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A reader's opinion that Watford has become "soulless" with "no character" has sparked a lot of attention recently. Reader G Crowe recently wrote to the Watford Observer fearing that the borough was becoming another part of the “London spillover” due to building work and also claimed the town now has “no culture, no outstanding art work or features and any trace of history has been erased”. His letter has attracted a lot of opinion since it was published online yesterday and people have not held back in leaving comments with their thoughts on our Facebook page. Some thought t...

By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex Watford High Street - house prices in the town have gone up in the last year. House prices are on the rise across most of Hertfordshire. The coronavirus pandemic has seen more people moving out of the capital to homes in the surrounding towns. With freedom to work from home, potential buyers have been looking for more space and to get further away from the city. Unsurprisingly, this has led to rising...

1990 - 1992 – The Harlequin Centre opens in phases Watford's shopping centre was opened between 1990 and 1992 and several old shops in Queens Road were demolished to make way for the new shopping centre in the town. The shopping centre with the Harlequin branding Some shops were also forced to move, including the Trewin Brothers’ department store - now known as John Lewis - in Queens Road. According to the department store, staff at Trewins moved out of their store in Queens Road using cages and trolleys to carry stock to a new location in Watford. 1992 – 2013 - The Harlequin ...

Credit: Emma Pez This cute picture of two children walking hand-in-hand across a snowy field shows one of the places where it is possible to enjoy your daily exercise while still remaining local to where you live. The current theme for our talented photographers is to showcase those places in the area where they enjoy their daily exercise, or other activities that help get them through these difficult times, and it has again resulted in some great pictures this week. Scroll through this page and enjoy a selection of images ranging from Cassiobury Park to Rickmansworth Aquadrome to the v...

Credit: Peter Vlad Dan Lockdown may have been extended into March but all around us new life is continuing to flourish, again reminding us that we can look forward to at least more normal times ahead. The natural world again features prominently in our final selection of ‘new year, new hope’ images from our Camera Club members that you can enjoy by scrolling down this page, but it is now time to change themes again. The new challenge for our talented photographers is to showcase those places in Watford and the surrounding areas where they enjoy their daily exercise, or those activit...