Spot changes to Watford High Street in the last six years

These were among the stories making the news in July 2018 when Pryzm nightclub, Bosleys pub and Zinco’s restaurant were still popular venues to visit in Watford town centre.

Former Watford Observer photographer Holly Cant visited almost six years to capture a series of snaps of the high street.

• Watford printing firm's crucial contribution to D-Day
• Rare snaps of Three Rivers from above 60 years ago
• The two businesses that remain from this row of shops

A view across the pond (Image: Watford Observer)

Take a look through her images on this page and you will spot plenty of familiar buildings and shops that have not changed, but also a number that have ceased trading or changed hands.

Pryzm nightclub (Image: Watford Observer)

These pictures, taken before the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis, again illustrate how our high streets continue to evolve in the face of different challenges and times.

Looking across to Bosleys (Image: Watford Observer)

Zinco's restaurant (Image: Watford Observer)

Walkabout on the left opposite Zinco (Image: Watford Observer)

Paddy Power bookmakers next to L'artista restaurant (Image: Watford Observer)

Moving past the underpass and further 'down' High Street (Image: Watford Observer)

The former BHS store was boarded up by the summer of 2018 (Image: Watford Observer)

The very familiar sight of Marks & Spencer on the right (Image: Watford Observer)

Looking in the opposite direction towards the 'bottom' end of High Street (Image: Watford Observer)

Watford's biggest shopping centre was still named intu in 2018 (Image: Watford Observer)

Past the main entrance of intu, looking back towards McDonald's (Image: Watford Observer)