ECHOES OF OLD WATFORD, BUSHEY & OXHEY by Ted Parrish
TWO LIVES, TWO WORLD WARS by Lesley Dunlop
Plaza’s pillared entrance on extreme left, early 1930s.
ECHOES OF OLD WATFORD, BUSHEY & OXHEY
Ted Parrish was a local historian, an energetic article writer, a story writer, a filmmaker, a script writer, an artist and an active member of many local organisations. He believed in the conservation of historical buildings and the preservation of our heritage. He was a remarkable man who left an indelible mark on the area.
Ted’s daughter, Lesley Dunlop, has fulfilled a promise to him to publish the 96 articles he wrote for the ‘Evening Post-Echo’ newspaper in the early 1980s. She has added footnotes and maps, readers’ letters and more than 200 related illustrations, a significant number of which appear in print for the first time.
ECHOES OF OLD WATFORD, BUSHEY & OXHEY is a fascinating and nostalgic journey into the past and a tribute to an extraordinary father.
This book has 224 pages and 217 photographs and illustrations.
ECHOES OF OLD WATFORD, BUSHEY & OXHEY can be purchased at the ECHOES SHOP on this website.
Ted Parrish was a local historian, an energetic article writer, a story writer, a filmmaker, a script writer, an artist and an active member of many local organisations. He believed in the conservation of historical buildings and the preservation of our heritage. He was a remarkable man who left an indelible mark on the area.
Ted’s daughter, Lesley Dunlop, has fulfilled a promise to him to publish the 96 articles he wrote for the ‘Evening Post-Echo’ newspaper in the early 1980s. She has added footnotes and maps, readers’ letters and more than 200 related illustrations, a significant number of which appear in print for the first time.
ECHOES OF OLD WATFORD, BUSHEY & OXHEY is a fascinating and nostalgic journey into the past and a tribute to an extraordinary father.
This book has 224 pages and 217 photographs and illustrations.
ECHOES OF OLD WATFORD, BUSHEY & OXHEY can be purchased at the ECHOES SHOP on this website.
And now the Companion Volume: TWO LIVES, TWO WORLD WARS by Lesley Dunlop
Both Ted’s and his father Reginald’s lives and times provide the focus to TWO LIVES, TWO WORLD WARS.
This book by Ted's daughter Lesley Dunlop relates their and their families’ parallel experiences at home, during the two World Wars, as well as the post-war effect.
Reginald’s early home was in Richmond, Surrey where he was born in 1890. Post-World War I, after military service overseas, he settled in Oxhey, where Ted was born in 1920. During World War II, North Wales provided an unexpected catalyst that led to life-saving letters across 5,500 miles. Ted returned home three months after VJ Day and six months after VE Day, thankful to be back in this corner of Hertfordshire that he loved so much.
From the 1950s, Ted contributed much to Watford, Bushey and Oxhey, including 50 years’ dedication to Watford & District Royal Air Forces Association, practical assistance to Watford Council of Youth, the formation of the popular Kings Jazz Club, local history filmmaking with Watford Cine Society and committee work with the Oxhey Village Environment Group, from which stemmed the replacement of the Watford Heath Memorial Cross.
TWO LIVES, TWO WORLD WARS relates Ted's and his father’s life stories.
This book has 337 pages and 239 photographs and illustrations, many in colour.
TWO LIVES, TWO WORLD WARS can be purchased from 26th October 2026 at the TWO LIVES SHOP on this website.
Both Ted’s and his father Reginald’s lives and times provide the focus to TWO LIVES, TWO WORLD WARS.
This book by Ted's daughter Lesley Dunlop relates their and their families’ parallel experiences at home, during the two World Wars, as well as the post-war effect.
Reginald’s early home was in Richmond, Surrey where he was born in 1890. Post-World War I, after military service overseas, he settled in Oxhey, where Ted was born in 1920. During World War II, North Wales provided an unexpected catalyst that led to life-saving letters across 5,500 miles. Ted returned home three months after VJ Day and six months after VE Day, thankful to be back in this corner of Hertfordshire that he loved so much.
From the 1950s, Ted contributed much to Watford, Bushey and Oxhey, including 50 years’ dedication to Watford & District Royal Air Forces Association, practical assistance to Watford Council of Youth, the formation of the popular Kings Jazz Club, local history filmmaking with Watford Cine Society and committee work with the Oxhey Village Environment Group, from which stemmed the replacement of the Watford Heath Memorial Cross.
TWO LIVES, TWO WORLD WARS relates Ted's and his father’s life stories.
This book has 337 pages and 239 photographs and illustrations, many in colour.
TWO LIVES, TWO WORLD WARS can be purchased from 26th October 2026 at the TWO LIVES SHOP on this website.
