MORE recent questions sent in by readers of the nostalgia pages.

Q. 2005 is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. One of the Capels, a younger son of the Earl of Essex, fought under Nelson. For a while he, Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, and his family lived at Little Cassiobury in Hempstead Road. Are there any other Watford connections with Admiral Nelson?

Q. The water trough for horses and cattle on the corner of Queens Road and Sutton Road was dug up last year by the county council as part of an improvement scheme and has now been cleaned and replaced.

This trough is unusual; it was placed there as a memorial to those who died in the Boer War, whereas others in the area were put up by the Metropolitan Cattle Trough Association.

How many troughs are still to be seen? There used to be one at the top of Leavesden Road, another at Hunton Bridge and one in Bushey. Are they still there and are there any others?

It is a long time since any of these troughs had water in them. More usually these days they are filled with flowering plants. It must be even longer since they were used by cattle but can anyone remember seeing one used by a horse?

Q. Having recently moved into the area, I was intrigued to be told the Ebury Way was previously a railway line and I have since come across old sleepers and ironwork. How old was the railway and when did it close?

Q. Can anyone pinpoint when the first and last greyhound races took place at Watford football ground?

Q. Were there ever plans to run steam trains to Croxley and Watford Met stations?