We have nipped into the archives to bring you some cracking pictures, including the famous Jarrow marchers passing through the area and two former PMs coming to town.
The gallery also shows some sweet treats being made in town as well as women getting stuck into work in the factories, the home guard on parade and a big gathering in Bedford during WW2.
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5. Down at the factory
A woman war worker making bricks for the London Brick Company in Bedford during World War II, in August 1941. Photo: Horace Abrahams
6. Home Guard
Soldiers of the Home Guard lined up for inspection, as Professor Ogilvie looks on, at Bedford College, in 1941. Photo: Keystone:fd
7. Women's Auxiliary Air Force
King Peter II of Yugoslavia takes the salute of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) as they march through the Bedford High Street past the statue of the 18th Century prison reformer John Howard during a parade on 13th June 1942 at St Pauls's Square in Bedford. Photo: Bunting
8. Tasty treats
Workers packing Christmas chocolates at the Meltis sweet factory in Bedford on 24th November 1936. Photo: William Vanderson