Millbrook, Bedfordshire
Millbrook maps
Historic maps of Millbrook and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Millbrook maps
Millbrook photos
We have no photos of Millbrook, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Ampthill, Steppingley, Houghton Conquest, Flitwick, Flitton, Westoning, Clophill, Aspley GuiseMillbrook books
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My abiding memory of Ampthill is when I used to go to the Saturday pictures with my cousins and the fire engine would be called out. The only problem was the siren that called them out was the old wartime air-raid siren. What a noise !!! I lived in Maulden but often visited Ampthill. thanks for the memories. !!!
Shared on 26 November 2007
Browsing Ampthill, for the first time, I came across the above photo. On the left just above the logo is a shop blind that used to protect the meat in the window display from sunshine (when it appeared). That blind was the bain of my life in 1952/3/4 when I was a so called "butchers boy". It never ran correctly on it's tracks, and I caused many a car to swerve my long pole manipulations putting it up and down. Funny when I think about it. The bicycle outside (possibly me pictured) was used for deliveries. The carrier full of orders for Maulden and surrounds was a steering hazard particulary in the snow. One Saturday morning I came to grief down Maulden hill and spent an hour scraping dirt and stones from meat with my pen knife before going on my way. The complaints arrived back at Ampthill well before yours truly. Oh the humiliation and all for 2/6p a week. Humiliation was for being caught out, not for stony meat. On the positive side the grumpy woman that lived down I think it was called "Duck Lane" never ordered meat again.
As a retiree I live in a nice environment/climate in Tasmania. 15 years ago I passed through Ampthill on a visit and I believe the butchers shop was a launderette. That's progress for you!!!!
It has been great to reminice with the aid of the Ampthill web site. Keep it up.
I can see my old Ampthill address, 14 Flitwick Rd on Google Earth. How Ampthill has altered.
Anyway, Greetings from Tasmania, Paul Guyton.
Shared on 03 September 2007
The lady with the white coat and shopping basket on the right hand side of the photo is my grandmother - Clara Billington - and lovely to see her in print!
Shared on 21 April 2007
The shop next door to The Ampthill News was and still is Cheesman's the chemist and the shop next door to that was Underwood's an electrical appliance shop.
Shared on 11 May 2006
Extracts From Millbrook & Bedfordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Millbrook, inspired by Frith photos.
Luton - A History & Celebration
Military vehicles from the local Vauxhall Bedford factory were tested at Wardown Park during wartime. Public swimming was banned in 1950 in an increasingly safety- conscious age that valued its people more after so much wartime carnage. At least boating is still legal! (see left). It is fitting to end on one of the most profound reasons for Luton to celebrate recently: the local football club, Luton Town FC, came top of League One and were promoted to the Championship League. (The club still honours one of its former (Robert Cook) (Robert Cook) Martyn Coote conducts a live radio show at Bute Street Hat Museum. The arrival of BBC Three Counties Radio in Luton meant that a daily paper was no longer feasible; covering Bedfordshire, Berkshire and Hertfordshire, it makes Luton a reference point for a wide area.
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Luton - A History & Celebration
Military vehicles from the local Vauxhall Bedford factory were tested at Wardown Park during wartime. Public swimming was banned in 1950 in an increasingly safety- conscious age that valued its people more after so much wartime carnage. At least boating is still legal! (see left). It is fitting to end on one of the most profound reasons for Luton to celebrate recently: the local football club, Luton Town FC, came top of League One and were promoted to the Championship League. (The club still honours one of its former (Robert Cook) (Robert Cook) Martyn Coote conducts a live radio show at Bute Street Hat Museum. The arrival of BBC Three Counties Radio in Luton meant that a daily paper was no longer feasible; covering Bedfordshire, Berkshire and Hertfordshire, it makes Luton a reference point for a wide area.
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Luton - A History & Celebration
Looking towards Chapel Street from Cheapside, we see a variety of building styles. There are just enough people out to catch one’s interest, and make us wonder who they were and what they were doing all those years ago.
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