Biggleswade Today - Nostalgia Feed

When Coopers went to market

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:41:01 GMT

Following a wealth of feedback on the identity of the lorry driver for A Cooper & Sons Transport Ltd of Sandy (Memory Lane, April 12, 2013), Catherine Rose takes a look back at the local firm and the folk who fondly recall it.

Memories of men in green

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:05:48 GMT

Following the Chronicle’s recent review of Men in Green, a book by Ann Markwell about the fighting in Burma during World War Two, Memory Lane has received a moving letter from Mrs J Oakley of Biggleswade which we are pleased to publish here.

Bringing up baby in Biggleswade

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:03:46 GMT

This charming photograph of a Biggleswade shop front and presumably its owner, was taken around the late 1950s and kindly sent in by Ken Page.

Sutton club closure sorrow

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:01:22 GMT

A village youth club closed its doors 25 years ago this week because pleas for help went unanswered.

Calling all cricketers

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:15:59 GMT

Linda Ford emailed us these four photos which show members of Shefford Town Cricket team over the decades leading up to the millennium. They were taken between the 1950s and the 1990s.

Milkmen to the rescue

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:56:18 GMT

Milkmen out delivering the early morning pints suddenly found themselves the heroes of a fire drama in Biggleswade in 1988 this week.

When Town Mayor was kidnapped in 1988

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:13:17 GMT

Biggleswade’s Town Mayor, Coun Alex Armstrong didn’t look too perturbed at being kidnapped by pirates in November 1988.