EAW032055 ENGLAND (1950). The Britannia Iron and Steel Works off Kempston Road, the Bedford General Hospital and environs, Bedford, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

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Title [EAW032055] The Britannia Iron and Steel Works off Kempston Road, the Bedford General Hospital and environs, Bedford, 1950. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
Reference EAW032055
Date 23-August-1950
Link
Place name BEDFORD
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 504411, 248919
Longitude / Latitude -0.47453945742651, 52.128292368166
National Grid Reference TL044489

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Bedford Bridge, Bedford, 02/06/2014

Class31
Wednesday 4th of June 2014 09:02:59 AM
St. Mary's Church, Bedford, 02/06/2014

Class31
Wednesday 4th of June 2014 09:00:51 AM
The Swan Hotel, Bedford, 02/06/2014

Class31
Wednesday 4th of June 2014 08:59:45 AM
Horse Trough. The attached scan of a photo from a book of old Bedford photos shows the horse trough and Austin Canons which was just up the road in Kempston.

melgibbs
Monday 28th of April 2014 09:23:24 PM
Whitbread Avenue Post Office.

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Monday 28th of April 2014 09:19:09 PM
Cauldwell Lodge (still there).

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Monday 28th of April 2014 09:18:34 PM
Cauldwell Walk.

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Monday 28th of April 2014 09:17:56 PM
St Leonard's Church Hall.

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Monday 28th of April 2014 09:16:30 PM
St Leonard's Church.

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Monday 28th of April 2014 09:16:07 PM
Victoria Road.

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Monday 28th of April 2014 09:15:32 PM

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Monday 28th of April 2014 09:15:04 PM
The Queens Head pub.

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Monday 28th of April 2014 09:14:42 PM
Britannia Works Social Club.

melgibbs
Monday 28th of April 2014 09:13:31 PM
This island is still there.

melgibbs
Monday 28th of April 2014 06:07:18 PM
One of Mr Smith's pleasure cruisers.

melgibbs
Monday 28th of April 2014 06:06:43 PM
Mr Smith's boat yard. He kept some of his electric pleasure boats here and some at his house (which is now The Barns Hotel) in Cardington Road. I visited his house once and was surprised that he had a stage coach in one of his barns.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:27:48 PM
Cauldwell House, now housing development.

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Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:25:53 PM
Railway line from Bedford to London.

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Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:25:17 PM
Kempston Road, Bedford.

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Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:24:07 PM
Bedford Hospital South Wing.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:23:42 PM
My grandparent's house in Stafford Road.

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Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:23:06 PM
Whitbread Avenue (the trees are no longer there).

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Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:21:40 PM
River Great Ouse.

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Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:20:51 PM

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Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:20:26 PM

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Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:20:05 PM

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Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:19:35 PM
My dad's allotment.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:17:52 PM
Number 4 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). This view from 1950 also shows my dad's aviary at the bottom of the garden and his allotment over the back wall.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:17:01 PM

User Comment Contributions

The Embankment & River Great Ouse, Bedford, 02/06/2014

Class31
Wednesday 4th of June 2014 09:05:35 AM
See also image EAW032052.

melgibbs
Saturday 26th of April 2014 06:28:44 PM