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About the High Street History Project
Half a Pound of Tuppeny Rice, Half a Pound of Treacle: Shopping in Bedford High Street c. 1800 to 1970 (pdf 3MB booklet)
High Street History Trail (pdf 218KB)
Page last updated: 28th January 2014