A celebration of the past, present, and future of Mill End takes place this Saturday.

The annual Celebration Day will be held in the Community Centre in Church Lane, and will take place between 12-3pm.

Organisers will be hoping for a repeat of last weekend's balmy sunshine, and a large turnout of Mill End residents.

Claudia Francoise, volunteer event co-ordinator, said: “The idea is promote unity in the community, to be active and get to know each other.”

As well as the usual stalls and attractions of a summer fete, the Community Day also promote the history of the area.

The Community Centre in Church Lane was originally used by Shepherd Lane Infant School, which opened in 1909.

After the school was shut down, the Watford Observer reported in May 1978 how Mill End and District Community Association had won the fight to use the school building as a centre.

Jackie Ross, a Mill End historian from Chorleywood, said she did most of her research in the library and with old copies of the Watford Observer.

She added: “On the first Community Day I put up all these old pictures around the walls and a couple of the old boys recognised people in them. I didn't realise how engrossed I would get in it, you just get hooked.”