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“Focus on Harlington, 1983” scrapbook

1983

From: 1983 To: 1983

containing sections as follows: -score sheets giving a total of 113 marks out of 200 (marked by Bedfordshire Record Office and Bedford Museum), placing it fourth equal in the county; -circulation list; -introduction; -local government; -housing; -education, including social life of children; -social life including religion, sport, cultural and recreational; -communications and mobility; -fashion; -food; -conclusion Including illustrations as follows: -photograph of Harlington Parish Council in session; -photograph of thatched cottages; -sketch map showing types and ages of housing in the village; -drawing of C17th cottages; -photograph of Harlington Manor; -drawing of The Carpenters Arms; -photograph of Park Leys private housing development; -photograph of modern extended house; -photograph of council housing; -photograph of senior citizen’s housing; -photograph of Orchard House sheltered housing complex; -photograph of children on Harlington Lower School; -photograph of exhibit at Flower Festival; -exterior photograph of St.Mary’s church; -photograph of a football match; -photograph of WI rounders team; -photograph of station; -parade of shops; -Sylvia’s farm shop; -PC Gray, the village policeman, with Metro patrol car

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HARLINGTON, policeman, photographs, football, Harlington Lower School, churches, shops, Women's Institutes, HOUSING, Harlington Carpenters Arms, Harlington Manor, sport, rounders, LOCAL GOVERNMENT