Reference
AU10/91/1
Title
Letter from F.G.Brightman in Luton to Andrew Underwood:
- he had seen that AU had been commissioned to write the history of Ampthill Urban District Council; he provided the UDC with horse, cart and man for fire fighting before World War One and was also a member of Ampthill Fire Brigade for fifteen years up to 1924;
- he lived in Ampthill for 24 years and married there, he was universally known as Frank; he remembered Superintendent Underwood [AU's grandfather] and Sergeant Stock;
- for some years he sang in Ampthill Wesleyan church choir under Miss F.Goodacre then [Alston] Yorke whom he remembered as a splendid musician and teacher;
- he was 82 in the previous October
Date free text
8 Jan 1973
Production date
From: 1891 To: 1973
Level of description
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