Dunstable, Queensway Hall c.1965
Photo ref: D69044
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Photo ref: D69044
Photo of Dunstable, Queensway Hall c.1965

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More civic architecture here in the shape of Queensway Hall in Court Drive; in line for this era of betterment, the Hall is housing an improvement grant exhibition. The sixties might have been swinging ,but there was still much poverty among the plenty, with an abundance of outside loos, dampness and hardship for children. Harold Wilson, Labour Prime Minister, was getting ready to sort it all out with his 'white-hot technological revolution'.

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Dunstable, Queensway Hall c.1965

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What a wonderful building this was. My grandfather had an indoor market stall on a Wednesday and Saturday, he was known as the coin man of the Queensway Market. My grandmother worked here up to her retirement and beyond, till the age of 72, in the coffee shop on market days and also helping on the bar at other functions. I remember staying with her and she would take me with her to work and would show me round ...see more
My first memory of the Civic was that awesome ceiling, seen for the very first time at a do hosted by the then new Evening Post newspaper, for all the delivery boys & girls. Probably not long after the hall opened. The entertainment was none other than the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band. Next, the heady days of the 70's when the Civic was one of the best venues for what has come to be called Classic Rock. We just ...see more