Nostalgia
![Edgar Lustgarten, who died in 1978 Picture: Wikipedia](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16130432.jpg)
![Edgar Lustgarten, who died in 1978 Picture: Wikipedia](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16130432.jpg)
![Up early to fire some blanks before the Czech was dubbed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16128389.jpg)
![Up early to fire some blanks before the Czech was dubbed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16128389.jpg)
![Indulging my macabre side with a walk around London murder sites](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14933311.jpg)
![Indulging my macabre side with a walk around London murder sites](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14933311.jpg)
![Barbara Windsor with Queen Elizabeth II during a royal visit to Elstree Studios where EastEnders is filmed.Photo: Fiona Hanson/PA Wire.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15583520.jpg)
![Barbara Windsor with Queen Elizabeth II during a royal visit to Elstree Studios where EastEnders is filmed.Photo: Fiona Hanson/PA Wire.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15583520.jpg)
Showbusiness Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back on meeting Tom Cruise at Elstree Studios. Photos: PA/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13953446.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back on meeting Tom Cruise at Elstree Studios. Photos: PA/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13953446.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh pays tribute to Bond art director and British cinema stalwart Alan Tomkins. Photos: Alex Williams, J Smith, Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13927180.jpg)
![Paul Welsh pays tribute to Bond art director and British cinema stalwart Alan Tomkins. Photos: Alex Williams, J Smith, Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13927180.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back on his trip to Hollywood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13892152.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back on his trip to Hollywood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13892152.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh discusses Hitchcock's horror classic Psycho](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13730087.jpg)
![Paul Welsh discusses Hitchcock's horror classic Psycho](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13730087.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Liberace sued the Daily Mirror for libel in 1959 for a review insinuating that he was gay. Photo: Pixabay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13688195.jpg)
![Liberace sued the Daily Mirror for libel in 1959 for a review insinuating that he was gay. Photo: Pixabay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13688195.jpg)
Showbusiness Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back at the seedy world of the casting couch in the 'golden age' of Hollywood. Photo: Pixabay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13628624.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back at the seedy world of the casting couch in the 'golden age' of Hollywood. Photo: Pixabay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13628624.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh recalls his meetings with Peter Cushing. Images: Hammer, Lucasfilm](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13613184.jpg)
![Paul Welsh recalls his meetings with Peter Cushing. Images: Hammer, Lucasfilm](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13613184.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back on parties and drinking in the bar at Elstree Studios](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13606866.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back on parties and drinking in the bar at Elstree Studios](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13606866.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back in his first and most recent visits to the EastEnders set. Pjhotos: PA/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13547456.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back in his first and most recent visits to the EastEnders set. Pjhotos: PA/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13547456.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back on Miss Marple productions and when unions held sway at Elstree Studios](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13494370.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back on Miss Marple productions and when unions held sway at Elstree Studios](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13494370.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh (inset) looks back on (left) Sidney Poitier and (right) Nicholas Donnelly, who has died aged 83, with the the cast of the BBC series](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13399359.jpg)
![Paul Welsh (inset) looks back on (left) Sidney Poitier and (right) Nicholas Donnelly, who has died aged 83, with the the cast of the BBC series](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13399359.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh hopes the construction of new studios in Borehamwood is not a bubble that will burst](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13300427.jpg)
