Scope and Content
Borough of North Bedfordshire Official Guide.
Includes features on:
- The Borough of North Bedfordshire
- The River Great Ouse
- Shopping in Bedford
- North Bedfordshire Borough Council
- Details of the Rural Parishes of North Bedfordshire
- Information Guide
- Churches and Chapels
- Bedford through the centuries
- Buildings of Interest
- Prominent Bedfordians
- Education in North Bedfordshire
- Recreation and Leisure in North Bedfordshire
- A Guide to Industry and Commerce in the Borough (with brief histories of companies including: Alpha Systems Ltd, Amberley Machine Tools Ltd, Amos Horsburgh & Co, Anglia Graphics Ltd, Associated Asphalt Co Ltd, Bedford Marine Ltd, Bedfordshire Storage and Haulage Co Ltd, D F Bennett & Son, Binney & Smith (Europe) Ltd, Birch & Chester Ltd, British Mica Company Ltd, Henry Burt & Son Ltd, William J Bushby Ltd, Challenge Industrial Fastenings Ltd, Charter Preservation Company, City Electrical Factors Ltd, C Cook & Co, Cryselco Ltd, Reginald Dickens Ltd, Dobb Brothers Ltd, Eezion Ltd, T I Fords Ltd, Foremost Installations (Engineers) Ltd, Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd, Granada TV Rental, Harris & Son (Bedford) Ltd, Harrold Leather Manufacturing Co Ltd, Hobkirk Castings Ltd, Horeshoe Coaches ltd, C A E C Howard Ltd, I C P Wipers Ltd, Kingston Insulation, Kismet Dynaflex Ltd, Bill Kreis, Edward Martell & Co Ltd, Melton Data Service, Metrosigns Plastics Ltd, Midland Structures Ltd, New City Heating Co Ltd, Alec Norman (Garages) Ltd, Oakley Fuels Ltd, Odell Leather Industries Ltd, Olympia Merchants (Bedford) Ltd, A B Optimus Ltd, James Perkins & Son Ltd, R K S Precision Engineers Ltd, Ralston Engineering Company Ltd, Redpath Dorman Long Ltd, Re-Nu Electrical Service, Ripper Systems Ltd, T I Robertson Ltd, Robinson & Hall, Colley Sampson, R B Sanders & Co (Kempston) Ltd, Simplatroll, Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd, Tarpaulins Coverco (IPS) Ltd, E F Taylor & Co Ltd, T I Interlock, Transmatic Fyllan Ltd, UBM Building Services Ltd, Gabriel Wade (Eastern) Ltd, Walmax Insulations, Wichita Company Ltd and Williams & Glyn's Bank Ltd.)
Black and white photos of: Harpur Centre Blore façade, cottages in Elstow, Kempston Grange in Addison Howard Park, Oakley Bridge, Sharnbrook, Stevington, Baptist church Putnoe, Elstow church, and many as in /1
Colour photos of: Bedford Town Centre from the County Hotel, Suspension Bridge at the Embankment