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.
