Now this might seem a daft question [i leave myself open to ridicule]but after 30+yrs passing the place and bearing in mind the place is well north of watford how did
watford gap get its name?
regards dave.
Pinched this of wilkepedia.
The Watford Gap is located at a minor gap between two slight hills in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Engineers from Roman times onwards have found it to be an appropriate route connecting the English Midlands with the South East.
In a width of 400 metres (0.25 mi) the A5 road, the West Coast Main Line railway, the M1 motorway and a branch of the Grand Union Canal all traverse the gap in parallel
Cheers Dave.
I have for sale a full set of Encyclopedia Brittanica,totally as new as not needed.What the wife dosen’t know I can get off TN Old Time!!! Dennis.
Well it used to be called the Blue Boar but I never saw any of those there either ! 
Bewick:
I have for sale a full set of Encyclopedia Brittanica,totally as new as not needed.What the wife dosen’t know I can get off TN Old Time!!! Dennis.
The Watford bit comes from Watford village nearby, have loaded Terex machines from there a few times, as well as cases from a big packers there who I can’t recall name of now 
Bewick:
I have for sale a full set of Encyclopedia Brittanica,totally as new as not needed.What the wife dosen’t know I can get off TN Old Time!!! Dennis.
Get back on ebay with your merchandise Arthur Daley.
Watford Gap aka Blue Boar Services,circa 1970,next stop Brooke Bond,Redbourn A5 and the best cup of char you ever had!!! Dennis.
Thanks for the info gents.
regards dave./
I occasionally still refer to it as the Blue Boar, and get some very quizzical looks for other drivers, “the where”
And of course there is ANOTHER Watford Gap on the A517 between Shenstone and Sutton Coldfield, near the TV mast’s. 
Pete.
bit iffy that flysheet dennis , should have been pulled tight over the headboard & enveloped properly , only 7 out of ten for effort !!! dave
rigsby:
bit iffy that flysheet dennis , should have been pulled tight over the headboard & enveloped properly , only 7 out of ten for effort !!! dave
Nylon ropes . . luxury
rigsby:
bit iffy that flysheet dennis , should have been pulled tight over the headboard & enveloped properly , only 7 out of ten for effort !!! dave
I wondered when you’d spot the deliberate error!!!But the first ties along the edge of the “fly” are crossed in fron’t of the H/board,and it didn’t flap either!!!
Suedehead:
rigsby:
bit iffy that flysheet dennis , should have been pulled tight over the headboard & enveloped properly , only 7 out of ten for effort !!! daveNylon ropes . . luxury
Our very first sets of ropes I got straight out of Elwoods rope works in Kendal,then shortly after I changed onto Nylon,they were far better as they didn’t absorb water the same as hemp did.Dennis.
Bewick:
Watford Gap aka Blue Boar Services,circa 1970,next stop Brooke Bond,Redbourn A5 and the best cup of char you ever had!!! Dennis.
Hi Dennis,
I won’t critisize the sheeting but who put the dent in
offside panel near indicator lamp !!
Cheers Malc.
malc step:
Bewick:
Watford Gap aka Blue Boar Services,circa 1970,next stop Brooke Bond,Redbourn A5 and the best cup of char you ever had!!! Dennis.Hi Dennis,
I won’t critisize the sheeting but who put the dent in
offside panel near indicator lamp !!Cheers Malc.
It was already in when we got it Malc!! It was only a cheap little motor which I bought as an afterthought,off John McGuffie who had in turn bought it off Brady’s who had aquired it via a little firm they took over in London apparently! Neither Brady’s or McGuffie had run it and it didn’t look like it had done much work.It ran like clockwork,never missing a beat,but we could only put about 8:5 ton on it once it was plated.IIRC I sold it to a farmer for what I’d paid for it!Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Watford Gap aka Blue Boar Services,circa 1970,next stop Brooke Bond,Redbourn A5 and the best cup of char you ever had!!! Dennis.
Look at that sheet Dave,Dennis has pinched it off someone called Smith?!
Take it easy,
Rgds,
David
Well wherever I got it Dave it defo wasn’t off SOM! They never had sheets as tidy as this!!! Cheers Dennis.
I remember before it was open the ‘in place’ to stop was the ‘Busy Bee’ on the A1 north of Watford… every school outing to London involved a stop there 
Once the ‘Blue Boar’ opened it fast became the place for idle teenage drivers to take their birds after a night at the pub.
Bewick:
Watford Gap aka Blue Boar Services,circa 1970,next stop Brooke Bond,Redbourn A5 and the best cup of char you ever had!!! Dennis.
the comet in the background,can someone please tell me what it says on the cab headboard !!!