EAW032051 ENGLAND (1950). The Britannia Iron and Steel Works off Kempston Road and environs, Bedford, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

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Title [EAW032051] The Britannia Iron and Steel Works off Kempston Road and environs, Bedford, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
Reference EAW032051
Date 23-August-1950
Link
Place name BEDFORD
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 504535, 249006
Longitude / Latitude -0.47270175246093, 52.129050910347
National Grid Reference TL045490

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The Crown Public House

Greens_Peace
Tuesday 14th of April 2020 11:05:25 AM
Grange Camp which was the Central Volunteer Headquarters Royal Corps of Transport in the early 1970's. I spent a number of weekends here.

Class31
Wednesday 2nd of September 2015 03:31:45 PM
Bedford Gas Works in Queens Park.

melgibbs
Monday 16th of March 2015 03:19:29 PM
bedford hospital c1900 old isolation block now heartlessly surounded by modern buildings just visible from britannia road

peter
Sunday 1st of June 2014 05:28:47 PM
site of old infirmary 1803-1899 demolished 1900 site now A+E and outpatients

peter
Tuesday 27th of May 2014 01:32:36 PM
old operating theatre now pharmacy

peter
Tuesday 27th of May 2014 01:28:38 PM
Bedford Hospital South Wing.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:11:09 PM
The Queens Head pub (now empty) on the corner of Edward Road.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:10:23 PM

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:08:43 PM

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:08:21 PM
Kempston Road, Bedford.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:07:38 PM
Bedford Road, Kempston.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:07:16 PM

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:06:22 PM
Cauldwell Lodge (still there).

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:05:58 PM
Cauldwell House. Now housing development.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:05:22 PM
Whitbread Avenue.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:04:49 PM
Stafford Road.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:04:21 PM
Granville Street. I was born here in 1947 so probably in the house when the plane flew over. The attached photo from the Bedford & Luton Archives & Record Service shows the street in about 1905 (the houses were built in 1901).

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:03:50 PM
Railway line from Bedford to London.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 05:56:31 PM
River Great Ouse.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 05:55:47 PM
Cable drums. This area was an Eastern Electricity Board depot.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 05:55:07 PM
Austin Canons. Now housing development.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 05:53:48 PM
Electricity sub-station.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 05:52:14 PM
There was a plaque here on a tree stump to mark where Giuseppe Garibaldi planted a Giant Sequoia tree when he visited on 15 April 1864. This area is now housing development.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 05:51:07 PM

User Comment Contributions

There are some notes about the Britannia Works at:

http://virtual-library.culturalservices.net/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.digitised_resources/bedford_trades_britannia_works_article.htm.

melgibbs
Monday 16th of March 2015 03:16:26 PM