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Ampthill, Market Place c.1955
Photo ref: A158030
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More about this scene

This substantial open space at the heart of the town is the original site of the Charter Market. All the main roads converge here, and Ampthill's history as a coaching stop is still visible in the form of the White Hart hotel on the right of the picture. Much of the building is of Tudor origin, but later additions are said to include panelling removed from Houghton House (see 39964). The Market Place has been redeveloped as a Millennium project.

Memories of Ampthill, Market Place 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 Ampthill, Market Place c.1955

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

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. !!!
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. ...see more