The Mental Deficiency Act, gave local County Councils the power to compulsorily detain such certified patients, allowing their segregation from the community. WW1 delayed any progress but by 1919, the Middlesex County Council began to examine various options. In 1920 its Mental Deficiency Committee decided to establish a colony for such patients. 1924 saw the … Read more
The Oriental shopping centre was previously owned by the Yaohan Corporation collapsed, it was then sold to Malaysian owners. The centre contained a large oriental supermarket, and a food court with a range of foods from around South-East Asia. The stalls offered Malaysian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean and Japanese foods. There were also a number … Read more
Thurleigh was one of 28 fields listed for use by the U.S. Eighth Air Force on 4 June 1942, tentatively designated station B-4, and was allocated on 10 August 1942. The RAF had found that the initial construction of Thurleigh was inadequate for the combat weight of B-24 bombers. After the departure of the RAF, … Read more
The site closed a while ago after it moved to its new campus. Some further info shamelessly stolen from another intrepid explorers notes: A little background history.. Mid 1940s – The St Mary’s Road site is acquired by the Kettering Technical College. During the Second World War it had been used as a hostel by … Read more
Originally a private residence built in 1855 by the banker Edward Lloyd, it was sold after The Great War and turned into Bedgebury Girls Public School where it played host to myriad games of pattycake and hopscotch until finally closing in 1999 and reopening seconds later as a joyous little deathtrap for explorers like Mookster … Read more
Sir Malcolm Stewart bought the London Brick Company in the town in the 1920s. The site is due to close in 2008 as the owners, Hanson, cannot meet UK limits for sulphur dioxide emissions.[2] The four chimneys remaining were due to be demolished upon closure but these have since been listed for preservation of Bedfordshire’s … Read more
Brigstock Camp built 1925 and over the years was used for an Emigration Camp, an Army Camp, ATS and Land Army Camp, US Army Training School, and in 1960 Stewarts & Lloyds Steelworks purchased Brigstock Camp for £23,000 at an auction. One hundred people moved from Scotland to work at the Steelworks and used Brigstock … Read more
