Leighton Buzzard, The Grand Union Canal c.1955
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Photo of Leighton Buzzard, The Grand Union Canal c.1955

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Loaded narrow boats head north on the Grand Union Canal, their cargo concealed from both weather and prying eyes by careful sheeting. This spot is only a mile or so from where the Great Train Robbery took place in 1963.

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Memories of Leighton Buzzard, the Grand Union Canal c1955

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 Leighton Buzzard, The Grand Union Canal c.1955

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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 nearly two years. The boat was called SADLERS WELLS, and in the ...see more