The changing face of Bushey can be seen in a collection of photographs previously on display at the award winning Bushey Museum and of which a sample are shown here. The sepia-tinted prints are part of the Greville Collection which was inherited by Theodore Goddard from the Watford pioneering photographer, William Coles, soon after establishing a photographic studio at the latter's premises. We are pleased to be able to display these by kind permission of The Bushey Museum Trust to which the collection was given and in which the copyright is vested.
The Museum's collections and displays tell the story of Bushey with an emphasis on the unique artistic history of the village. On display are works from the world famous artist, Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA who lived and worked in Bushey and founded the Art school, later continued by one of his star pupils Lucie Kemp-Welch. She became renowned for her horse paintings and also illustrated Black Beauty. The Museum is now proud to display a selection of her large canvas paintings in its south Gallery.Throughout the year the Museum also has several exhibitions of local art and history. If you would like to know more about the Museum, please visit www.busheymuseum.org.
The ancient Posting Inn on the right was replaced in the 1960s by the supermarket block. The genuine Tudor building on the left has been made to look mock Tudor by modern embellishments.
which are all now shops, had tiny front gardens. The road was not made up until 1914.
of the Watford Co-op in about 1930. It is now the Blue Check restaurant.
Michael's Fish Bar has replaced the forge.
The twin spires of the old Congregational Church can just be seen through the trees on the left.
They were replaced by the castellated tower in 1904. The building is now the United Reform Church.
Just about every child in Merry Hill must have been assembled in Merry Hill Mount
outside the long gone Clarendon Stores.
Smiths Stores on Bushey Heath survived until the 1950s. It is now two shops, Epitome Hair and Beauty on the left and Doani's Gift shop on the right, next to what is now a Honda dealership.