Scope and Content
Frontispiece: Map of Great Barford.
Page 1. Great Barford River Scenes. Photographs of Bridge Farm in flood, Paddling in the Ouse, Floods May 1952, Gt Barford Bridge, 1952, The Old Poplin Well.
Page 2. Photos of Floods from Willington Road, Looking towards Old Mills and in summer.
Page 3. Photographic postcard of tree struck by lightening on Feb 4th 1916.
Page 4. Vies over fields. Photographs of looking from the Gault Hills, From Windmill Field towards Gt Barford House, River Meadows, Looking from Hill Farm over the village and Looking towards Birchfields Farm.
Page 5. Photographs of Gt Barford bridge in snow and in summer from the Willington Road, Cuckoo Brook Bridge on the Bedford Road before 1925, Cross Roads taken from Watford's Bridge.
Page 6. Photographs of: Green End Bridge, Addingtons Road with sheep, Watford's Bridge August 1926.
Page 7. Cabinet card of Benjamin Jefferies of College Farm, 1905 [digital image available]. Photograph of Mrs Pullen and son Hugh of Brook House in a donkey cart on a visit from Colmworth Rectory to her mother Mrs Wade-Gery of Brook House, c. 1905. In memoriam cards to John Jefferies and John Arnold.
Page 8a. Photographs of: Brook cottage about 1909 with Mrs A Tatman and young W Tatman [digital image available], Outside Mr Watford's about 1906 with Miss E Watford, dressmaker, Miss A Stokes and Mr and Mrs Watford.
Page 8b. Photographs of: Thatched Cottage, Roxton Road, Workhouse Row about 1900, The Maltings High Street, Great Barford House showing the tower as it was when first built, 1854, The Anchor and the path to the locks.
Page 9. Photographs of: Bridge Farm, Bridge Cottage, House on Roxton Road at one time occupied by W Green, agricultural engineer, The Gables, Bedford Road.
Page 10. Photographs of: Mrs A Norman's shop c.1910 and 31 May 1951, The Post Office, 1950 and Corner House Tea Rooms, 1950.
Page 11. The Post Office. Photographs of: North View 1919-1923 [digital image available], The Maltings, 1923-30, and in its 1956 position.
Page 12. Photographs of Telegram delivery by Mr Lawrence on a tricycle in the 1920s, of the Lawrences at the Maltings and at the new post office in 1930.
Page 13a. Copy of 'An Historical Sketch of a Collection of English Carriages at Great Barford' Mr Lewin's Collection on show in the Hoo Gardens, 1955.
Page 13b. Watercolour of Willoughby Farm by J E Keightley.
Page 14. Photographs of Bridge Farm 1952.
Page 15. Photographs of All Saints Church, including from the air, 1943.
Page 16. Photograph of the church and a house during repairs to the church tower in 1955.
Page 17. Notices re. church activities.
Page 18. List of churchwardens from 1876-1956 and newspaper cutting re presentation to Alderman Brown for 50 years service as churchwarden.
Page 19. Watercolour of Gt Barford school by R Everitt.
Page 20-21 History of the school.
Page 22. Photographs of: Children in Silver Street, c.1910, May Girls collecting for soldiers, named group of schoolchildren 1955.
Page 23. Newspaper cutting re lecture given in 1926, History of Gt Barford by J Harold Brown, 1950.
Page 24. Newspaper cutting of obituary of John Arnold Whitchurch (1873-1953) with photograph of Mr Whitchurch and of Gt Barford House.
Page 25. List of men of Gt Barford who served in the First World War.
Page 26. Photographs of farming activities at Gt Barford.
Page 27. Details of doctors of Gt Barford.
Page 28. Newspaper cutting re. Isaac Parker.
Page 29. Photograph of Mr Edmund Webb, policeman c.1890. Photograph of Isaac Parker with his threshing tackle. Newspaper cutting of obituary of W Pitts, bellringer for 60 years.
Page 30. Photograph of Gt Barford bible class 1908. Back row: W Pettitt, E Robinson, B Robinson, P Harris, John Arnold Whitchurch, C Darrington, F Rogers, E Pitts, C Norman, J Draper, R Robinson, E Page. Front row: W Sims, P Wootton, W Pitts, L Goodwin, P Croft, H Pitts, S Sims, J Minney, O Geary, A Croft, G Tatman, G Hall and F Maynard.
Page 31. Photograph of Gt Barford bible class 1911: H Pitts, J H Minney, O Geary, W Hall, Sims, R Robinson, John Arnold Whitchurch, W Sims, L Goodwin, E Robinson, W Pettitt, J Robinson, T Robinson, A Robinson, A Croft, C Goodwin, A V Draper, C Goodwin, B Robinson, J Abbott, Smith Robinson and W Abbott.
Page 32. Newspaper cuttings etc. about bazaars and flower shows, 1916-1952.
Page 33-34 Story about the Home Guard.
Page 35. Programme for Athletic Sports 1922.
Page 36. Programme for Silver Jubilee Celebrations, 1935.
Page 37. Programmes for coronation celebrations, 1937 and 1953.
Page 38. Photograph of E C Pursehouse, J Browning, Newton, S Norman, A Everitt, Mrs Sims, Mrs Pursehouse, Mrs J Norman and Miss Pursehouse. Newspaper cutting re cycle racing 1953.
Page 39. Newspaper cuttings etc re. the Women's Institute.
