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EAW032052 ENGLAND (1950). The Britannia Iron and Steel Works off Kempston Road, the River Great Ouse and environs, Bedford, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
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| Pennawd | [EAW032052] The Britannia Iron and Steel Works off Kempston Road, the River Great Ouse and environs, Bedford, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
| Cyfeirnod | EAW032052 |
| Dyddiad | 23-August-1950 |
| Dolen | |
| Enw lle | BEDFORD |
| Plwyf | |
| Ardal | |
| Gwlad | ENGLAND |
| Dwyreiniad / Gogleddiad | 504385, 248879 |
| Hydred / Lledred | -0.47493145307228, 52.12793774605 |
| Cyfeirnod Grid Cenedlaethol | TL044489 |
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 Turntable. |
melgibbs |
Friday 5th of September 2014 10:07:14 AM |
 London Midland Region Railway Coal Wharf. The attached photo was taken on 7th December 2013 and shows that area now needs some tidying up. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 10:05:25 AM |
| Mitchells & Butlers Brewery in King's Place. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:59:29 AM |
| King's Place. The Dew Drop Inn was on the corner of Britannia Road, but it is hidden by the trees. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:57:58 AM |
| Britannia Place. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:55:53 AM |
| King's Place. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:53:29 AM |
| Murkett Brothers, motor engineers. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:51:43 AM |
| The Plaza Cinema, no longer there. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:50:40 AM |
| The Town & County Club. This became the reference library before it moved into the main library building in Harpur Street, but this building is no longer there. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:49:27 AM |
| The Swan Hotel. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:47:11 AM |
| St Mary's Church. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:46:27 AM |
| St John's Church. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:45:41 AM |
| Mitchells & Butlers Brewery, now Danfoss heating controls. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:44:31 AM |
| I remember a steel wire that used to go across the river about here into the land of the steel works, but I'm not sure what it was used for. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:34:16 AM |
| Britannia Works. The whole site is now housing development. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:32:10 AM |
| Britannia Works Social Club, no longer there. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:31:18 AM |
| Steps & path to signal box. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:30:24 AM |
| Mrs Hester's bungalow & garden at 66 Kempton Road. It was knocked down to make way for industrial units. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:29:07 AM |
 A horse trough on Kempston Road, opposite Whitbread Avenue. The attached photo was scanned from a book of photos of old Bedford. Austin Cannons also shown in the photo was along the road, just in the Kempston boundary. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:21:55 AM |
| Signal Box. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 09:13:57 AM |
| This was Rye Close, the private wing of the hospital. The building is still there but it is now part of the eye clinic. |
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Thursday 31st of July 2014 10:30:37 AM |
| This wall was knocked down in the early 1950's when the cycle track and bridge was built over the river to Queens Park. |
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Thursday 31st of July 2014 10:28:34 AM |
| Mr Smith's boat yard. He used to operate the Silvery Ouse pleasure crafts on the river. |
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Thursday 31st of July 2014 10:26:20 AM |
| St Leonard's Church Hall. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:32:14 PM |
| St Leonard's Church in Victoria Road. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:31:48 PM |
| Edward Road. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:31:13 PM |
| The Queen's Head public house. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:30:52 PM |
| Cauldwell Walk. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:30:20 PM |
| Electricity Power Station in Prebend Street. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:29:27 PM |
| The Black Diamond public house on the corner of Prebend Street and Cauldwell Street. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:28:28 PM |
| The Crown public house on the corner of Britannia Road. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:27:27 PM |
| Fire station. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:26:24 PM |
| A gents urinal, like a French pissoire. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:25:27 PM |
| Ampthill Road. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:22:36 PM |
| St Paul's church. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:21:52 PM |
| Allotments. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:21:26 PM |
| Whitbread Avenue, but sadly the trees have long gone. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:21:10 PM |
| Whitbread Avenue Post Office, now a general store. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:19:51 PM |
| Cauldwell Lodge, still there. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:19:05 PM |
| Kempston Road, Bedford. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:18:22 PM |
| Bus garage. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:17:54 PM |
| Cauldwell House, now demolished and replaced by housing development. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:12:05 PM |
| My paternal grandparent's house in Stafford Road. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:11:22 PM |
| River Great Ouse. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:09:43 PM |
| My father's aviary. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:09:17 PM |
| Mrs Raker's washing on the line at number 3. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:08:03 PM |
| Allotments. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:06:25 PM |
| Granville Street. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 08:05:55 PM |
| site of old infirmary 1805-1899 |
peter |
Sunday 4th of May 2014 04:00:42 PM |
| the old operating theatre now pharmacy |
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Sunday 4th of May 2014 03:59:15 PM |
| pre fab ward richard wells demolished 2000s contained a small operating theatre (ENT) |
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Sunday 4th of May 2014 03:54:04 PM |
| site of old fever hospital |
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Sunday 4th of May 2014 03:48:10 PM |
Cyfraniadau Grŵp
See also image EAW032055. |
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Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:30:48 PM |