BP62/13

Bedford Record Centenary Souvenir 1874-1974. Includes facsimile of Bedford Record and General County Advertiser for 6 May 1876 at end. Contents cover history of the town during the 100 year period, including:

1974

From: 1874 To: 1974

- editorials by Alan Sandall, managing editor and A W Janes, former editor; congratulations from The Queen and the Duke of Atholl, chairman [2] - 1874 local and national events; illustration of the Corn Exchange or Floral Hall [3] - Britannia Ironworks and closure in 1932; illustration of rail tracks into works sidings [4] - agricultural scene near Tingrith; illustration of two women hand sowing potatoes and two men with horse drawn plough [5] - map fo Borough of Bedford, 1876-1878 [6] - map of Bedford, c.1974 [7] - aerial view by RAF biplane, 1933 [8] - news contained in 6 May 1876 edition of Bedford Record [9] - examples of early advertisements - newspaper presses [11] - illustrations of White Horse public house, Jelley & Clarke grocery shop and Grimbly Hughes grocery shop [14] - "upstairs, downstairs" life in Bedford, with illustration of cottages at Waterloo [15] - cosmopolitan Bedford [16] - ladies clothing [17] - elections [18] - Civil Defence [19] - Bedfordshire Regiment [20] - army units in Bedford [21] - theatres in Bedford [22] - Bedford pubs [23] - photographs including Florence Gribble making lace, Shirley Timms, Walter Wilkinson (age 104), horse drawn fire engine and furnace at Britannia works [24-25] - local government [27] - electricity, gas, waterworks and telephone services[28-29] - Bedford hospital; article "Heritage worth guarding" by Richard Wildman [30] - Fire Service [31] - policing in 1874 [32] - lace-making, with photograph of Mrs. Lancaster of Cranfield working at lace pillow [33] - industry in Bedford; Bedford Record during General Strike of 1926 [35] - agriculture [38-39] - transport and roads [40-41] - extreme weather [42] - education [43] - R101 airship disaster [44] - sport [46-47]

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Sandall, Alan,
Janes, A.W.,
Elizabeth II,
Atholl, Duke of,
Jelley & Clarke,
Hughes, Grimbley

BEDFORD, TINGRITH, Bedford Record, photographs, anniversaries, Bedford Corn Exchange, Floral Hall, ironworks, Bedford Britannia Ironworks, railways, potatoes, agricultural labourer, ploughman, ploughs, maps, aerial photographs, aeroplanes, Royal Air Force, grocers, Bedford Midland Road, Bedford High Street, Bedford White Horse, Harpur Street/Midland Road, electricity, gas, waterworks, R101, lacemaker, lace, Bedford Waterloo, Bedfordshire Regiment, Second World War, public houses, theatres, police, general agriculture, fire engines, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, elections, civil defence, weather