X494/64/29

Newspaper Scrap Book No. 29 (unindexed) including:

4 Jan 1977 - 19 Apr 1977

From: 1977 To: 1977

Death of Joe Clough aged 91, Bedford: first West Indian immigrant in 1912 (taxi driver); article on Little Italy, Bedford; opening of site for gypsies at Kemspton Hardwick; relief road schemes in Bedford; rate rises and large Budget cuts by County Council promised more money for Bedfordshire Hospitals; photographs of Sell & Willshaw (demolished 1966), John Bull & Co., 49 High St., Lion Hotel, Grimbly Hughes & Co. corner of Mill St. & High St., building of Harpur Centre - Ellis & Everard, Mill Street (now site of County Press); Shan Hunt as a mother; 600th Anniversery celebration at Corn Exchange of Shri Guru Ravidass (His temple in Queens Park); Closing of Bedford Housing Advice Centre in Greyfriars (transfer of function to Town Hall); Portway Centre, Westfield School, Queens Centre, Bedford; ending of empty property rating

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Bedford Constituency Labour Party,
Clough, Joe,
Bedfordshire County Council,
Sell & Willshaw,
John Bull & Company,
Grimbly Hughes & Co. Limited,
Ellis & Everard,
Bedford County Press,
Hunt, Shan,
Ravidass, Guru

BEDFORD, Labour Party, POLITICS, newspaper cuttings, scrapbooks, DEATH, West Indians, immigration, taxi cab driver, Italians, Gypsies, caravan parks, Kempston Hardwick, major roads, bypass, rates, local government finance, Bedfordshire County Council, funding, Bedfordshire hospitals, Bedfordshire Hospitals, photographs, Sell & Willshaw, demolition, John Bull & Company Limited, Bedford High Street, Bedford Lion Hotel, Grimbly Hughes & Co. Limited, Bedford Mill Street, building work, Bedford Harpur Centre, Ellis & Everard, Bedford County Press, parent, events, anniversaries, celebrations, Sikhism, Bedford Corn Exchange, Sri Guru Ravidass Temple, buildings and land use, advice and information, HOUSING, Bedford Housing Advice Centre, Bedford Greyfriars, Bedford Town Hall, Bedford Portway Centre, ethnic minorities, Westfield School, Bedford Queens Centre