1964. Bute Street.
Hitchin Road Before the houses on left were demolished, gas main being laid.
STOPSLEY
1981
WE NEED ANOTHER VAUXHALL NOW…
CORN EXCHANGE
1998
River Lea, running under what was the co-op warehouses at the rear of the store on Guildford st
on the left what was the electrical warehouse, where I worked on leaving school in the 1960s.I saw this river flooding many times..
c1968. New flats completed Marsh Farm
High Town Dated 1978.
1964
triumph Herald, one of my early cars.
George st 1960s
United counties route 10 limbury meads.
DR
VNV351H LAST BATCH ORDERED BY L.C
1914
Guildford Street, Luton. July 1986
HARPENDEN, NEXT STOP – JULY 1979
A CLASS 127 DMU LEAVES LUTON WITH A BEDFORD TO ST PANCRAS WORKING ON 5 JULY 1979. THIS VIEW FROM THE CRAWLEY GREEN ROAD BRIDGE INCLUDES A BUSY YARD, TOGETHER WITH TANKERS OF HEATING OIL FOR DUNSTABLE STABLED BETWEEN THE FAST AND SLOW LINES. ON THE EXTREME LEFT IS LUTON SOUTH SIGNAL BOX WITH THE NEWISH CONNECTION WITH THE REMAINS OF THE LINE BETWEEN HATFIELD AND DUNSTABLE.
CREDITS: Kevin Lane (July 5, 1979)
The visit of Her Majesty Queen Mary,
Junction of Limbury Rd and Icknield Rd
End of Park Street leading into Luton Hoo was Park Rd.
Entrance To Pope’s Meadow Park , Luton, c1897
OLD ADVERTISEMENT
1960 ad.
c1962 . Procession entering Ashcroft rd for the opening of Sacred Heart Catholic School.
NBD 921 (RONELLES)
1958. Luton Airport Luton flying club display.
EGG & CHIPS THUR-FISH N CHIPS FRI-
MONDAY STEW,
PEEL ST TOWARDS THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE “THE KING EDDIE”PUB SIGN.
1986
February 1952. First Jet Airliner To Arrive at Luton Airport. From Daily Mail.
Hemel and Redbourn stations and Beaumont’s Halt on the ‘Nickey Line’ that ran between Harpenden and Hemel Hempstead using an unusual vehicle.
Sir Winston Churchill on his visit to Luton in June 1948, holding a copy of the Luton News’ publication, Luton at War.
CREDITS: (W.H. Cox)
1948
1977. Luton Girls Choir St Mary’s Luton.
1919 Postmarked
stopsley/1925
POST OFFICE, STOPSLEY.
Bury Road/St Thomas’ Road c.1925
CINEMA
Hart Lane Water Tower
Looking From Silver Street To Library Road 11 Years Ago.
park sq 1968
On trial here in Wardown Park.
Capturing beach heads and bringing equipment ashore was a major wartime challenge. One idea had been to modify a Bedford QL nicknamed the giraffe to travel across shallow water however it did not quite work out to plan so this more successful waterproofing approach was adopted seen on trial here in Wardown Park.
CNH 717-28 SERVICE TO FARLEY HILL 1960s
WAITING TIME IN GUILDFORD ST
OLD TOWN HALL, LUTON. c1880’s
Winter was hard and so was Wardown lake in 1940.
1938 postmarked.
Luton airport the early years
The Windsock. Outskirts Of Dunstable 1970. Demolished In 1984.
Demolition 1984
Winter was hard and so was Wardown lake in 1940.
Today marks the 70th anniversary of The Queen’s accession to the throne.
Today marks the 70th anniversary of The Queen’s accession to the throne. As many of you may know, Her Majesty and Prince Philip had a penchant for staying at Luton Hoo, spending part of their honeymoon and subsequent wedding anniversaries on the Estate, once owned by their friends Sir Harold and Lady Zia Wernher. These visits would also include joining services at St Mary’s Parish Church in town (pictured here). There have been various local visits over the decades of her reign, to our Central Library, to name but one, not long after its opening in 1962.
So many changes in the world since her beloved father, King George VI died, but the one constant has been her dedication to the pledge she made: “I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service”. Our respect and our thanks. We shall never know her like again.
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