We're pleased to say that Olly has posted an exclusive Hornet Heaven story on his website. Reflecting the programme-less world that the afterlife is about to be plunged into, it's a delight!
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We've tweaked the Cliff mug a little bit and it looks quite wonderful!
Who wouldn't want to slurp their brew from this fine piece of china?
As programmes disappear, recall a classic design from Watford's history, the team may not have been great, but the design on the programme cover certainly was!
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Yes, volumes 2-10 (v1 is now sold out) are priced at just £5!
That's 50% off in the case of v10.
So if you've holes in your collection, now is the chance to fill them!
Olly Wicken desperately wants to convince himself that it is a good thing
The demise of Watford’s matchday programme is a good thing.
(I keep telling myself this. Soon I’m going to believe it.)
My life will improve immeasurably in its absence.
Never again will my treasured pre-match moment of sme...
Seven years ago today, v1 of The Watford Treasury came back from print, and the vision of eleven enthusiasts became a reality.
Residing on two pallets it was suddenly a daunting prospect, how on earth were we going to sell them all?
The online orders were dispatched in handwritten envelopes and ...
Our newest mugs are just beautiful!
Based on the 1976/77 programme cover they are the ideal antidote to modern life!
Perfect with tea or coffee, but none of your rubbish new fangled infusions!
Enjoy!
Brian Owen, a member of Watford’s historic 1968/69 promotion-winning side, has passed away. Geoff Wicken offers his reflections.
About three years ago I had the great pleasure of interviewing Brian Owen. He was highly engaging, coming across as the sort of person who would get on with everyb...
Olly Wicken, creator of Hornet Heaven, offers us another yellow flavoured tale...
He lowers himself into his easy chair. Next to him is the large cardboard box he asked his grandson to lift down from the loft.
Joseph is 91 now and he’s having a clear-out — to reduce what his family will have t...
135 years old. This Fred Downer postcard from 1890 features in Gold! along with hundreds of other gems.
Residing in Watford Museum, the postcard is fading away to nothing, much of the ornate design already gone, just the ghostly images of the players and the more durable red ink surviving ...
We've a new item out in our range of mugs.
We go back to 1983, when GT took a ridiculously young side into Europe, and against all odds it went quite well!
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KINTSUGIby Olly Wicken
There’s a piece of Watford memorabilia he treasures more than any other.Alec is holding it now — as he lies in bed awaiting the end he knows is close.It’s an old mug.It’s black, with the yellow and red club crest from the early 1980s — the firstGraham Taylor era.He always t...