EAW049226 ENGLAND (1953). The town centre, Bedford, 1953
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| Title | [EAW049226] The town centre, Bedford, 1953 |
| Reference | EAW049226 |
| Date | 11-May-1953 |
| Link | |
| Place name | BEDFORD |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 504934, 249754 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.46664360603422, 52.135698543186 |
| National Grid Reference | TL049498 |
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 Mortuary |
Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com |
Wednesday 9th of April 2025 01:11:59 PM |
 35 High Street. This used to be Henry Bacchus ironmongers shop but is now a Wilkinson's store. |
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Wednesday 13th of December 2017 03:56:22 PM |
 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 04:32:10 PM |
The Granada wasn't demolished to make way for Lidl. it was in 1998, 7 years after demolition, that work started on the Lidl store. |
Barney |
Sunday 9th of March 2025 04:10:01 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. |
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Tuesday 29th of December 2015 03:29:46 PM |
| Waterloo Road. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 06:38:46 PM |
| Newnham Street. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 06:37:33 PM |
| The Flower Pot public house. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 06:36:12 PM |
 The Coach & Horses public house. The attached photo was taken on the 5th April 2009. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 06:30:37 PM |
| These look like the caravans & trailers of Stanley Thurston's Funfair that periodically used this site. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 06:15:57 PM |
| All of this area (Little Butt Street, Great Butt Street, Holt Row & Holme Street) was demolished to make way for the County Hall which has now been renamed Borough Hall. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 06:12:41 PM |
| Buildings on the site of what would become Mander College of Further Education & is now Bedford College. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 06:09:49 PM |
| Houses in Holme Street. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 06:06:13 PM |
| The Bridge Hotel. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 06:03:06 PM |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 05:00:38 PM | |
 The Town & County Club. The attached photo was scanned from a book of photos of old Bedford. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 04:57:05 PM |
 Boer War Memorial. The attached photo was taken on the 10th December 2013. For more details on the memorial, see www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/BedfordBoerWarMemorial.html. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 04:50:41 PM |
| St Mary's Gardens. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 04:46:46 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. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 04:43:21 PM |
| Almshouses in the western half of Dame Alice Street, now demolished. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 04:39:52 PM |
| Almshouses in the eastern half of Dame Alice Street. |
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Wednesday 18th of March 2015 04:39:18 PM |
 In the pavement on this corner of Silver Street is a slab showing where John Bunyan was imprisoned in Bedford County Gaol from 1660 to 1672. The attached photo was taken on the 10th December 2013. |
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Saturday 7th of February 2015 04:19:54 PM |
| Putnoe Lane. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 10:33:24 AM |
| St Andrew's Church. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 10:31:44 AM |
| Murkett Brothers, motor engineers. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 10:27:01 AM |
| Now Bedford Blues Rugby Ground. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 10:26:18 AM |
| Goldington Road. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 10:25:11 AM |
| Castle Road. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 10:23:38 AM |
| This area is now the Royal Mail sorting office. |
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Friday 5th of September 2014 10:21:08 AM |
 This bridge was be demolished in 1958 to make the swimming baths into boat moorings. The attached photo was scanned from a book of photos of old Bedford. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 09:35:49 AM |
 Junction of River Street, Commercial Road & Horne Lane. The attached photo was scanned from a book of photos of old Bedford. |
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Tuesday 10th of June 2014 09:32:33 AM |
| Dane Street. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:44:22 AM |
| Hassett Street. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:39:55 AM |
| Allhallows. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:34:03 AM |
| Priory Street. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:28:32 AM |
| Brereton Road. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:27:55 AM |
| Church Street. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:26:58 AM |
| Alexandra Road |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:26:23 AM |
 Engine & Tender public house, but now converted into shops. The attached photo was taken on 27th February 2012. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:24:59 AM |
| Dynes Brothers Ltd, fruit shop, on the corner of Priory Street. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:22:08 AM |
| Kelly's Milk Bar on the corner of Allhallows Lane. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:16:42 AM |
| Gravel Lane. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:13:14 AM |
| Costin Street. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:11:58 AM |
| Maitland Street. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:11:12 AM |
| Battison Street. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:10:28 AM |
| Midland Motor Co. Ltd. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:09:53 AM |
| Weston Street. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:06:48 AM |
| Prebend Street. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 10:05:55 AM |
 George Cooper & Son Ltd, seed merchants, on the corner of Midland Road & Rutland Road. The attached photo was taken on 5th April 2009. |
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Saturday 7th of June 2014 09:11:05 AM |
| Bedford Prison. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 08:17:27 PM |
| St Peter de Merton Church. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 08:16:48 PM |
| Bedford Boys School. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 08:14:56 PM |
| Kimbolton Road. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 08:14:04 PM |
| Bedford Croquet Club. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 08:12:43 PM |
| Bedford Hospital North Wing. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 08:10:41 PM |
 Schweppes Ltd Ice Factory at 24 Lurke Street. The attached photo was taken in the mid 1960's. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 08:09:17 PM |
| The Bunyan Meeting House. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 08:01:52 PM |
| St Cuthbert's Church. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 08:00:33 PM |
| Mill Street. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:59:48 PM |
| Royal County Theatre & Opera House. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:59:01 PM |
 The Grafton Hotel on the corner of Midland Road & Grafton Road. The attached photo was taken on 5th April 2009. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:58:27 PM |
| Ford End Road to Queens Park. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:52:51 PM |
| Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Child & St. Joseph on the coner of Midland Road & Brereton Road. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:52:13 PM |
| Shops in Silver Street. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:50:04 PM |
 Telephone House in St Loyes Street. The attached photo was taken on 13th June 2013. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:49:29 PM |
| The Empire Cinema. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:45:26 PM |
| Midland Road. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:44:13 PM |
| James Street between Woolworth's & British Home Stores. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:43:37 PM |
| British Home Stores. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:42:37 PM |
| F.W. Woolworth & Co Ltd. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:42:00 PM |
| Sainsburys. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:41:10 PM |
| Marks & Spencers shop on the corner of Midland Road and Harpur Street. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:39:52 PM |
| The Co-op Store. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:39:05 PM |
| Prebend Street Bridge. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:38:34 PM |
| River Street. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:37:44 PM |
| Salvation Army Citadel. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:37:06 PM |
| Charles Wells Brewery. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:36:17 PM |
| Horne Lane. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:35:15 PM |
| Commercial Road. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:34:49 PM |
| Commercial Road cattle market. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:34:04 PM |
| Electricity power station. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:33:09 PM |
| Commercial Road open air swimming pool. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:32:16 PM |
| Castle Lane. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:31:23 PM |
| The Swan Hotel. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:30:45 PM |
| The Plaza Cinema. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:30:23 PM |
| Castle Mound. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:29:40 PM |
| The Picturedrome Cinema. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:28:55 PM |
| River Great Ouse |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:27:48 PM |
| St Paul's Church. |
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Friday 6th of June 2014 07:27:24 PM |
