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Parish scrapbook of St Mary's, Bedford, kept by Mr Bungey (This scrapbook has much information about life in Bedford during the war years, 1939-45)

1938-1945

From: 1938 To: 1945

Among the newspaper cuttings, photographs, orders of service etc., are: Page 3: Floods in Cardington Road: Horse and wagon carrying people - photo - 1939 Page 7: St Mary's church and Bedford Bridge from the air - photo - c.1939 Page 10: Parish breakfast helpers - photo - 1939 Page 14: Sideshow at St Marys' church fete - photo - 1939 Page 16: Rector with gas mask leaving the parish breakfast - photo - 1939 Page 16: Children at parish breakfast - photo - 1939 Page 20: Mr and Mrs W G Cobb on Golden Wedding day, and J I Hobkirk and Miss R B Clifton on Wedding day - photos - 1939 Page 22: Dame Alice House, Cardington Road - photo - 1939 Page 27: Wedding of G Woodward and Miss F Church - photo - c.1939 Page 29: Social held by St Mary's Parish Social Club - photo - c.1940 Page 29: Wedding of Gunner G F Hawthorn and Miss E M Dagg - photo - c.1940 Page 35: Reverend J R Paget - photo - 1940 Page 35: Reverend J R Paget, Mrs Paget and Ian Paget - photo - 1940 Page 38: Wedding of H W Henry and Miss M Bowick - photo - 1940 Page 43: Advert for repair of silk stockings (for negative see PU288/96) Page 45: J J Voyce, Honorary Secretary of Propaganda and Liaison Committee of Bedford and Kempston Area Service of Youth Committee - photo - 1940 Page 45: Land girls - photo - 1940 Page 48: Reverend H Fort, rector, receiving gifts outside St Mary's church - photo - 1941 Page 53: Disastrous fire at Bedford garage - photo - 1941 Page 59: Wedding of Lieutenant H J C Bashford and Miss A M Liddle - photo - 1943 Page 60: St Mary's church interior - photo - 1943 Page 63: Electricity Works flower show - photo - 1943 Page 68: Opening of Toc H Club, Bedford - photos - 1943 Page 70: Wedding of Corporal J W Ferguson and Miss J Phillimore - photo - 1944 Page 71: Obituary and photo of Fred Ray, local businessman - photo - 1944 Page 72: Wedding of J J Jelinek and Miss H Horsenail - photo - 1945 Page 72: Reverend Cyril Taylor of the BBC who assisted at St Mary's during rector's illness - photo - c.1945 Page 75: Bedford Civil Defence stand down supper - photo - 1945 Page 79: T W Hawksley, Dr P W Meldrum, and G R Webster (Municipal election) - photos - 1945 Page 80: St Mary's church clock being repainted - photo - 1945

item

Cobb, W G,
Hobkirk, J I,
Clifton, R B,
Hobkirk, R B,
Woodward, G. (d),
Church, F,
Woodward, F.,
Hawthorn, G F,
Dagg, E M,
Hawthorn, E M,
Paget, J.R.,
Paget,
Paget, Ian,
Henry, H W,
Bowick, M,
Henry, M,
Voyce, J J,
Fort, H.,
Bashford, H J C,
Liddle, A M,
Bashford, A M,
Ferguson, J W,
Phillimore, J.,
Ferguson, J.,
Ray, Fred,
Jelinek, J J,
Horsenail, H,
Jelinek, H,
Taylor, Cyril,
Hawksley, T W,
Meldrum, P W,
Webster, G.R.

scrapbooks, Bedford St.Mary, home front World War Two, local flooding, Bedford Cardington Road, animal drawn vehicles, Bedford Bridge, aerial photographs, parish, fetes, Air Raid Precautions, gas mask, social clubs, Royal Artillery, clergy, advertisements, stockings, Land Girls, garage, FIRE, lieutenant, church architecture, flower shows, Bedford Branch Toc H, corporal, obituaries, civil defence, general elections, church clocks