![Paul Welsh hopes the construction of new studios in Borehamwood is not a bubble that will burst](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13300427.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh will be sorry to see Holby City end](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13289104.jpg)
![Paul Welsh will be sorry to see Holby City end](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13289104.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Photo: darrenquigley32/Pixabay](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10298845.jpg)
![Photo: darrenquigley32/Pixabay](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10298845.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins' Cinzano ad. Photo: YouTube](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13218179.jpg)
![Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins' Cinzano ad. Photo: YouTube](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13218179.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh looks back on Hollywood stars who liked a drink. Photos: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13105884.jpg)
![Paul Welsh looks back on Hollywood stars who liked a drink. Photos: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13105884.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Strictly Come Dancing needs better-known celebrities to gain ratings, Paul Welsh says. Photos: PA, Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13071517.jpg)
![Strictly Come Dancing needs better-known celebrities to gain ratings, Paul Welsh says. Photos: PA, Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13071517.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Mark Hamil, who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, stayed to meet 300 children at a youth club in Borehamwood. IMages: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13043873.jpg)
![Mark Hamil, who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, stayed to meet 300 children at a youth club in Borehamwood. IMages: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13043873.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh met members of East 17 and Take That, although he did not realise it at the time](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13015950.jpg)
![Paul Welsh met members of East 17 and Take That, although he did not realise it at the time](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13015950.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh remembers the times royals have been driven down Shenley Road to Elstree Studios. Photos: Google/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12904470.jpg)
![Paul Welsh remembers the times royals have been driven down Shenley Road to Elstree Studios. Photos: Google/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12904470.jpg)
Showbiz Nostalgia
![Paul Welsh thinks the BBC is a monolith that needs cutting back if it is to survive. Photo: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12878326.jpg)
![Paul Welsh thinks the BBC is a monolith that needs cutting back if it is to survive. Photo: Pixabay/Newsquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12878326.jpg)
Opinion
![Gunner Basil William Bancroft. Credit: Bancroft family](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12808649.jpg)
![Gunner Basil William Bancroft. Credit: Bancroft family](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12808649.jpg)
![Saving the Quadrophenia soundtrack, meeting Tom Jones and hearing Shirley Bassey rehearse are Elstree highlights for Paul Welsh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12786584.jpg)
![Saving the Quadrophenia soundtrack, meeting Tom Jones and hearing Shirley Bassey rehearse are Elstree highlights for Paul Welsh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12786584.jpg)
![By the book: staff have produced a guide to help families trace their history](/resources/images/128x89/1x/831609.jpg)
![By the book: staff have produced a guide to help families trace their history](/resources/images/180x180/1x/831609.jpg)
![Teamwork: Pauline Poole, second from right, and the Neighbourhood Watch group at a riot reconstruction with Metropolitan Police in 1994](/resources/images/128x89/1x/813926.jpg)
![Teamwork: Pauline Poole, second from right, and the Neighbourhood Watch group at a riot reconstruction with Metropolitan Police in 1994](/resources/images/180x180/1x/813926.jpg)
![Big names: Elstree Studios, in Shenley Road, used to be called Elstree Film & Television Studios](/resources/images/128x89/1x/797597.jpg)
![Big names: Elstree Studios, in Shenley Road, used to be called Elstree Film & Television Studios](/resources/images/180x180/1x/797597.jpg)
![placeholder image](/resources/responsive-static/mds/images/default_image.png)
![Collective voice: Sylvia Bullwinkle performing with the Radlett Choral Society at All Saints Church in Borehamwood in 1963](/resources/images/128x89/1x/785274.jpg)
![Collective voice: Sylvia Bullwinkle performing with the Radlett Choral Society at All Saints Church in Borehamwood in 1963](/resources/images/180x180/1x/785274.jpg)
![Well-rounded site: information about Shenley Cage Pond is now available on the internet](/resources/images/128x89/1x/775388.jpg)
