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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/
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Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Bedford Museum. Not for publication or reproduction for commercial purposes. Images of objects from the Chrystal Collection
Page last updated: 28th January 2014