WW2/AR/CA1/1/3

File regarding return of requisitioned or otherwise occupied premises and action taken. The file is divided up into individual premises and each entry below records [where the information is given]: the location of the premises: - owner (and former occupier); - purpose of requisition; - action taken at the end of the requisition period; - other information of note; - dates of requisition Refuse Destructor, Barkers Lane, Bedford: - Bedford Borough Council; (Bedford Borough Council); - Decontamination Laundry; - demolition of laundry at a cost of 48/2/0; - ? - 1946? The Angel Hotel, Elstow Road, Bedford (garage): - Wells & Winch Ltd.; - Wardens' Post G1; - compensation of 24/11/0 paid regarding dilapidations; - 1 Sep 1939 - 19 Oct 1945 Eastman's Ltd, Harpur Street, Bedford (basement): - Association Buildings Ltd. of Harpur Street; (Eastman's Ltd. of Weddel House, West Smithfield [London]); - public air raid shelter; - compensation for reinstatement of 36/10/0 paid; - 21 Mar 1940 - 26 Feb 1948 Newnham Avenue, Bedford: - Bedford Borough Council; (Bedford Borough Council); - No.5 Rescue Party Depot; - 38/1/0 paid to demolish protected accommodation and 70/13/0 paid to reinstate cart shed; - the file also refers to Ambulance Depot No.7 at Newnham Avenue; - ? - 1947? The Gordon Arms Billiard Hall, Castle Road, Bedford: - Charles Wells Ltd. of Horne Lane, Bedford; (Archibald Edward Johnson of The Gordon Arms); - Civil Defence Training Centre; - rent of 67 per annum paid together with 242/1/6 in lieu of reinstatement; - the file includes an agreement of 8 Aug 1939 between Bedford Borough Council and A.E.Johnson for Borough Council tenancy of the premises, the Borough Council retaining possession until 1945; - 14 Aug 1939 - 25 Dec 1945 Garage at rear of 171-5 Tavistock Street, Bedford: - Captain C.V.Clarke; (Trailer Direct Supply Company Ltd.); - Wardens' Post C.3; - rent of 6/15/4 per quarter paid and 11/12/10 paid on surrender; - note that 171 Tavistock Street was used as a Fire Action Post; - 1 Sep 1939 - 3 Jul 1940. Yard at rear of 24 - 26 Cauldwell Street, Bedford: - executors of the late Frederick Ray - public air raid shelters; - the shelter was demolished during the building of the new Bedford College of Further Education; - ? - 24 Jan 1947 London Road Recreation Ground, Bedford: - Bedford Corporation; (Bedford Corporation); - hut serving as Rescue Party Depot - the file includes correspondence regarding possible use by Bedfordshire County Council as a Youth Club Headquarters but Bedford Corporation preferred to see the building demolished. - ? - c.1947 Public Assistance Institution, Biggleswade: - Cleansing Station and Equipment Store; - the file includes a list of alterations necessary to reinstate the premises; - ? - c.1947

From: 1940 To: 1947

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Wells & Winch,
Eastman's Limited,
Association Buildings Limited,
Johnson, Archibald Edward,
Clarke, C.V.,
Trailer Direct Supply Company Limited,
Ray, Frederick

Bedford Borough, laundries, Bedford Angel Hotel, Air Raid Precautions, ambulances, Bedford Gordon Arms, billiards, civil defence fire, recreation grounds, colleges, Bedford College of Further Education, Poor Law Union Workhouses, youth clubs, Bedfordshire County Council, BEDFORD, BIGGLESWADE, Bedford Barkers Lane, Bedford Harpur Street, Barkers Lane Refuse Destructor, Bedford, Bedford Elstow Road, Bedford Newnham Avenue, Bedford Castle Road, Bedford Tavistock Street, Bedford Cauldwell Street, Bedford London Road