Leighton Linslade Virtual Museum

References & Acknowledgements

The Town Council would like to thank the many local contributors who have made available artefacts and written accounts for inclusion on the Virtual Museum Site. Without their input we would not have been able to develop the beginnings of an internet site.

We would like to acknowledge the enthusiasm and assistance we have received from local historians Maureen Brown, Margaret Underwood and Maggi Stannard who have helped with research and have offered suggestions on what to include initially in the Virtual Museum. We would also like to acknowledge Greenleas Clutch Club whose oral history tapes on the local railway are represented on the site, Mr Eric Guess and local printers Rush and Warwick. Also Mr. Timothy Clayden for his pictures of Faith Press and Mrs Barbara Elkerton for Nash Brushes.

The following publications have proved invaluable during research on various aspects of the history of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade. Further reading on the subjects found on the site can be found in these publications:

The Way To School - Maggi Stannard
Published by: Graham Burn Productions, Linslade
A history of the schools of Leighton Buzzard.

The Bassetts - Maureen Brown & June Masters
Published by: Local History Press
Leighton Buzzard's First Family.
(Leighton Linslade & District Museum Project)

The Inns and Taverns of Lake Street - Maureen Brown & June Masters
Published by: Leighton Linslade & District Museum Project

Around Leighton Buzzard & Linslade - Maureen Brown & June Masters
Published by: Sutton Publishing Ltd

Leighton Buzzard and its Hamlets - Robert Richmond
Published by: H Jackson & Co

The Coming of a Town - R.V. Willis
Published by: White Cresent Press Ltd, Luton
The story of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade

Pictures Past & Present, Leighton-Linslade - Richard Hart
Published by: White Crescent Press Ltd, Luton
A picture history of Leighton Buzzard, Linslade and surrounding area.

Basket Making in Bedfordshire - Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe
Published by: Luton Museum & Art Gallery

Luton and the Hat Industry - Charles Freeman
Published by: Borough of Luton Museum & Art Gallery

Strawplait - Jean Davis
Published by: Shire Publications Ltd

Modern Printing, The Practice and Principles of Typography and the Auxiliary Arts - John Southward
Published by: De Monfort Press