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The Chrystal Collection at The Higgins

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The Chrystal Collection

Sandy Chrystal was a Bedfordian born and bred and he loved his town. He worked as an architect at The Grove, Bedford and amassed one of the largest collections ever of Bedfordiana. His family donated much of it to the museum in 2007. Such was the range and extent of the collection that it is still being collated.

These are the ordinary objects of everyday life in our town from 100 years ago and more when life was very different from what it is today. Several items came from shops in Bedford High Street see below for a selection.

Sources

You can find out more about the Chrystal collection at The Higgins - the Museum and Cecil Higgins Art Gallery are closed for refurbishment until Spring 2013 but you can still find out whats happening at:
http://thehigginsbedford.blogspot.co.uk/