EAW003716 ENGLAND (1947). The River Great Ouse in flood through the town, Bedford, from the south-east, 1947

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Title [EAW003716] The River Great Ouse in flood through the town, Bedford, from the south-east, 1947
Reference EAW003716
Date 18-March-1947
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Place name BEDFORD
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 505175, 249434
Longitude / Latitude -0.46322234233779, 52.132776457724
National Grid Reference TL052494

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The rear of the Granada Cinema that was demolished in 1991 to make way for a Lidl's supermarket. The attached photo of a plaque on the store wall was taken in St Peter's Street on the 16th March 2017.

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Friday 17th of March 2017 04:17:03 PM
This area will be the Riverside North Development, providing cinemas, hotel & residential properties due for completion by December 2017. The attached photo was taken on 28th December 2015.

melgibbs
Tuesday 29th of December 2015 03:26:34 PM
Bedford Modern School. This frontage is all that remains of the building after it was redeveloped as the Harpur Centre shops. The attached composite photo of plaques either side of the entrance were taken on the 2nd September 2015 and 28th May 2015.

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Sunday 6th of September 2015 04:01:44 PM
Midland Railway Mainline to the north

Alastair Charles
Friday 24th of July 2015 01:06:28 PM
Ardor House on the corner of Dame Alice Street & The Broadway. This was the Gas Board Showroom (now a jewellers), but during WW2 the offices above were used to train code-breakers for Bletchley Park, working on Japanese encoded messages. It became known as "The Spy School". The attached photo was taken on the 2nd March 2015.

melgibbs
Monday 2nd of March 2015 11:27:14 AM
Statue of John Howard. The attached photo was taken on the 10th December 2013. For more details on John Howard, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_(prison_reformer).

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Friday 6th of February 2015 07:55:37 PM

dave m
Tuesday 20th of January 2015 11:13:39 AM
Chetham's Boathouse

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Tuesday 20th of January 2015 11:02:26 AM
Randalls Ironmonger etc Warehouse

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Tuesday 20th of January 2015 11:00:11 AM
River Great Ouse.

melgibbs
Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:41:32 PM
The Bedford & County Club.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:38:51 PM
Priory Street Bowling Green.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:37:16 PM
Water fountain. The attached photo was taken on the 10th December 2013.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:35:30 PM
The Saracen's Head public house.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:31:12 PM
Corn Exchange.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:28:31 PM
Holy Trinity Church in Bromham Road.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:28:02 PM
Bedford Girls High School.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:26:56 PM
Bedford Prison.

melgibbs
Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:26:01 PM
Salvation Army Citadel in River Street.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:24:56 PM
Charles Wells Brewery.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:23:59 PM
Charles Wells water pumping station in Park Road North. The attached photo was taken on the 24th November 2013.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:20:59 PM

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:18:16 PM
Bedford Cemetery.

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Thursday 19th of December 2013 08:17:51 PM
The Swan Hotel.

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Monday 16th of December 2013 07:01:16 PM
Boer War Memorial. For details of the memorial see www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/BedfordBoerWarMemorial.html.

melgibbs
Monday 16th of December 2013 07:00:51 PM
The Bridge Hotel.

melgibbs
Saturday 24th of August 2013 10:08:57 AM
Nicholls and Sons Garage.

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Saturday 24th of August 2013 10:08:32 AM
St Marys Church.

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Saturday 24th of August 2013 10:06:40 AM

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Saturday 24th of August 2013 10:06:06 AM
The Picturedrome Cinema, also known as The Fleapit.

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Saturday 24th of August 2013 10:05:20 AM
St Pauls Church.

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Saturday 24th of August 2013 10:03:45 AM