Up the wooden Hill to bedfordshire, meaning up the stairs to
bed.
County of Bedfordshire 50
miles north of London, Bedford is central to Bedfordshire famous for the clanger, originally a steamed suet pudding jam one side & bacon & onion the other side steamed & eaten by the field workers around Bedfordshire for
lunch, passed down to me by my nan who made it & was a worker in the Fields around Bedfordshire. Bedford has some very top class schools, Bedford boys school being one with famous names linked. The home of
John Bunyan. Hanging of hanratty the
A6 murderer at Bedford jail on 4th April 1962, remembered as it was my fourth birthday. The Great Ouse flows through the town with a picturesque embankment that has a river festival every 2 years & party in the park at Bedford Park every year bringing in the likes of Tom Jones, Billy
Ocean also proms there. Bedford a stunning place with friendly people &
nice restaurants with the train line going straight to & from London in about
40 minutes.
Easy reach & surrounded by Northampton, Milton Keynes, St Neots, Biggleswade & Luton. Marston moretaine home of captain
tom moore. Marston Vale for walks.