EAW002184 ENGLAND (1946). Sports Ground off Cassio Road and the town, Watford, from the south-west, 1946

Much of the foreground and middle distance in this urban scene of West Watford consisted of the Harwoods Farm Estate until the end of the 19th century. In 1902, Watford's westerly extent terminated at Harwoods Road, but the next decade saw the sale of further parcels of land for housing, so that most of the streets indicated here had been laid out and sewered by the outbreak of war in August 1914.

A splendid image of Watford, looking north-east from West Watford just a year after the end of the Second World War, when the town's population had topped 65,000. Despite experiencing bomb damage, both from high explosives and incendiaries, throughout the hostilities, this part of the urban area appears to be relatively intact.