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Thursday, 29th July 2010

 
Picture the Past
HOUGHTON REGIS BYGONES

A SELECTION OF IMAGES FROM THE CAMERAS OF PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE LUTON NEWS AND THE DUNSTABLE GAZETTE




Maypole dancing on Houghton Regis Green in 1951.



Houghton Regis beer barrel rolling relay along High Street on May 31 1958. The Crown beat teams from the Five Bells, the Red Lion and the Chequers.


Houghton Regis WI members celebrating the group birthday in 1958.


The fancy dress competition held during the Houghton Regis Memorial Hall fete on the Green in 1958.


Aerial view of Houghton Regis in the 1950s.


Maypole dancing on Houghton Regis Green in 1952 - before the Memorial Hall opposite was built. The May Queen is Margaret Wallis.


The original Tithe Farm which gave its name to the area of Houghton Regis. This picture was taken in 1947 before than farmyard was replaced by Bedford Square. All Saints Church is in the background.


Pupils of Houghton Regis Voluntary Primary School skipping for joy in 1954 to celebrate the school's 300th anniversary - it was founded on September 10, 1654. The school has been replaced by Red House Court old people's flats.


A view across Houghton Regis Green towards All Saints Church in August 1948.



The old Houghton Regis Baptist Church pictured in 1970. Its foundation stone was laid in July 1863 but it closed in the 1970s and the congregation moved to a new church at Parkside.


Carry On star Hattie Jaques opens the Bedford Square shopping centre in September 1966.


Beer barrel race in Houghton Regis in 1953.


The former Houghton Regis "cage" pictured in March 1963. In the 19th century it was used to lock up drunks and wrong-doers.


The wheelbarrow race during the Associated Portland Cement family and sports day in August 1948.


Boy Scouts and Girl Guides on church parade in Houghton Regis in August 1935.


Opening of new Houghton Regis Baptist Church at Parkside, November 1975.


ACPM cement works at Houghton Regis, 1958.


An aerial view of the cement works as it was in September 1961.



The cement works at Houghton Regis in September 1966.



A snowy January day in January 1966 and the cement works chimney is at its full 400ft height. This was the view from the top.



Houghton Regis school fete, 1951.

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