vicarage Road, 3pm kick-off, This is a crucial clash for
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Win London Irish tickets
THE Watford Observer has teamed up with Tetley's, the official beer of Saracens, to offer two fans a pair of tickets each to watch the Men in Black take on London Irish on Sunday (February 20,) at Vicarage Road, 3pm kick-off, This is a crucial clash
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Bracken set to stay ?
KYRAN BRACKEN, Saracens' World Cup winning scrum-half, is considering extending his illustrious playing career by a further season. Bracken, 33, had looked poised to retire in the summer but appears to undergone a change of heart after talks with head
