Hitchin Street 1925, Biggleswade
Hitchin Street 1925, Biggleswade Ref: 77217
Memories of Hitchin Street 1925, Biggleswade
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Biggleswade & local memories
Read and share memories of Biggleswade and Bedfordshire inspired by Frith photos.
Children's Home on London Road.
I was in a children's home on London Road from about 1964 for about 3 years. I forget the name of the home, but I went to Shortmead Street School for a while, then Rose Lane, before ending up at Holmead. I used to go to the Catholic church near the Regal cinema, on a Sunday morning, and the Regal on a Saturday morning. I would love to know the name of the children's home, I think it was Holmways or something similar, and if anyone remembers me. My memories of Biggleswade are lovely ones, and the people were always friendly.
Biggleswade
From the age of 1 year to presently 62 years I have lived in the town. I remember the thriving market, the Regal and Empire cinemas, sadly now gone (see article in the Biggleswade Chronicle Jan 6th 2009 pages 22 & 23). This town has changed from a small market town where employment was as my late father working on the land for Mr Capon of Southill and other landowners to large engineering companies like Cincinatti, now gone also. Back doors left open for neighbours to call, bikes left on kerbs whilst shopping. Steam trains to admire and church schools to attend, yes very fond memories.
Woolies
Does anyone remember or did you work with Madge Chessum, at Woolies, in the 50's / 60's ?
Henry Tingey - Ancester
My great grandfather Henry Tingey, was born November 18, 1819, in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. He was the son of James Tingey and Elizabeth Boniss. James and Elizabeth, and family later moved from Bigglewade, Bedfordshire, and moved Lower Caldecut near the 46th milestone from London in the perish of Northhill. The family of father and mother and two boys and four sisters were in the business of raising wholesale vegatable and garden seeds and were very successful.
In 1849 the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (Mormons) told their gospel message to Henry and his wife Ann Young, (daughter of James and Lucy Young). Henry and Ann joined the Latter-Day-Saint church and migrated to America in 1849. They spent three years in St Louis, Missouri and then traveled by oxen and wagon train to Salt Lake City, Utah arriving in September 1853. Henry became a very devote follower of the Mormon Church. He settled in Sessions Settlement (now Bountiful, Utah), and later moved to Brigham City Utah,... Read more
