Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    CRS2/4/1
  • Title
    Leighton Buzzard, transcripts
  • Date free text
    1952 -1995
  • Production date
    From: 1952 To: 1995
  • Scope and Content
    (1) Valerie Margaret Davidson (nee Lee) born in Chelsea in 1948 and who moved to the town in 1971 on her marriage. Details include moving into new house , work at the Leighton Buzzard Branch of National Westminster Bank, involvement in the local community ( for instance being District Treasurer to the Girl Guides and working for the WRVS), local shopping , and likes and dislikes about the town. (2) Roy Curzon born in Leeds in 1931 and moved to the town in 1968 in order to commute to London. Details include involvement with the local golf club, church walking group, likes and dislikes about the town, opinions on local car parking and housing policies. (3) Violet Makin (nee Sharpe) born in Northampton in 1924 and moved to the town in 1952 to enable her husband to commute to London. Details include neighbours, involvement in the Brooklands Club a local acting group, working for Bob and Charlie greetings card manufacturers, membership of All Saints Church, animal rescue work, and local petty crime. (4) Mary Nobbs (nee Kent) born in Middlesborough in 1919 and moved to the town in c. 1985 after being widowed. Details include neighbours, fear of being out at nights, changing pattern of shopping with the disappearance of many local shops, recollection of an archaeological dig of a nunnery at Caddington and the Bedfordshire Careline for the elderly. (5) Chantal O’ Donoghue born in the Loire Valley, France in 1940 and moved to the town in 1966 her husband working for Railtrack. Details include work teaching French, establishment of the Anglo French Society, and local shopping. (6) George Ross born in Airdrie in Lanarkshire in 1931 and who moved to the town in 1981 to prepare for his retirement from the RAF. Details include reasons for settling in Leighton Buzzard, commuting to London, membership of the golf club, unfavourable opinions of Bedford and Luton, and serving in the RAF including service in Oman and at NATO Supreme Headquarters in Belgium. (7) Patricia Mary Lopez Salzedo (nee Clover) born in Hammersmith, London in 1924 and moved to the town in c. 1973 to get away from the London suburbs. Details include first impressions of the town, work as a secretary to a scientific society, involvement with ‘The Befrienders’ (an organisation to provide support to people recovering from mental ill health), the Music Society, continuing education in retirement, opinions on the parochialism of some local people, and local bus services.
  • Level of description
    file
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