Leighton Buzzard, The Canal And Globe Inn c.1965
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L211089
Photo ref:
L211089
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There has been a hostelry on this site for many centuries, but this version was originally built to cater for the navigators who built the Grand Union Canal. Later it welcomed the men and women who plied their trade on the waters. Now its clientele are weekenders, fishermen and leisure sailors.
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A Selection of Memories from Leighton Buzzard
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. Here are some from Leighton Buzzard
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First real memories of Leighton Buzzard was being ‘put down’ for my afternoon nap as a child of about 5, and listening to the Church bells just the over the road.
Another memory must be an early one as I remember the Stock market with all the sheep etc in the yard behind the High Street Pub, and the High Street itself full to bursting with market stalls and people.
Another memory is of my Tricycle, riding it ...see more
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
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