Leicester University was given a grant to set up the Historical Directories website and I seem to recall that it was not going to remain online indefinately, so I'm assuming they have "pulled the plug" on this. You might like to see if you can get a CD of a Bedfordshire Directory from Archive CD Books at http://www.archivecdbooks.org Brian Brian Beeche Comley - Porthcawl, Glamorgan (South Wales - UK) FHS Member: Glam; Gwent; Wilts All emails (in & out) scanned by Norton Anti Virus 2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "H N" <h.napier@gmail.com> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Schools in Bedford town > i tried the historical directories link, does not work. > the direct resource one is excellant.

The Historical Directories site is still working fine : http://www.historicaldirectories.org/ Chris Studman **************************************************** looking for schoolfriends : www.schoolfriends.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: Brian Comley [mailto:brian@bcomley.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 14 April 2006 17:05 To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BDF] Schools in Bedford town Leicester University was given a grant to set up the Historical Directories website and I seem to recall that it was not going to remain online indefinately, so I'm assuming they have "pulled the plug" on this. You might like to see if you can get a CD of a Bedfordshire Directory from Archive CD Books at http://www.archivecdbooks.org Brian Brian Beeche Comley - Porthcawl, Glamorgan (South Wales - UK) FHS Member: Glam; Gwent; Wilts All emails (in & out) scanned by Norton Anti Virus 2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "H N" <h.napier@gmail.com> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Schools in Bedford town > i tried the historical directories link, does not work. > the direct resource one is excellant. ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== Bedfordshire at Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/