EAW018298 ENGLAND (1948). The Cosmic Crayon Works, Miller Road Recreation Ground and surrounding residential areas, South End, 1948. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

CVHQ RCT (Central Volunteer Headquarters Royal Corps of Transport) was located at Grange Camp, Kempston, Bedford. This photo was taken at Summer Camp 1970 or 1971 and shows some fearsome armed volunteers including a very young Class31 I would be hard pressed to name the others in the photo.

area known as the bend favored by swimmers the river at this point was straightened out in 1979 and the bend disappeared but you can still see traces of it in field markings

the mill bridge kempston this one was washed away by floods in the mid 1960s and replaed by todays one some of the old supports can still be seen in the river

kempston rovers football ground

dutch barn

rifle range

Church of the Transfiguration.

Honey Hill Road, Queens Park.

Austin Canons.

Electricity sub-station.

Bedford to London railway line.

Sexton Avenue.

Harefield Avenue.

Cosmic Avenue.

Lynton Grove.

Prefabs in Pilgrims Way.

Hope Road.

Beechdale Road.

Harewood Road.

Gloucester Road.

Kelvin Avenue.

Brackley Road.

Kennedy Road.

Southville Road.

Maryville Road.

Churchville Road.

Eastville Road.

College Road.

Muswell Road.

Mabel Road.

Bunyan Road.

Offa Road.

Sandhurst Road.

Victoria Road.

Edward Road.

W.H.A Robertson engineering works. This has been knocked down and a Morrisons supermarket built on the site.

W.H.A. Robertson, engineering works. This has been knocked down and a car dealership built on the site.

Cauldwell Walk.

Houses in Biddenham.

Vicarage Farm on the Box End Road.

The Back Channel which leaves the main river by Kempston Church (All Saints) and rejoins the main river just past Kempston Mill.

Church End, Kempston.

Kempston Cemetery.

Cemetery Road.

River Great Ouse.

Houses in King Street.

Ashdale Avenue.

Birchdale Avenue.

Sanders Leather Works in College Street.

Houses in Spring Road.

Rear of Kempston Barracks.

Kempston Road, Bedford.

Bedford Road, Kempston.

River Great Ouse.

Stafford Road.

Granville Street.

Whitbread Avenue.

Kempston East Methodist Church.

One of my uncle's used to live in this end house.

Foster Road, Kempston.

Grange Camp, army camp.

Ampthill Road.

The privately owned Bedfordshire Middle Class Public School. It changed it's name to The County School and finally to Elstow School before it closed in 1916. The old school buildings were used by Cosmic Crayon Company until 1964 when they were knocked down and replaced by the offices of Robinson Rentals, now Granada TV Rentals.

Miller Road.

Elstow Road.

Mile Road.

Footbridge over the Bedford to Bletchley railway line.

Meltis sports ground.

Meltis chocolate factory. They were bought out by Suchard, but this has been knocked down and houses built on the site.

War Memorial. The attached photo was taken on 7th December 2013. For more details on the memorial, see www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/KempstonWarMemorialBarracks.html.