![Well-rounded site: information about Shenley Cage Pond is now available on the internet](/resources/images/180x180/1x/775388.jpg)
![Clinton's hairdressers in 1920](/resources/images/128x89/1x/762703.jpg)
![Clinton's hairdressers in 1920](/resources/images/180x180/1x/762703.jpg)
![A stitch in time: loopers ‘closing’ or knitting the heels and toes of stockings together in 1941 (courtesy of Elstree and Borehamwood Museum)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/754407.jpg)
![A stitch in time: loopers ‘closing’ or knitting the heels and toes of stockings together in 1941 (courtesy of Elstree and Borehamwood Museum)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/754407.jpg)
![Sketchy details: St John the Baptist Church in Aldenham is believed to be the oldest one in the area](/resources/images/128x89/1x/746792.jpg)
![Sketchy details: St John the Baptist Church in Aldenham is believed to be the oldest one in the area](/resources/images/180x180/1x/746792.jpg)
![“Consumer society”: modern lifestyles call for more recycling](/resources/images/128x89/1x/740201.jpg)
![“Consumer society”: modern lifestyles call for more recycling](/resources/images/180x180/1x/740201.jpg)
![Grass is greener: PC Ivan Bracey tends Elstree Police Station’s prize-winning garden in 1966](/resources/images/128x89/1x/734908.jpg)
![Grass is greener: PC Ivan Bracey tends Elstree Police Station’s prize-winning garden in 1966](/resources/images/180x180/1x/734908.jpg)
![John Brown, chairman of the Borehamwood Royal British Legion](/resources/images/128x89/1x/730739.jpg)
![John Brown, chairman of the Borehamwood Royal British Legion](/resources/images/180x180/1x/730739.jpg)
![Saving the day: Westminster Bank in Shenley Road in the Fifties (photo from Natwest Bank)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/708933.jpg)
![Saving the day: Westminster Bank in Shenley Road in the Fifties (photo from Natwest Bank)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/708933.jpg)
![Then and now: Brian Hyde, right, reminisces about his time as a young boy in Aldenham](/resources/images/128x89/1x/706106.jpg)
![Then and now: Brian Hyde, right, reminisces about his time as a young boy in Aldenham](/resources/images/180x180/1x/706106.jpg)
![Standing tall: firefighters helped save the BIP film studio in a 1939](/resources/images/128x89/1x/706085.jpg)
![Standing tall: firefighters helped save the BIP film studio in a 1939](/resources/images/180x180/1x/706085.jpg)
![Outside the box: telephone technology has come a long way since its invention in 1876](/resources/images/128x89/1x/582744.jpg)
![Outside the box: telephone technology has come a long way since its invention in 1876](/resources/images/180x180/1x/582744.jpg)
![Signs of unrest: campaign group Stop the Rail Freight Exchange (Strife) protest at St Albans District Council in February 2007](/resources/images/128x89/1x/695123.jpg)
![Signs of unrest: campaign group Stop the Rail Freight Exchange (Strife) protest at St Albans District Council in February 2007](/resources/images/180x180/1x/695123.jpg)
![placeholder image](/resources/responsive-static/mds/images/default_image.png)
![Mayor of Hertsmere Iris Fielding with TV personality Monty Modlin, right, and her husband, left in 1983 at the opening of the football ground market](/resources/images/128x89/1x/646660.jpg)
![Mayor of Hertsmere Iris Fielding with TV personality Monty Modlin, right, and her husband, left in 1983 at the opening of the football ground market](/resources/images/180x180/1x/646660.jpg)
![Child’s play: the Borehamwood post office at Bentleys stationers, pictured in the early 1900s, when it was a focal centre of the community](/resources/images/128x89/1x/637598.jpg)
![Child’s play: the Borehamwood post office at Bentleys stationers, pictured in the early 1900s, when it was a focal centre of the community](/resources/images/180x180/1x/637598.jpg)
![Still thriving: more than 50 years after opening, the building may have changed but the Allum Lane Community Centre is as popular as ever](/resources/images/128x89/1x/628868.jpg)
![Still thriving: more than 50 years after opening, the building may have changed but the Allum Lane Community Centre is as popular as ever](/resources/images/180x180/1x/628868.jpg)
![Demolished: The Marians](/resources/images/128x89/1x/624695.jpg)
![Demolished: The Marians](/resources/images/180x180/1x/624695.jpg)
![Farming responsibly: Battlers Green Farm owner Paul Haworth with some of his animals](/resources/images/128x89/1x/586435.jpg)
![Farming responsibly: Battlers Green Farm owner Paul Haworth with some of his animals](/resources/images/180x180/1x/586435.jpg)
![Easy riders: Dave Miller, far right, with his biking buddies in 1960](/resources/images/128x89/1x/582623.jpg)
![Easy riders: Dave Miller, far right, with his biking buddies in 1960](/resources/images/180x180/1x/582623.jpg)
![On the wagon: the Red Cross has been working in Borehamwood since 1914](/resources/images/128x89/1x/543603.jpg)
![On the wagon: the Red Cross has been working in Borehamwood since 1914](/resources/images/180x180/1x/543603.jpg)
![On the wagon: the Red Cross has been working in Borehamwood since 1914](/resources/images/128x89/1x/543332.jpg)
![On the wagon: the Red Cross has been working in Borehamwood since 1914](/resources/images/180x180/1x/543332.jpg)
Loading...