LATEST NEWS FROM THE TREASURY

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...

The Project that brought to life a long lost book... Portrait of Promotion, was a thin paperback volume written by Ken Furphy and edited by Oli Phillips following Watford finishing champions in 1969. It was a fantastic insight into a season that changed Watford forever and remains to this day a t...

Gold shirts, Big Cliff and the great turning point… After digitising the old Watford Observer photographic plates in the Museum basement plus those salvaged by the late Nick Beach (see also ‘Golden Shots and Visions of Blue’) it was clear that we had a gallery of the 1959/60 season. ...

The first book... The now iconic (is that being too bold) format of our books was kind of created in error! We'd long mooted the idea of doing a book of the colourised images I'd done, some of which had featured in the Watford Treasury, and many as a masochistic hobby. Initially we...

The project that evolved… It was only meant to be a booklet. As these things do the Bonser Out project evolved through twists, turns and passion. Back in 2023 we were quite taken with the idea of producing a silk scarf, in homage to one Nigel Gibbs had shared with us in a past volume ...

Just a quick shout to say we've changed the old YBR! facebook group to 'Watford Treasury Books', this is a private group, but you are all welcome to join. We want to create a place where people can chat and share thoughts around not just our books, but Watford history in general. To join please g...

Some of you will already have received this message by email, if you have please ignore!If not then can you please help us!Hello,A slightly different post from our normal fayre, in that we're not trying to sell you anything!You'll have noticed that over the seven years The Watford Treasury have b...

Just a reminder that the History day planned for this weekend was postponed. Please do not turn up!!

After a short delay, and thanks for everyone's patience, GOLD! is back from print, and its a giant of a little book! We really couldn't be more pleased with how it has come out. Anyone who has ordered a copy should receive it tomorrow or Friday, as they've all been posted out. Below are a few ima...

We recently heard from our printers, GOLD! should be back from print on the 19 June, so slightly later than originally announced. Now just a week away, you can order GOLD! here But to whet your appetite, here's a picture of one of the Treasures contained within GOLD! YOUR CORNER, is what we belie...

It's a lovely sunny day, and as we keenly anticipate the arrival GOLD!, our latest book, we thought it'd be nice to look at the five books we've done already. It hardly seems possible we've got such a wonderful selection of titles in such a short time! But, on such a day it seems apt to head to g...

We're very excited to announce that in conjunction with Watford Gold we have a new book coming very soon! GOLD!, curated by Tom Brodrick and Neil Dunham, with additional contributions from Nick Brodrick, David Harrison, Colin Payne and Geoff Wicken, is a beautiful look at the memorabilia, artefa...