EPW037887 ENGLAND (1932). The town and surrounding countryside, Kempston, from the south-west, 1932

I was born here in March 1964. 2 houses next to The Duke. They were knocked down not long after

The Lodge care home

Sunblest Bakery, Rlstow Rd

This was an area known as The Croft, now The Maples

These bungalows were probably numbered 318 & 320 Bedford Road as the present house numbers on Bedford Road jump from 316 to 322. The attached Google satellite view shows the housing devlopment in that area.

St John's Church, demolished in about 1966. For more details see www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Kempston/ChurchOfSaintJohn.aspx.

This was the Horseshoe Coach Depot. One of their contracts was to take workers to/from the brickworks. The area has now been developed into a small block of flats called Horseshoe Court.

Buildings in College Street.

Houses in Spring Road.

Ontario Cottages.

i lived in these old thatch cottages in the early 1960s before moving to campbell close

wyatt road, campbell close, and the glen are now here

kempston rovers football ground

St John's Alms Houses. For more details see www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Kempston/SaintJohnsHomesKempston.aspx.

This area is now a Lidl's store.

Kempston War Memorial. The attached photo was taken on the 20th December 2013. For more details on the memorial, see www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/KempstonRollofHonour.html.

This is where Foster Road is now.

The Cross Roads. The associated photo taken in 1955 is from the Francis Frith collection. Taken with Bedford Road behind the camera and the High Street to the right.

Kempston Barracks

Now Addison Howard Park

Up End School

Woburn Road, Kempston

Kempston East Methodist Church

Silver Street, Kempston

Now the Sainsbury's Store, kempston

Bedford Road, Kempston

High Street, Kempston

Houses in St John's Street

Bunyan Road

Elstow Road, Kempston

River Great Ouse

Bedford Gas Works in Queens Park.