1964. Gas & Coke company Dunstable Rd.
WARDOWN PARK
c1968 corner of Stuart street and Chapel street
Children playing on a roundabout at Leagrave Marsh during school holidays in 1955.
George st 1950s
1940s
The huge crowd that gathered for the Easter bonnet parade in George Street, Luton, in 1955.
george st 80s
EASTER PARADE.
Under construction, Bute sq
Easter parade float passes British Home Stores in George Street, Luton, in 1954.
Market Hill, Luton, c1866
A remarkable aerial view of Wardown Park, Luton, in the 1950s.
A remarkable aerial view of Wardown Park, Luton, in the 1950s, with the bridge clearly visible on the right.
The photo was probably taken at the time of the Easter Bonnet Parade, which attracted tens of thousands of people each year, as a catwalk has been laid out from the bandstand.
Easter egg production at Luton’s very own chocolate factory, the Co-operative Wholesale Society Cocoa and Chocolate Works in Dallow Road, in March 1954.
Dunstable road, Luton.. c1950
MANCHESTER ST
St Marys Hospital 1991 RHS before Demolition.
A snowy scene in George Street with Talk Of A Million, starring Jack ‘Dixon Of Dock Green’ Warner, showing at the ABC Savoy cinema.
BUILDING NEW TOWN HALL
St Marys Church from Holly Walk C.1907
stop/sec/modern School rugby team for those leaving in 1981.
corn exchange 1990s
HIGHTOWN
Chaul End Road looking towards Oakley Road 1939
The Savoy / ABC / Cannon cinema in Luton in 1988 whilst still open. Now derelict. Tripled in 1971.
GEORGE ST WITH THE BUILDING OF THE NEW TOWN HALL
George st 1950s
And today
c1965. Looking towards Williamson Street and Guildford Street running along the bottom.
GEORGE ST AND CORN EXCHANGE
The dog racing track at Skimpot 1931–1973. It also held speedway races 1934–37.
Dunstable Road, Luton c1920s.
CORN EXCHANGE
Dunstable road, Luton.. c1950
DALLOW RD 1920S
GRIFFIN Corner shop on Cromwell Road & Hillside Road. c1902
Blundells
King Street.
Leagrave date unknown
Barbers Lane
WARDOWN HOUSE
the three horse shoes Leagrave
CORN EXCHANGE-GEORGE ST
Dunstable rd, now demolished
Demolition of the front of the Grand Theatre, Waller Street, Luton.
Demolition of the front of the Grand Theatre, Waller Street, Luton.
The Grand opened in 1898 and closed in 1957….to be replaced by a supermarket. The site is now part of the Arndale Centre.
Blundells grave in The General Cemetery
Moulton Rise behind Crescent Road
There used to be a great big house that sat up there on the hill above Moulton Rise years ago, very grand looking, I don’t know if it’s still there, and if possibly that was considered Moulton Lodge years ago
The big house that once stood in crescent rd now Moulton rise. Some of the original wall is still there.
Crescent Road was one of a number of roads of large houses. Others inc Downs Road, Napier Road, Ashburnham Road
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1970s
1906 Limbury Baptist.
Cheapside, Luton. Looking towards George Street, in 1968.
Cheapside, Luton. looking towards George Street, in 1968.
The building on the left was one of the two Plait Halls constructed in 1869, the other adjoining it in Waller Street.
They were converted into a market in 1925 when the open air street market was relocated.
The market was closed at the end of 1972 and moved into the Arndale Centre. The Cheapside buildings were then demolished.
George Street, Luton 1949.
George Street, Luton 1949.
After floods in the town centre In 1949, Sea Scout volunteers are attempting to unblock the drains in George St.
Photo: Geoff Cox.
View from Buxton Road looking towards Dunstable place. Luton c1975
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