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Harrold, Bedfordshire
Harrold maps
Historic maps of Harrold and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Harrold maps
Historic map of Harrold
Illustrated Victorian map of Bedfordshire
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Harrold books
Displaying 3 of 5 books about Harrold and the local area. View all Harrold books
Bedfordshire Living Memories
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£13
Bedfordshire Photographic Memories
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Bedford Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Memories of Harrold
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My father was the village policeman in the late 30s. My first memories was the police house next door to the garage, and the sweet shop with a lot of steps, (is it still there) the bridge sticks in my mind. The time dad chopped his leg badly and we were shipped off to Grandma's and we had a car accident... [more]
Shared on 30 January 2009
Bedfordshire memories
The war years and just afterwards
Turvey Abbey was owned in those days by Rupert Allen who owned an engineering factory in Bedford. My father was employed on the estate as gardener/general factotum (and was paid a pittance for the privilege). The Abbey had a few cows, pigs, geese and chickens. It was often my job to go out at dusk to shut up the chickens to... [more]
Shared on 31 March 2009
I remember fishing for endless hours just about the spot shown in the photograph. There were many perch there and on one occasion I caught a fair sized pike. Just upstream from this location was a sort of peninsular accessed by climbing down steps set in the wall of Turvey Bridge. This was called Sam's Island for some reason. ... [more]
Shared on 28 January 2009
I was just Two when I moved to Souldrop with my parents in 1949,we lived at 18 High Street,just opposit the green and the large tree what in those days was a mere twig! we lived there for 5 years before moving on to Colworth estate. I was Barbara Smith then,Mr Prigmore still lives next door although sadley he could not... [more]
Shared on 05 January 2008
Extracts From Harrold & Bedfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Harrold, inspired by Frith photos.
Sandy was originally a modest Roman settlement on the Roman road between St Albans and Godmanchester; in the 18th century the town became important for its coaching inns servicing the Great North Road. However, it is a somewhat bitty town, and the market square is a distinct disappointment. Here, a little further north up High Street, we look west along Bedford Road. The late 19th-century town hall is on the left. By 1925 it... [more]
This is an extract from Bedford Photographic Memories.
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Going east from Market Place along Church Street, we reach the small square with the brown stone church on its north side, a curiously villagey one for a town. On the left is the cliff-like Dynevor House, with 1725 on the rainwater hopper-heads, three storeys of box sashes and a corniced parapet. No 36a on the right is late Georgian, while the Feoffee almshouses are late 16th- century timber-framed under the render.
This is an extract from Bedford Photographic Memories.
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The riverside willows on the north bank have only recently been pollarded in this view, in which an eight rows past. The opposite bank is Long Island. The small landing stage on the right was built here to close off the boat slide, which is just behind it.
This is an extract from Bedford Photographic Memories.
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