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Dunstable Yesteryear. Houghton Regis bells hanged in 1898.

The bell tolls for Dunstable

THIS extraordinary photo dates back to 1899 and shows the bells of Houghton Regis Church at the rear of the building after being lowered from the tower for rehanging.

Dunstable Yesteryear. Houghton Regis bells hanged in 1898.

In the bleak Luton midwinter

WINTRY weather finally arrived last week and Luton News photographers were out and about capturing snowy scenes. So we’ve delved into our archives and found these pictures of Luton winters in bygone years.

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History rises from the ashes

WHEN builders moved into the launderette in Hockliffe Road at the beginning of January little did they expect to find the remains of an old oven in the basement.

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Celebrating the Coronation

LBO reader Susan Roscoe sent us in this week’s Down Memory Lane photographer.

Aspley Guise v Gentlemen of Bucks, cricket match, August 1895.

Stumped on team names

THERE’S no one still alive who would have remembered this match but we’re hoping that some cricket enthusiasts may be able to help identify the officials either side of the teams who attended the cricket week held in August 1895 in Aspley Guise.

The White Horse in Church Street, Dunstable

Royal connections

THE White Horse pub in Church Street, a haunt of highwaymen and complete with a secret room, was one of the historic buildings of Dunstable sacrificed to allow the road to be widened in 1963.

L12-106 Nadeem Plaza, used to be the Coop on Dunstable Road Luton. Scene Setter
Geoff Cox
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How times have changed

THE photo of Park Street, Luton, in 1949, featured on the Yesteryear page four weeks ago, showed how very different the road was then to how it looks today.

Dunstable Yesteryear. Dunstable Ebenezer Chapel.

Memories of Costin’s

SAD to read in last week’s Gazette of the death of Brian Costin, a former director of the Dunstable coach company which bore his name.

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Multi purpose pool gets ready for spring

LUTON’S former swimming baths in Waller Street were opened in 1913 by the town’s MP at the time, Cecil Harmsworth.

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Dunstable in times gone by

NO doubt about when this picture of Dunstable crossroads was taken.

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A noble visitor for Gilbert Inglefield school

THE LBO steps back to April 13, 1965 this week and features a Leighton person whose name is captured in history for all to remember through the naming of a town school.

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Weather for Leighton Buzzard

Thursday 23 February 2012

5 day forecast

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Temperature: 9 C to 15 C

Wind Speed: 16 mph

Wind direction: South west

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Temperature: 2 C to 12 C

Wind Speed: 17 mph

Wind direction: West

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