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Opening of Luton Aerodrome 
Saturday, July 16, 1938 
09/07/2008 
The growth of the airport 
From small beginnings to an international travel hub 
09/07/2008 
LITTLEWOODS CUP 1988 
Fans and celebrations 
07/05/2006 
HATTERS vs MANCHESTER CITY 
FA Cup fourth round replay, February 4, 1953 
06/05/2006 
MANCHESTER CITY vs HATTERS 
FA Cup Fourth Round tie and replay 1953 
05/05/2006 
VE DAY STREET PARTIES 1 
Celebrations in May 1945 
12/05/2005 
VE DAY STREET PARTIES 2 
Celebrations in May 1945 
12/05/2005 
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1934 
Luton and Dunstable pictures 
17/02/2005 
SEPTEMBER 1934 
Luton and Dunstable pictures 
15/02/2005 
SEPTEMBER 1934 
Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis pictures 
14/02/2005 
A PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES 
The building of Luton Town Hall 
02/01/2005 
SUMMER OF 1934 
Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis pictures 
29/12/2004 
YOUR PICTURES 
Contributions from site visitors - additions August 2005 
19/12/2004 
APRIL-MAY 1934 
Luton pictures 
12/12/2004 
MARCH-MAY 1934 
Dunstable photographs 
27/10/2004 
MARCH 1934 
Luton photographs 
26/10/2004 
JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1934 
Luton and Dunstable photographs 
25/10/2004 
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1933 
Luton and Dunstable photographs 
25/10/2004 
LUTON 1933 
Photographs from September to November 
24/10/2004 
DUNSTABLE IN 1930s 
Dunstable Gazette photographs 
23/10/2004 
LUTON 1932-1933 
Pre-war years 
14/10/2004 
JANUARY 1950 
Events in Dunstable 
18/07/2004 
JANUARY 1950 
Events in Luton 
11/07/2004 
WAR CLOUDS GATHER 
How local people prepared for WWII 
09/07/2004 
DUNSTABLE AT WAR 
Town on the march 
09/07/2004 
APRIL-MAY 1949 
People and events of two months 
12/06/2004 
JANUARY 1952 
Events in January 
12/06/2004 
DUNSTABLE 1966 
Social events in January/February 
12/06/2004 
GEORGE V 
Celebrating a King - part 1 
03/06/2004 
AUGUST 30, 1940 
Luton suffers its first air raid of WW2 
03/06/2004 
SUMMER 1966 
People and events 
10/05/2004 
FEBRUARY 1965 
Events and people 
02/05/2004 
DUNSTABLE 
Scenes and events from the late 1940s 
20/04/2004 
JULY-AUGUST 1948 
Events during a hot summer 
18/04/2004 
FESTIVE SEASON 1 
Events in December 1967 and January 1968 
18/04/2004 
FESTIVE SEASON 2 
Miscellaneous events in December 1967 
18/04/2004 
PLANES AND TRAINS 
Nostalgia in the air and on the rails 
04/04/2004 
STOPSLEY 
1940s to 1960s 
03/04/2004 
JANUARY 1965 
Events and people 
21/03/2004 
DECEMBER 1967 
Festivities for young and old 
16/03/2004 
WARDOWN 
Luton's favourite recreation area over the years 
14/03/2004 
VILLAGE VISTAS 
Barton, Toddington, Hockliffe, Markyate, Silsoe and more 
14/03/2004 
TOWERING VIEWPOINT 
The 1966 view from St Mary's Church, Luton 
11/03/2004 
CHRISTMASTIME 1948-49 
Pictures from Luton, Dunstable and villages 
10/03/2004 
OCTOBER 1956 
Events and faces 
06/03/2004 
DECEMBER 1948 
Events in Luton, Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Toddington 
24/02/2004 
DUNSTABLE AERIALS 
Bird's-eye view of Dunstable and Houghton Regis 
23/02/2004 
AERIALS 
Stopsley area from the air, 1950s and 1960s 
17/02/2004 
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW 
Aerial photographs of Luton 
13/02/2004 
JUNE 1958 
Events in Dunstable 
08/02/2004 
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE 
Reconstruction and demolition 
18/01/2004 
DUNSTABLE IN 1959 
Events in pictures, February to April 
16/01/2004 
DUNSTABLE 1959 
Miscellany of pictures from February to April 
16/01/2004 
THIS SPORTING LIFE 
Sport and recreation 
11/01/2004 
HOMES FOR THE FUTURE 
New estates and older homes 
11/01/2004 
MARCH 1967 
Focus on miscellaneous events 
11/01/2004 
SCHOOLDAYS 1967 
Spring term pictures 
11/01/2004 
YOUR COMMENTS 
Extracts from some of your e-mails. Revised June 2004 
17/12/2003 
READY FOR TAKE-OFF 
Early development of Luton Airport 
10/12/2003 
CIVILIANS AT WAR 
Day-to-Day Life During World War Two 
09/12/2003 
MARCH 1972 
Recognise any faces? 
