Watford Borough Council

The Cassiobury Collection
The Earls of Essex, their wives and children at Cassiobury House

Goal-den Years
A celebration of the history of Watford Football Club through collections and exhibitions of memorabilia and memories

Watford Junction project
Watford Junction explores the different elements that make Watford unique. Linking historical migrations to its current make-up of diverse cultures, the many faces of the town are explored through peoples’ stories, projects and an interactive website.

Watford Fire Museum
The museum is based in the ex-workshops building at Watford Fire Station, at the junction of Rickmansworth Road and Whippendell Road, one mile from Watford Town Centre. Two ex-Fire Service Officers (Roger Middleton and Paul England) look after following:

• An 1850s manual hand pump from Barley near Royston.
• An 1850s wooden Escape Ladder with hose box, possibly from a large mansion in the Watford area.
• An 1863 manual hand pump from the Tring Park Estate.
• An 1896 Shand-Mason horse-drawn steam fire pump, ex-London Fire Brigade.
• A 1900s Hose Cart - on loan from Watford Museum.
• A 1937 Leyland open-bodied Pump Escape, based at St Albans in the 1960s.
• A 1942 Dennis No. 3 Trailer Pump, from Berkhamstead.
• A Second World War Scammell wheelbarrow pump.
• A 1984 Dennis Water Tender Escape, based at Watford Fire Station for ten years.

There is also a substantial collection of various items of fire service equipment/ uniform/ documents (old and new), with a large and varied photographic display of fire appliances, fire/incident scenes and local fire history.

The museum is open to visitors on Wednesday mornings between 9.30am and 11.30am (maintenance days with limited viewing). There is also a series of open days on Saturdays, when the museum will be open between 1pm and 4pm: 12 July / 16 August and 20 September 2008.