EAW018296 ENGLAND (1948). Construction of the prefabricated housing estate around Pilgrims Way and environs, Elstow, 1948. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
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| Title | [EAW018296] Construction of the prefabricated housing estate around Pilgrims Way and environs, Elstow, 1948. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
| Reference | EAW018296 |
| Date | 24-August-1948 |
| Link | |
| Place name | ELSTOW |
| Parish | ELSTOW |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 504933, 247714 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.46728758936182, 52.117362549008 |
| National Grid Reference | TL049477 |
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 Future site of Abbey School. |
Jet |
Tuesday 3rd of March 2015 03:15:20 PM |
| Stapleton Road not yet built. East-end working mens club would soon be constructed where the track across the field joins Mile Road. |
Jet |
Tuesday 3rd of March 2015 03:05:22 PM |
| No.43 Pilgrims Way, I was born in this prefab. :-) |
Jet |
Tuesday 3rd of March 2015 02:36:00 PM |
| Ampthill Road A6 |
Class31 |
Monday 24th of March 2014 04:59:46 PM |
| Victoria Road |
Class31 |
Monday 24th of March 2014 04:58:50 PM |
| Edward Road |
Class31 |
Monday 24th of March 2014 04:58:11 PM |
 Moot Hall on the village green. The attached photo is from a 2009 Yesteryear Calendar, published by Bedfordshire & Luton Archive & Records Service Collection. |
melgibbs |
Thursday 6th of February 2014 06:33:31 PM |
I was 'page boy' to the May Queen in 1949. I have about 10 or more photographs of the occasion. |
Bedford1944 |
Thursday 6th of February 2014 08:15:09 PM |
| One of my uncles lived in this last house in Foster Road, Kempston. |
melgibbs |
Thursday 9th of January 2014 07:35:07 PM |
| Kempston East Methodist Church in Bedford Road, Kempston. |
melgibbs |
Thursday 9th of January 2014 07:34:10 PM |
| Grange Camp, army camp. |
melgibbs |
Thursday 9th of January 2014 07:32:25 PM |
| bedford asylum c1820 old burial ground this area has never been built on |
peter |
Thursday 9th of January 2014 07:18:23 PM |
| Bedford Town football ground, now the site of Charles Wells Brewery. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:51:40 PM |
| The Angel, public house, on the corner of Elstow Road & Haynes Road. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:49:46 PM |
| Footbridge over the Bedford to Bletchley railway line. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:46:30 PM |
| Meltis sports ground. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:45:20 PM |
| Meltis Chocolate Factory. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:44:26 PM |
| Mile Road. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:43:33 PM |
| Electricity sub-station. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:36:25 PM |
| Allotments. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:35:41 PM |
| Bedford Gas Works in Queens Park. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:34:50 PM |
| Rear of Kempston Barracks. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:33:47 PM |
| River Great Ouse. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:32:50 PM |
| Houses under construction. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:31:49 PM |
| Blundell Place. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:31:12 PM |
| Gostwick Road. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:30:33 PM |
| Berkeley Road. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:29:21 PM |
| Luke Place. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:28:26 PM |
| Pilgrim Close. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:26:28 PM |
| Mowbray Road. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:26:03 PM |
| Pigrims Way. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:24:44 PM |
Lived here from 1944-1949 |
Bedford1944 |
Thursday 6th of February 2014 09:04:30 PM |
| Elstow Abbey Church. Note the detached tower. |
melgibbs |
Saturday 21st of December 2013 09:23:47 PM |