LATEST NEWS FROM THE TREASURY

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! You can order yours here

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...