04/12/2003 
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1964 
Any familar faces? 
04/12/2003 
NOVEMBER 1964 - 2 
Any familiar faces? 
04/12/2003 
NOVEMBER 1964 - 3 
Are there any familiar faces? 
04/12/2003 
UP IN SMOKE 
Cigarette manufacturing in Luton 
03/11/2003 
CHOCS AWAY 
Luton's cocoa factory 
30/10/2003 
HIGH TOWN-ROUND GREEN 
Spotlight on two communities 
12/10/2003 
STOPSLEY NOSTALGIA 
Scenes and events 
10/10/2003 
VE DAY 
Celebrations at the end of war 
10/10/2003 
THE FLAGS GO OUT 
Dunstable celebrations 
27/09/2003 
PUT THE FLAGS OUT 
Celebrations in Luton 
27/09/2003 
YOUTH ON PARADE 
Scouts, Guides and Cadets 
21/09/2003 
ANCIENT TREASURES 
Buildings that reveal life in earlier centuries 
20/09/2003 
LUTON TOWN CENTRE 
Street scenes from the past 
20/09/2003 
GEORGE STREET, LUTON 
Pictures across the decades 
20/09/2003 
GOOD HEALTH 
Some of the earliest local hospitals 
20/09/2003 
ALL YOURS 
Pictures provided by visitors to this site..............Revised June 2004 
16/09/2003 
ANIMAL MAGIC 
Whipsnade and more 
15/09/2003 
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS 
M1 and earlier roads 
14/09/2003 
WORLD WAR ONE 
Local images from the Great War years 
12/09/2003 
PRAISE BE 
Churches and chapels 
11/09/2003 
PANORAMAS 
The wider view of Luton and Dunstable 
10/09/2003 
REVISIT THE SHOPS 
Images from markets to supermarkets 
08/09/2003 
SCHOOLDAYS 
"Happiest days of your life" images 
06/09/2003 
LEAGRAVE AND LIMBURY 
Pictures of former villages 
01/09/2003 
LAST ORDERS 
Local pubs where time has been called permanently 
31/08/2003 
HEAD FOR BUSINESS 
Images of the hat trade 
31/08/2003 
VAUXHALL YEARS 
Luton, Dunstable motor manufacturing 
31/08/2003 
BURNING WITH ANGER 
The day they burnt down the Town Hall 
23/08/2003 
WORLD WAR TWO 
Luton 1939-45 
03/08/2003 
UP IN THE AIR 
Luton Airport highlights. 
03/08/2003 
COME ON YOU HATTERS 
Luton Town FC 
31/07/2003 
DUNSTABLE BYGONES 
Lost landmarks. 
30/07/2003 
AROUND THE VILLAGES 
Rural memories 
26/07/2003 
HOUGHTON REGIS BYGONES 
Photos from 1940s to 1970s.....................................New pictures added 28.01.04 
26/07/2003 
DUNSTABLE: EARLY PICTURES 
Pictures from 1870s to 1930s 
26/07/2003 
TRANSPORTED IN TIME 
Buses, bikes, trains and horse power 
16/07/2003 
TRACKING THE TRAMS 
Transport 1908-1932...........................................Revised 24-09-2003 
15/07/2003 
LUTON LOST LANDMARKS 
Demolished buildings 
11/07/2003 
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