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Album of colour photographs entitled: Bedford Town and Riverside. Includes the usual Bedford landmarks, statues, river, bridges and gardens but also contains the following edited highlights. Some prints have dates and other information on the back.
Left side (item number in brackets):
(2) Granada Cinema, St Peter’s Street;
(3) Almshouses, Dame Alice Street, 1993;
(4) Bedford High Schools for Girls, Bromham Road, 1984;
(5) Harpur Street, 1986;
(6) Lingers butcher’s shop, St Cuthbert’s Street corner, 1989; (10-11) Bedford Prison and new extensions, 1992;
(12-13) Marks and Spencers, Silver Street;
(14-16) derelict Horne Lane Brewery buildings, 1987 (demolished December 1989) and replacement office block;
(17) Sainsbury’s supermarket, 1993;
(18) Arthur Day’s shop, women’s fashions, 13 High St., 1989; (19) Knit and Stitch shop, High Street, 1988;
(20) bus station, 1989;
(21) Harpur Centre facade of the old Bedford Modern School, 1987, with a note that the lime trees were cut down in January 1996 on a majority vote of the Council;
(22) Anglo-Swiss patisserie, Lurke Street, 1987, later demolished;
(23-4): County Hall, one view with Say No to Nirex Nuclear Dump banner;
(25) two views of St Mary’s Church, 1986 and 1990, former showing roof repairs underway;
(26-27) Telecom House and extension, 1986;
(28) Wilmer’s Corner development, 1987
(29) Britannia Works, 1988, mostly demolished 1994 except for gatehouse
(30) Beds Police HQ, Greyfriars
(31-32) Debenhams store; High St and Silver Street views, 1993
(33) Automobile Association shop, Mill Street corner, 1984
(35) The Bear pub, high Street
(36) Stables rear of former Midland Hotel, 1989
(37) The Walk in Wardrobe and R J Burr, jeweller, near Lime Street, 1997
(40-41) Pigeon Square shopping parade, 1988
(42-44) Bedford Market re-development and new toilets, November 1988, and Riverside Square plaque.
(45-46) the new Market, 3 views, 1986 and 1993
(47-49) Harpur Centre entrance and interiors, 1986-1993
(51) Swan Hotel exterior
Right side (item number in brackets):
(52) Prebend Street bridge: details of damaged parapet
(53-55) Views of the new County Bridge which replaced Prebend St bridge, 1991-1995
(56) Beehive shopping centre viewed from across river, 1986
(57) Star Rowing Club new boathouses, 1989
(58) Bedford town bridge, south side
(59) Shire hall, from across the river, 1989
(63) Embankment Hotel
(64) Gardens near Cecil Higgins site
(68) Mander College from across the river
(71-73) Suspension bridge
(76) Embankment war memorial
(81) Russell Park café, now a restaurant.
(82) Duck Mill Weir bridge, 1993
(85) Longholme Bridge amid floods, 1987, demolished 1995/6
(87-89) Shops in the Arcade, including Christmas decorations (87) and close-up of Millyards, florists, with Noah’s Ark adjacent, 1992
(90) Marks and Spencers, Silver Street, showing modernised flower beds and pedestrianisation, 1996
(91) County Hall from across the river
(98) Bunyan Meeting garden, 1996
(99) Civic Theatre, Horne lane, 1995
(100) St Cuthbert’s Church, 1996
(101) Butterfly bridge on the river, with moored pleasure boats
(102) Swan Hotel from across the river, 1984