Vi-Cocoa - made by Dr Tibble at his factory at Callowland, North Watford

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In about 1899 or 1900 Dr. Tibbles opened a factory at Callow Farm, North Watford, to make that "wonderful" chocolate drink Vi-Cocoa (see advert) and other chocolate products. Unfortunately it burnt down in 1903.

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Callowland Boys School, Watford and its first headmaster

Class 3, Callowland Boys School, Leavesden Road, Watford, 1920

Schools

Watford

There must be a number of people now living in Watford who will have known some of the boys in this picture - so can anyone help to put a few names to faces (Higher resolution picture available on main web site.) The card has the words "Percy Cupid, born October 1907" written on the back but no boy is marked on the picture - and I could find no obvious Percy Cupid in the 1911 census.

Click here for short biographies of  Edwin Ashby, headmaster of the Boys School, and Annie Mary Gardner, headmistress of the Girls School further down Leavesden Road.

The Impossibles Football Team traced to Callowland area of Watford

Several years ago I posted the following post card image on the web site

The Impossibles 1920/1

Military

Football

The ball is inscribed ?VFC 1920/21 and the players are named on the back and called "The Impossibles."  I have received no suggestions since then about the proper name or location of the club. As the 1911 census is now available I decided to see if I could find any of the players. Because of the ten year gap between the census and the photographers many of the footballers could have been expected to move house  but I was in luck. In 1911 3 players were living in Leavesden Road, Watford, and three more were living in other roads in the Callowland area of Watford.

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