| Bedford |
| Bedford is a large market town in the east of England (just !) on the River Ouse. It has all the usual shops etc, plus plenty of pubs and restaurants, and benefits greatly from its situation on the banks of the Ouse where an excellent waterfront area has grown up over many years. |
| A postcard from 1912. |
| The Ouse at Bedford - a 1905 postcard. |
| A nice old postcard of the Modern School, mailed to Newport Pagnell in 1915. |
| A 1920 postcard of the Suspension Bridge. |
| An unused postcard of the river from around 1910. |
| An undated postcard showing the Stone Bridge, probably about 1910. |
| Postcards of the Past |
| A 1911 postcard of the bridge. |
| No date for this postcard of Bedford Grammar School. |
| Another view of the Suspension Bridge. |
| The Ouse and the Embankment. |
| "A Peep on the Ouse at Bedford." |
| Yet another view of the Suspension Bridge. |
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| The Embankment once again. |
| An Edwardian view of the River. |
| No date for this postcard of Bedford High School for Girls. |
| No date for this one. |
| A river steamer on the Ouse. |
| A 1936 postcard of the Bridge. |
| Search the internet to discover more about Bedford and John Bunyan. |
| A good view of traffic on the bridge. |
| A 1923 postcards of St Paul's. |
| A 1916 postcard. |
| To see Bedford on a map, please follow this link. |
| Did You Know.... that Harold Abrahams, British Olympic Athelete in 1924 ("Chariots of Fire"), was born in Bedford in 1899. |
| A 1918 postcard of High Street. |