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Leighton Buzzard photos
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Leighton Buzzard maps
Historic maps of Leighton Buzzard and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Leighton Buzzard maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Bedfordshire
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Leighton Buzzard books
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Bedfordshire Living Memories
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Bedfordshire Photographic Memories
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Bedford Photographic Memories
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15 Leighton Buzzard photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Leighton Buzzard
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Having left Australia on an open-ended working holiday to England in January, 1974 with my girlfriend, it was hard to imagine that within six weeks of arriving in London we'd be living on a leaky old narrow boat in Braunston near Rugby, and that six months later - still living on the boat - we'd be calling Leighton Buzzard home for... [more]
Shared on 09 October 2006
Bedfordshire memories
I can't believe no-one has bothered to write about LINSLADE, it may not be well known to the 'outsiders' but it's still worth a mention. My great-uncle, Robert Graham, used to work on Linslade railway station, he knew the man that got hurt when The Great Train Robbery took place, my uncle wasn't on duty at the time, but it still... [more]
Shared on 14 August 2009
Does anyone remember the Pickerings who owned The White Horse Hotel in Hocliffe in the early 1900s? This would have been my grandfather, his name was William Pickering and his wife was Kate. My father remembers living there, he was born in 1901 (Leslie Pickering) but moved on when he was quite young. I would love to hear from anyone who... [more]
Shared on 09 October 2009
Ewe and Lamb, 17 Bridge Street, Leighton Buzzard
I was 10 years old in 1944, and my great-uncle Mr Arthur E. Sims was the occupier of the Ewe and Lamb Inn. I have found on this website that it is now home of the The Leighton Buzzard Observer! My uncle is listed in the Kelly's Directory of 1936. We had just come back from a brief stay with relatives... [more]
Shared on 18 August 2009
The buildings from left to right are the Post Office with Drakelow Press printing and bookbinding firm in buildings above and behind it. Established prior to 1827 by a Stephen Dodd, in 1951 it became known as Drakelow Press. The there is the Black Horse pub, a wool/haberdashery shop, a grocery shop, Gibbs and Dandy Ironmongers which was a... [more]
Shared on 11 May 2006
The buildings from left to right are an antique shop, then a sweet shop that was full of the most delightful assortment of sweets all in glass jars and weighed out on brass scales into white paper bags. Then Dudeney and Johnston the grocers - they had man who went around the villages on his bicycle one day a week... [more]
Shared on 11 May 2006
The buildings featured from left to right - (I do not know the history of the white house), then there are the pillars which are the entrance to the churchyard and mortuary chapel. The church, built in 1865, was used until 1980 for funerals only. It was then declared redundant and turned into a Heritage Centre. In the... [more]
Shared on 06 April 2006
remembering my brother Paul Harris who has recentley died
My brother Paul spent many happy days here but didn't realise it at the time. He was the best brother anyone could have, for the last 16yrs he has been disabled with MS always a smile never complaining. This is my tribute to him my lovely brave brother.
Shared on 24 February 2007
Extracts From Leighton Buzzard & Bedfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Leighton Buzzard, inspired by Frith photos.
Bedfordshire Photographic Memories
A large number of the buildings in this photograph are now Grade II listed, but the dishevelled look of the market stalls did little to foster civic pride in antiquity. At the time of writing, the High Street has been partially pedestrianised and by-passed as a main thoroughfare for traffic.
This is an extract from Bedfordshire Photographic Memories.
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Bedfordshire Photographic Memories
A haphazard collection of stalls and covers which today's local government would not tolerate. Woolworth's displays its original American house style above the shop front, and the chemist two doors away has yet to feel the effects of the corporate marketing soon to alter the town's purchasing habits. The little boy walking with his mother and sisters in the left foreground... [more]
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A large number of the buildings in the picture are now Grade II listed, but it is not likely that the unkempt state of the High Street in 1955 did much to foster civic pride. In the 21st century the area has, for some years, been partially pedestrianised and a bypass built to take the ever-increasing volume of traffic.
This is an extract from Bedfordshire Living Memories.
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