Further to previous replies, Bower Street still remains intact but Howard Street are was redeveloped in about 1968 according to addresses in some Kellys directories I have; the street remains starting from Mill Street end. but it is shorter it is shorter than it was; the other end is now the Lurke Street multi-floor carpark. Regards John - of Bromham, 4 miles from Bedford. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eunice Cubbage" <eunice@cubbage.plus.com> To: <BEDFORD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:17 PM Subject: [BDF] Fulford/Bower Street/Howard Street > Hi > > I have joined the Bedford list in the hope of getting some help from > someone with local knowledge - my grandfather, William John FULFORD, was > living at 39, Howard Street at the time of the 1891 census, and my Dad > was born at 116 Bower Street in 1917. > > I was thinking I would like to visit Bedford to have a look at these 2 > streets to see where my Fulford ancestors lived. > > Can anyone tell me if there are old houses in either of these streets, > or have they been redeveloped ? If anyone has any photos of Howard > Street or Bower Street I'd love to see them. > > Thanks for reading > > Eunice > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2690 - Release Date: 02/15/10 19:35:00

c > Further to previous replies, Bower Street still remains intact but > Howard Street are was redeveloped in about 1968 according to addresses > in some Kellys directories I have; the street remains starting from > Mill Street end. but it is shorter it is shorter than it was; the > other end is now the Lurke Street multi-floor carpark. Urggh. What an unfortunate mname for a car park. I get images of hoodies hanging round with bricks, ready to break the car winbdows and steal; the contents. Seriously, there is probably a good histroical map to be googled - son many have been put on the net, via multimap and other sources.