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Newspaper Scrapbook (entries mainly from The Bedfordshire Times) Sharnbrook area: Items include: loose at front: Public Enqiry on Odell Gravel Pits page 5 building of St Peter's Close 11 May 1962 page 12 Mrs Katherine Winder 100, 1 June 1962 page 16 C.P.Robinson retiring after 50 years as a Butcher, 8 June 1962 page 30 Sharnbrook Operatic Society visit to Waterford International Festival of Light Opera, August to September 1962; Sharnbrook Horticulural Show, 7 September 1962 page 37 St Peter's Close officially opened, October 1962 page 39 Memorial to Dr Parbury: St Luke the Physician in Sharnbrook Church by Kate Parbury, 26 October 1962 pages 47-48 Stewardship Campaign for Church started, November 1962 page 59 Janes brings Town Houses to Sharnbrook, (Church Lane Estate), 14 October 1965 page 68 Upper Farm gutted by fire, 1965 page 69 death of Joseph Wilks, Bedfordshire Highway Surveyors and Lay Reader, 29 March 1963 page 70 Long Service watches for 3 Unilever employees including Colonel Corbett; 21 years of Sharnbrook and North Bedfordshire Amateur Operatic Society, 29 March 1963 page 71 Civic Award for St Peter's Close, May 1963 page 73, Sharnbrook defeated in County Junior Cup at football (including photograph), 24 May 1963 page 80 pavilion opened, July 1963 page 102 Earthworks at Castle Close, October 1963 page 105 retirement of George Cox from Hipwells of Stoke Mills, 29 November 1963 page 111 death of H.B.Paynter farmer of Sharnbrook Manor, March 1964 page 113 first marriage at the Baptist Chapel for 30 years, April 1964 pages 119 & 136 Modern stonework at Stevington and Upper Farm, Sharnbrook, September 1964 page 137 Profile of Colonel J.R.Marriott, builder, 4 September 1964, page 147 awards to Sharnbrook Junior Red Cross, November 1964 page 162 Sharnbrook wins Best Kept Village Competition, 1965, July 1965 new swimming pool at Sharnbrook School (1994 John Gibbard Lower School), July 1965; Temple Manor Stewponds in danger, 10 Sept 1965 page 167 Expansion of Hinwick Hall for the Disabled. Same page Sharnbrook Amateur Theatre Trust Limited win prize at Waterford Festival same date; death of Mrs Winder aged 103, November 1965 pages 170-172 Odell Gravel Enquiry page 170 Garage allowed at the junction of Park Lane and the A6, November 1965 page 173 Fire at Coffle End Cottages Nov 1965 page 173 death of T.J.Pacey, Sharnbrook builder. Same date page 174 death of Frank Hipwell, 24 December 1965 loose at back Spotlight on Sharnbrook commenting on the effect of the Credit Squeese on plans to turn Sharnbrook into a town of 3000 people; in same article photographs of all the pupils (named) at the Lower School. 1965 At the back list of local Marriages for which there are cuttings in this book. THE DATES GIVEN ARE THE DATES THAT THE ITEM OCCURRED IN THE NEWSPAPER; NOT THE DATE OF THE ACTUAL EVENT.

1962-1965

From: 1962 To: 1965

item

Winder, Katherine,
Robinson, C P,
Parbury,
Parbury, Kate,
Janes,
Wilks, Joseph,
Corbett,
Unilever Ltd,
Hipwell,
Cox, George,
Paynter, H.B.,
Marriott, J.R.,
Red Cross,
Pacey, T.J.,
Hipwell, Frank

gravel, butcher, music societies, operas, CHURCH, Sharnbrook Upper Farm, FIRE, football, photographs, farmer, Baptist chapels, specific marriages, builder, Sharnbrook School, general disability, Sharnbrook Amateur Theatre Trust, A6, Sharnbrook Lower School, SHARNBROOK, ODELL, Sharnbrook St.Peters Close, Waterford, Sharnbrook Church Lane, Sharnbrook Castle Close, Sharnbrook Stoke Mills, STEVINGTON, Hinwick Hall, Sharnbrook Park Lane, Sharnbrook Coffle End