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• PC_Bedford_0359RP postcard franked Bedford c 1910 - Pub: Lilywhite 51
• PC_Bedford_0387Unused RP postcard No 1042 - Pub: A T Covinngton, St Mary’s Street, Bedford
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• PC_Bedford_0358Unused RP postcard - Pub: Rexatone
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• PC_Bedford_0170Unused postcard - Pub: W Gothard, 6 Eldon St., Barnsley Shranbrook Railway Accident 1909 The accident happened on the Midland Railway at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, on 4 February 1909. At around 3.45am a stopping goods train was en route from Bedford to Birmingham, on the ‘down’ goods line. This was a line for slower-moving traffic; ‘down’ lines moved away from the relevant railway company’s ‘headquarters’, in this case London, whereas ‘up’ lines moved towards the HQ. The stopping goods service was moved on to what the signalman, Alfred Robins, thought was the down line for faster trains. Unfortunately, it was not - it was the up fast line. The crew of the goods service realised the mistake and tried to raise the alarm. However, before they were able to do so, the up express goods train from Manchester to London, on the same line, hit the goods service at around 50 miles per hour ‘and a violent head-on collision ensued’ at 3.51am. On the footplate of the express goods service were driver Arthur Coope and fireman John Hawley. Both were killed. The guard of the express service, William Henson, was also severely injured. Both of the engines involved were destroyed, along with 20 wagons, such was the violence of the impact. For the detailed report on the accident see the Railways Archive, specifically the Accident Report - accessed 5-11-24 ( https://tinyurl.com/5cc9dtf8 )
• PC_Bedford_403-Fire1912Photograph by J.C. Brown, published as a postcard by G.H. Stonebridge of Midland Road, Bedford, showing the destruction by fire of the premises of Longhurst and Skinner on Midland Road in January 1912. Longhurst and Skinner was a department store specialising in furniture. Although the building was entirely destroyed by the fire, the shop was subsequently rebuilt and remained in business under its original ownership until 1978. Augustus Hill At about 3.00 a.m. on 11 January 1912, a fire had broken out in the rug department on the first floor of Longhurst & Skinners, the building burnt to the ground. Four firemen received burns, including Captain Augustus Hill. Augustus Hill was born in Bedford in 1850 and served with the Bedford organisation for forty-two years from its foundation in 1870 and had been Captain since 1889. He saw the brigade develop from the days of the ‘manual’ to those of the steam fire engine. He was one of the pioneers of the National Fire Brigades’ Union - for some years, serving as Hon. Secretary of the South Midlands branch of that Union. Captain Augustus Hill was in command at the 1912 fire and was injured about the hands and face. He died on 19 March 1912 aged sixty-two-years, after a sudden seizure.
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• PC_Bedford_0406-BoatersNostalgia card - Luton July 1928 - Heatwave leads to revival of traditional straw hat industry
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