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Memories of the Girls Training Corps

A photograph showing a parade in St Albans Road prompted Mrs L J Burtt, of Watford, to write in: "This picture could not have been taken later than 1948. The Sea Cadets are followed by the Girls Training Corps (GTC) which was wound up in 1948. I was an Officer Cadet at the time of this photo, there is an officer leading us and two cadets behind her. I am on the left hand side of the photo.

Watering place for the gentry

A photograph published on the Nostalgia page on Friday, January 13, prompted Betty Fox, of Bushey, to write in: "This is a photograph of Otterspool House on the banks of the River Colne to the East of Watford.

'They had the best of everything'

A picture of the old Watford Conservative Club published recently prompted John Ausden, of Watford, to write in and provide additional pictures of the club, of which one is reproduced here. Readers were originally asked if anyone recognised the building and John "Lou" Lewis got in touch.

Happy times at British Moulded Hose

A PHOTOGRAPH of a major fire at the British Moulded Hose factory in Watford taken in 1961 by former Watford man Jim Bratton prompted Colin Franklin, of Newquay in Cornwall, to write in with recollections of working there and the day the fire broke out.

Prized picture of star organist

RECENT accounts of cinema organist Tommy Dando prompted Seymour Izzard, of Bushey, to send in a picture of the popular musician. Seymour explains that the picture of Tommy seated at the console of the Gaumont cinema's mighty Wurlitzer organ is signed by the great man himself and dated 1945.

Learning to rebuild the town

Recollections of Market Street, Watford, published recently prompted John Lear, of Toynton St Peter, Lincolnshire, to write in: "I attended Holy Rood school from 1936 until 1945.

Who recalls The Rookery?

Historian Gordon Cox, who is currently researching the history of the silk industry in Watford, is appealing for details about the Rookery Mill and surrounding area, known as the Rookery Village, which stood by the River Colne.