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THE BOOK OF WATFORD

Written by J.B. Nunn
Published by J B & L V Nunn in 2003
ISBN: 0953691810

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Front cover

Cover of THE BOOK OF WATFORD by J.B. Nunn

Contents

  • Part I The Pot Boilers, and early history
  • Part II Cholera and the Board of Health
  • Part III Stirrings of industry
  • Part IV 'Selling' the town
  • Part V 1914-1919
  • Part VI The False Dawn, 1920
  • Part VII The Missing Years 1939-1945
  • Part VIII Picking up the pieces
  • Part IX 'Chaos' dictates earlier measures
  • Part X The High Street, Bank to Arches
  • Part XI The High Street, Oxhey Park to Town Hall
  • Part XII Mars1 and Watford Springs
  • Part XIIa Maxwell, and Rolls Royce
  • Part XIII Plans old and new
  • Part XIV Contemplation and caring
  • Appendices
  • Listed Buildings
  • Local Board Chairman and Mayors of Watford
  • Licensed houses
  • Subscribers' List
  • Index, picture credits & bibliography