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Local Newspapers, Magazines and Journals
at Bedford Central Library
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TITLE


DATES

(some backfiles may be incomplete)


LOCATION

ACTION

(St Martin's Church, Bedford)
 

1971 - 1987 Local History
AMATEUR HISTORIAN

(continued as LOCAL HISTORIAN)
 

JAN 1952 - JUL 1954, AUTUMN 1956 - 1967 Local History
AMPTHILL & FLITWICK TIMES

(previously AMPTHILL NEWS)
 

(microfilm) 9 SEP 1982 - 31 DEC 1993 (selected pages only) Local History
AMPTHILL NEWS

(continued as AMPTHILL & FLITWICK TIMES)
 

(microfilm) 27 JUN 1891 - 31 AUG 1982 Local History
AQUILA

(Bedford High School for Girls)

1918 - 2012 Local History
 
ARDEA

(Beds & Hunts Naturalist Trust)
 

1977 - 1981, 1983 - 1985 Local History
ARTICLE

(Bedford Arts Forum)

1998 - 2009 Local History
 
BACSHA NEWSLETTER

(Bedford African Caribbean Self Help Assoc)
 

APR 1989 - MAR 1991 Local History
BEDFORD & KEMPSTON CITIZEN

(previously BEDFORD & KEMPSTON EXPRESS)

(continued as BEDFORDSHIRE TIMES & CITIZEN)
 

(microfilm) 9 MAR 1989 - 20 APR 1995 Local History
BEDFORD & KEMPSTON EXPRESS

(continued as BEDFORD & KEMPSTON CITIZEN)

(bound) 8 SEP 1982 -  1984

(microfilm) 6 OCT 1982 - 2 MAR 1989
 

Local History
BEDFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL & LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

(continued as Bedford Local History Magazine)
 

OCT 1992 - OCT 1998 Local History
BEDFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

(continued as BEDFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL & LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER)
 

SEP 1987 - APR 1992 Local History
BEDFORD BULLETIN U3A (UNIVERSITY OF THE 3RD AGE)  2003 - Local History
 
BEDFORD CAR CLUB BULLETIN

(previously BEDFORD MOTOR CLUB)
 

1983, 1995 - 2006 Local History
BEDFORD COMMERCE

(continued as COMMERCE)
 

1982 - 1983 Local History
BEDFORD FOR PEACE OCT 1982 - JAN 1988 Local History
 
BEDFORD LOCAL HISTORY MAGAZINE

(previously BEDFORD ARCHAEOLOGICAL and LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER)
 

2014 - Local History
BEDFORD HERALD

(previously BEDFORDSHIRE JOURNAL)
 

(microfilm) 13 FEB 1986 - 8 OCT 1998 Local History
BEDFORD MIDWEEK (ceased)
 
(bound) May 2012 - June 2013 Heritage Library
BEDFORD MOTOR CLUB MAGAZINE

(continued as BEDFORD CAR CLUB BULLETIN)
 

1974 - 1979 Local History
BEDFORD NEWS
 
2000 - 2010 Local History(oversize)
BEDFORD RECORD (bound) 6 JAN 1948 - 31 AUG 1982
(microfilm) 6 JAN 1897 - 31 AUG 1982
Heritage Library
Local History
BEDFORD TV ADVERTISER
(ceased)
(microfilm) 14 OCT 1998 - 9 FEB 2000 Local History
 
BEDFORDSHIRE (Newsletter of Bedfordshire County Council)

(previously BEDFORDSHIRE 2000)
 

SEPT 2000 - 2006 Local History (oversize)
BEDFORDSHIRE & HERTFORDSHIRE REGIMENT MAGAZINE & RECORD
 
1920 - 1972 Heritage Library
BEDFORDSHIRE & HUNTINGDONSHIRE FARMER
 
1972 - 1973 Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE & HUNTINGDONSHIRE NATURALIST TRUST LTD NEWSLETTER

(continued as  ARDEA)
 

NOV 1967 - NOV 1970, NOV 1972, NOV 1973 - MAY 1976 Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE ARCHIVES NEWSLETTER
 
3 year backfile Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE & LUTON BUSINESS MONTHLY

(previously BEDFORDSHIRE BUSINESS MONTHLY)
 

FEB - AUG 1999 Local History (oversize)
BEDFORDSHIRE & LUTON TOPIC

(continued as HERTFORDSHIRE & BEDFORDSHIRE TOPIC)
 

VOL 1 1966 - VOL 3 1969 Heritage Library
BEDFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGIST VOL 1 PARTS 1 - 3 1955-56 Local History
 
BEDFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

(continued as BEDFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGY)
 

1962 - 1981 Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGY

(previously BEDFORDSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL)
 

1983 - Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE BUSINESS 1992 - APR 1995 Local History (oversize)
 
