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For more information on the eleven featured sculptures, see:

• Stuart Antrobus 'Silent Faces: Bedford public sculptures and who and what they represent' in Bedford Architectural, Archaeological and Local History Society Newsletter, (Part 1, No.91, April 2013 and (Part 2, No.92, October 2013).
  [Copies in Local Studies section, Bedford Central Library.]

 

For more on Charles Sargeant Jagger, see:

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004) Vol. 29, pp 585-587,
• Ann Compton Charles Sargeant Jagger: War and Peace Sculpture (Imperial War Museum, 1985),
• Ann Compton The Sculpture of Charles Sargeant (Henry Moore Foundation with Lund Humphries, 2004),
• Derek Borman, At the Going Down of the Sun : British First World War Memorials, 1988.

 

For more on Leon Joseph Chavalliaud, see:

• www.fr.wikipedia.org
• www.commons.wikimedia.org
• Search for 'Leon Chavalliaud' in Internet search engines

 

For more on John Howard, see:

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004) Vol. 28, pp 390-393,
• Tessa West The Curious Mr Howard (Waterside Press, 2012)

 

For more on Sir Alfred Gilbert, see:

• Oxford Dictionary of Biography (OUP 2004), Vol.22, pp164-168 (OUP, 2004),
• Adrian Bury Shadow of Eros (Macdonald & Evans, 1954)

 

For more on Sir William Harpur, see

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP,2004) Vol. 25, p 368, 
• Joyce Godber The Harpur Trust 1552-1973 (The Harpur Trust, 1973), pp1-7;
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harpur

 

For more on Benjamin Palmer, see:

• Entry online derived from Rupert Gunnis A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851(Henry Moore Foundation), accessed 13 March 2013

 

For more on Glenn Miller, see:

• Geoffrey Butcher Next To A Letter From Home (Mainstream Publishing, 1986);
• Wilbur Wright Millergate: The Real Glenn Miller Story (Wrightway Publishing, 1990)
• www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller

 

For more on Patricia Finch, see:

• The obituary in The Independent, 12 May 2001.

 

For more on John Mills, see:

• http://johnwmills.com
• www.john-mills.artparks.co.uk
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Mills

 

For more on Italian immigration to Bedford, see:

• Carmela Semeraro Hidden Voices (Bedford Community Arts, 1999),
  an illustrated English/Italian bilingual account based on her oral history research with first-generation Bedford Italians.

 

For more on Professor Giuseppe Martignetti and "Verso Domani – Towards Tomorrow" Italian immigrants group sculpture, see:

• Bedford Italian Festival, Sun 13 September 2009 brochure (Bedford Central Library, Local Studies section)
• Religious sculptures - www.viacrucis-montefalcione.it/profilo-dell-artista.html

 

For more on Trevor Huddleston, see:

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP. 2004) Vol. 28, pp 565-569,
• Robin Denniston Trevor Huddleston: A Life (MacMillan, 1999, Pan Books, 2000)

 

For more on Ian Walters, see:

• The obituary by Peter Cannon-Brookes, 15 August 2006 at www.independent.co.uk/news,obituaries/ian-walter-411949
• The obituary by Tony Benn at http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/18/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1

 

For more on Rick Kirby, see:

• http://www.rickkirby.com/index.htm

 

For more on Bunyan Meeting Independent Church and The Bunyan Museum, see:

• www.bunyanmeeting.co.uk/church/history
• www.bunyanmeeting.co.uk/museum

 

For more on Frederick Thrupp, see:

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004) Vol. 54, pp 703-704

 

For more on John Bunyan, see:

• John Bunyan on the Virtual Library
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004) Vol. 8, pp 702-711,
• Vivienne Evans John Bunyan: His Life and Times (Book Castle, 1988),
• John Pestell Travel with John Bunyan (Day One Publications, 2002)

 

For more on Sir Joseph Boehm, see:

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004) Vol.6, pp 422-425

 

For more on the history of Bedford, see:

• Joyce Godber The Story of Bedford (White Crescent Press, 1978),
• Ian Freeman From Saxons to Speed: A New History of Old Bedford (The Book Castle, 2006),
• Richard Wildman Bedford [Britain in Old Photographs)] (The History Press, re-issued 2009).
• There are many useful articles in Bedfordshire Magazine (1947 to 1999). Copies of these and many more local history books and articles are available in Bedford Central Library (in the Local Studies section and in the Bedfordshire Heritage Library)

 

For Bedfordshire Archives andRecords Service, see:

• www.bedford.gov.uk/archive

 

For the Bedford Tourist Information Centre, Bedford Town Centre Walks and Bedford Association of Town Guides, see:

• www.bedford.gov.uk/tourism, click on 'Walks and Trails'
• http://www.bedfordtourguides.org/ click on 'Guided Walks'

 

For The Higgins Art Gallery and Museum, see:

• www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk

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