Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Luton, Bedfordshire
- Ampthill, Bedfordshire
- Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
- Dunstable, Bedfordshire
- Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
- Sandy, Bedfordshire
- Kempston, Bedfordshire
- Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire
- Wixams, Bedfordshire
- Whipsnade, Bedfordshire
- Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire
- Potton, Bedfordshire
- Toddington, Bedfordshire
- Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire
- Turvey, Bedfordshire
- Stotfold, Bedfordshire
- Sutton, Bedfordshire
- Flitwick, Bedfordshire
- Shefford, Bedfordshire
- Clophill, Bedfordshire
- Westoning, Bedfordshire
- Great Barford, Bedfordshire
- Harrold, Bedfordshire
- Carlton, Bedfordshire
- Arlesey, Bedfordshire
- Woburn, Bedfordshire
- Stopsley, Bedfordshire
- Silsoe, Bedfordshire
- Lower Stondon, Bedfordshire
- Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire
- Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
- Elstow, Bedfordshire
- Henlow, Bedfordshire
- Tingrith, Bedfordshire
- Totternhoe, Bedfordshire
Photos
1,877 photos found. Showing results 21 to 40.
Maps
948 maps found.
Books
6 books found. Showing results 25 to 6.
Memories
42 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
Family Stories
My family lineage (Samuel) comes from Bedfordshire mainly around Old Warden and Biggleswade. My father always said at bedtime, "right, up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire!"
A memory of Old Warden by
Copse Lane
An uncle, Arthur Garside owned a chemists in Freshwater following his service in the Royal Artillery during World War Two. He made Turkish Delight and would bring one or two trays of lemon and rose flavor when he visited us in ...Read more
A memory of Freshwater by
Dunstable Downs Bedfordshire
At the end of petrol rationing during the late 40's and in the 50's we would regularly visit Dunstable Downs to watch the gliders, all piled into my uncles Morris 8. The gliders would be towed into position at the far end of the ...Read more
A memory of Salford by
Sharpenhoe Clappers & Sundon Hills Bedfordshire
In the post war years, as families rebuilt their lives again, Sundays really were special leisure days and those who were able, bought a small car and enjoyed their afternoon going for rides on quiet ...Read more
A memory of Tralee by
Ballymacscanlon And Wonderfull Ireland
I worked as a consultant engineer in Ireland in the early nineteen ninety's staying in the Carrickdale hotel in Dromad, just over the border, as my base in the South whilst working in Newry. I also ...Read more
A memory of Ballymascanlon by
I Went To Dchs From 1948 To 1953 My Name Was Maureen Hurst Now Peacock
I remember all the people mentioned before . Including Pe teacher called Miss Law. I thought she was lovely. I was also there with Dudley Moore. I sang The lullaby from Midsummer ...Read more
A memory of Dagenham by
Born In Liverstone Road 1948
Sorry to everyone but my memories will be vague as I left the area when I was 3yrs old, to live in Victoria dwellings Battersea Park Road. The family name was Batt Nan Grandad my uncles Terry & Micky shared the house ...Read more
A memory of Battersea by
Happy Days
I was supposed to have been born at the Green.. ended up being at Tynemouth... So I missed out on a commemorative silver spoon given to kids born in wallsend on the day the Queen Mother visited Wallsend.. 1.10.1954.. My family lived at ...Read more
A memory of Wallsend by
Info For Tony Graham
I remember David Lane from Central Drive who was a singer with 'The Mudlarks' Here's some info; They were a family group from Luton, Bedfordshire, originally comprising Jeff Mudd (born 1935), Fred Mudd (1937-2007),[2] and ...Read more
A memory of Collyhurst by
Bad Memories
I am now 73 but still remember my time in the Boy's Home at Biggleswade. I cannot remember how old I was, possibly around 6 to 9. I remember it well because I and a few others ran away from the home because we were being bullied ...Read more
A memory of Biggleswade
Captions
37 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.
It looks out from the escarpment of the Greensand Ridge across the plain of central Bedfordshire through which the Great Ouse meanders.
The shop on the right was replaced in the 1930s by the neo-Georgian offices, Royal Chambers, and beyond the gabled building, now the Bedfordshire Probation Service, several buildings made way for the Granada
Easton Socon was originally in Bedfordshire, `on the borders of Huntingdonshire`; the early 20th-century directories tell us that the parish covered over 7000 acres, but only had a population of 2000
Woburn Sands, right on the Bedfordshire border and bleeding across it, grew up when the railway arrived in 1846; its delightful station in Tudor cottage style is on the Bedford to Bletchley junction
This 75-mile-long footpath winds through the Bedfordshire countryside linking elements of Pilgrim's journeys and the more factual aspects of Bunyan's life.
The sacristy was originally the chapel of St George - the first chapel to be built in Bedfordshire after the Reformation.
The bell that sounds the hours weighs two tonnes, and is the heaviest bell in Bedfordshire. Civic power, like central government, was getting stronger.
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
Historical theory has it that it is possible to link Pilgrim's journeying to various locations within Bedfordshire, and the recent establishment of the John Bunyan Trail attempts to add substance to the
Ampthill Park was for many years the venue for large bi-annual camps organised by the Scout Movement in Bedfordshire.
Typical of many older cottages in central Bedfordshire, the mixture of timber cladding, wattle and daub, tile and thatch gives The Barn a picture postcard look to be envied.
Bedfordshire County Council took over education in 1902, and it was hoped that the Higher Grade School would serve Luton's growing needs.
This statue of one of Bedforshire's famous sons was made by the noted sculptor, Boehm, in 1873, and presented to the town by the then Duke of Bedford in June 1874.
