EPW006199 ENGLAND (1921). The London, Midland and Scottish Railway at the Watford Tunnels, Watford, from the south-east, 1921

Siding.

North bound passenger train disappearing into the tunnel.

The Slow lines added later as traffic increased. Their tunnel built away from the main line one so as not to cause any delays to those trains.

The playing field of the now disappeared (c. 1899 to c.1964) Shirley House prep school (off the photo to the left). Its entrance was on Langley Road right next to the junction with Church Road. Subsequently the school site became the grounds of Cassio College, the old playing field being mostly coverd in tarmac as the college car park. That has also since been closed and demolished (early 2000s?) and it's a housing development - Colnhurst Road, Elliott Road, etc.. In the corner just set back into the wood is the school swimming pool and if you look closely you can see some people around it, although it looks to be empty, perhaps for cleaning (or construction... it may have just been completed then). I was at Shirley House from 1956-62 and was chilled to the core many a time in that pool, during compulsory swimming sessions.

The playing field of Northfield School for Girls (age 5 to 18), at the very top of Church Road. The old house (the Victorian school building) is off the picture to the left. It has all gone now (closed/demolished I'm not sure when ... late 80s/early 90s?). It's now all covered in housing, a cul-de-sac called Grange Close.

Nascot Wood

London(Euston) to Birmingham line of the London & North Western Railway which became part of the LMS in 1923.

Gammons Lane

Diamond Road

Jubilee Road

Brighton Road

Ashby Road

Sussex Road