BEDFORDSHIRE BUSINESSMAN APR 1985 - NOV 1991, FEB, APR 1992 Local History
 
BEDFORDSHIRE BUSINESS MONTHLY

(continued as BEDFORDSHIRE & LUTON BUSINESS MONTHLY)
 

NOV 1995, JAN 1996 -APR 1997, JUN - JUL 1997, OCT 1997 - DEC 1997, FEB - MAY 1998, OCT - DEC 1998
 
Local History (oversize)
BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY LIFE 1989 - 1990 Local History
 
BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY LIFE SUMMER 1998 - 2014 Local History
 
BEDFORDSHIRE CRICKET MONTHLY 2010 Local History
 
BEDFORDSHIRE CYCLIST 1979 - 1994 Local History
 
BEDFORDSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY JOURNAL
 
SPRING 1977 - Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE HISTORICAL RECORD SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
 
1913 - Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE HOUSEBOUND CHRISTMAS

(continued as LIBRARY LINK MAGAZINE)
 

1989 - WINTER 1999 Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE JOURNAL

(continued as BEDFORD HERALD)

(bound) 1973 - 1974, 1980 - 1985
(microfilm) 7 OCT 1982 - 6 FEB 1986
Heritage Library
Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE LIFE

(previously NORTHAMPTONSHIRE & BEDFORDSHIRE LIFE)
 

JAN 1989 - JUL 1990 Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE MAGAZINE  1947 - SPRING 1999 CEASED Local History
 
BEDFORDSHIRE MERCURY (bound) 1898 - 1912
(microfilm) 1 APR 1837 - 27 DEC 1912
Heritage Library
Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE NATURALIST 1946 - Local History
 
BEDFORDSHIRE ON SUNDAY (bound) 6 mar 1977 - Oct 2017
(microfilm) 6 mar 1977 - Oct 2017
Heritage Library
Local History
Newspaper Store
BEDFORDSHIRE PROFILE

(magazine for people and business in Beds)

AUG 1990 - JULY 1998 Local History
 
BEDFORDSHIRE STANDARD (bound) 1887 - 1896 Heritage Library
 
BEDFORDSHIRE TIMES

(continued as BEDFORDSHIRE TIMES & CITIZEN)

(bound) 1869 - 21 APR 1995 (incomplete)
(microfilm) 18 OCT 1845 - 21 APR 1995
Heritage Library
Local History
BEDFORDSHIRE TIMES & CITIZEN 

(previously BEDFORDSHIRE TIMES and BEDFORD & KEMPSTON CITIZEN)

(bound) 27 APR 1995 -
(microfilm) 27 APR 1995 -
(paper) 1 YR
Heritage Library
Local History
Newspaper Store
BEDFORDSHIRE UNEMPLOYMENT MONTHLY

(continued as UNEMPLOYMENT QUARTERLY BEDFORDSHIRE)
 

SEP 1991 - DEC 1996 Local History
BEDS AND BUCKS OBSERVER

(previously LEIGHTON BUZZARD OBSERVER and continued as LEIGHTON BUZZARD OBSERVER)
 

(bound) 1968 - 1969, 1971 - 1985
(microfilm) 6 JUL 1954 - 5 SEP 1989
Heritage Library
Local History
THE BILGE

(Stewartby Water Sports Club)

OCT 1985 - JUL 1993 Local History
 
BROMHAM BROADSHEET  2001 - 2012
 
Local History
BUNYAN STUDIES  AUTUMN 1988 - SPRING 1990, 1991 - 1997
 
Local History
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS

(previously BEDFORDSHIRE BUSINESS TO BUSINESS)
 

1 year backfile Local History
BIGGLESWADE CHRONICLE (bound) 1974 - 1986
(microfilm) 10 OCT 1891 - DEC 2007
Heritage Library
Local History
CASTLE

(Regimental Journal of the Royal Anglian Regiment)
 

APR 1965 - JAN 1975 Heritage Library
 
CASTLE QUARTER BULLETIN 2012 - 2015 Local History
 
CBA GROUP 9 NEWSLETTER

(Council for British Archaeology newsletter)

1971 - 1972, 1979, 1982 Local History
 
CHILTERN BUSINESS JAN/FEB 2000 - April 2001 Local History
 
CHURCH MAGAZINES ( A SELECTION)   Local History
 
COMMERCE

(previously BEDFORD COMMERCE)
 

1984 - JUL 1998 Local History
COUNTY BEEKEEPING BULLETIN 1956 - 1970 Local History
 
COUNTY DIGEST JUL/AUG 1995 - MAR/APR 1999
 
Local History
CRANFIELD EXPRESS 2008 - 2012
 
Local History
CYCLING CAMPAIGN FOR NORTH BEDFORDSHIRE
 
OCT 2001 - 2011 Local History
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