Luton, From The Air c.1955
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L117301
More about this scene
As part of a commitment to education, the Wheatsheaf pub and King Edward VII School had to make way for a new College of Advanced Technology on Market Hill in 1957. Other landmarks, like the Central Library and the Grand Theatre, would also be gone by the early 1960s. Great changes were imminent when the picture on the right was taken. Slum areas like Latimer Road, New Town and High Town were cleared as part of a major housing regeneration scheme. A whole world of corner shops and little communities was disappearing, but what was the alternative? For a while old customs like the annual Co- op day parade would continue, but with Luton about to be put well and truly on the local map, even bigger changes were afoot. The motorway was coming.
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