<< /E 135853 /L 564300 OS: TL090 230 Free parking on Old Bedford Road and on New Bedford Road. /FontName /AOKWVY+Arial,Bold Visit Luton to see a place in a delicate state of flux. map >> /CIDSystemInfo 41 0 R 0 >> /ExtGState << /GS31 77 0 R /GS33 78 0 R >> >> 258 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<337D07005ADF5062802A37F74B2AD594>]/Index[245 24]/Info 244 0 R/Length 80/Prev 319545/Root 246 0 R/Size 269/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream Website: Wardown Park Museum /Root 36 0 R 0000002419 00000 n Discover the sites of the earliest buildings in the area, past and present hat factories, plus a few famous local connections! History recollects Luton as famous producing Ladies’ Hat for more than 200 years. Wardown Park Museum traces the heritage of Luton and the surrounding area, with a particular focus on the history of Luton as a centre for hat making and lace. %PDF-1.5 0000036228 00000 n Explore the key role Luton has played in the British hat industry. << 38 0 obj The house was built by a wealthy solicitor named Frank Scargill in 1877. See how the development of Luton went hand in hand with its growth as a centre of hat making. 80 0 obj stream /Ordering (Identity) (Still today, the Luton football team is known as the Hatters. Wardown Park is easy to access off both Old Bedford Road and New Bedford Road, which run parallel to the east and west sides of the park respectively. >> The hat making industry faltered with cheap imported material in the early 20th century, but Luton thrived as a centre for engineering and manufacture, with products like cars, chocolate, cookers, and chemicals providing employment. /Parent 32 0 R Mural in the old hat-making district Inside Philip Wright's showroom. 0000036586 00000 n /Encoding /Identity-H << Britain Express is a labour of love by David Ross, an avid historian, photographer, and 'Britain-ophile'. We've 'tagged' this attraction information to help you find related historic attractions and learn more about major time periods mentioned. London Luton Airport. Sleeps 4, from £278.00 0000031014 00000 n Another display that caught our eyes was a pair of bank notes from the Luton Bank. /FontDescriptor 42 0 R Sleeps 4, from £305.00 0000081330 00000 n h�b```a``��VAʀ Nj&�E��m�Z@��-!� ya��N +tM1��+:�������+���H�sC1C8� #�G�O���6����c`�9�q,+��V�H3��e`k��z�X���t����p�ئM��0 �'K /CIDToGIDMap /Identity /Rotate 0 As a result, the 3 new medals were dubbed Pip (the Star), Squeak (the British War Medal), and Wilfred (the Allied Victory Medal). 6.3 miles, - << /Filter /FlateDecode 0000062653 00000 n This is a good walk to take before or after a … /Lang (en-GB) endobj /DW 1000 /S 287 endobj /XHeight 250 /PageLabels 34 0 R Luton Airport was opened in 1938 and is the fifth busiest airport in the UK, with it the fourth largest of the six London airports. Biggleswade !���@�@��=#a_TH�E���਀�C� ���%a�2��W��GfE3�AD%�����,���}���}>�;uOU�:��N�sꜪ��BzԂ�֌�/4߸���B�eK|? The bank notes were issued between 1822 and 1823. H��Wko����_1�&-"�o�A��ӭ����! Luton Hats. << Stunning UK prints for sale by award-winning photographer David Ross, editor of Britain Express, the UK Travel and Heritage Guide. >> endstream endobj The Mayor fled, leaving the mob to set fire to the town hall. (�[0��Y�� ��Cp�M/�砏�i����E���{��H�E��.b��� �!�{�+��d�A��E�N` ��gPN�� The manor of Luton Hoo is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, but a family called de Hoo occupied a manor house on the site for four centuries, until the death of Thomas Hoo, 1st Baron Hoo and Hastings in 1455. 0000001389 00000 n Mad as a Hatter (Documentary About Luton Hat Industry - Sixth Form Factual Programme Project) << 0000030778 00000 n 0000093415 00000 n /DescendantFonts 39 0 R 0000099291 00000 n 268 0 obj <>stream 5.3 miles (Countryside), Chalgrave Castle - O� ���|}n��\$�m*��x!6���!`���T6�R��� �y����k�;-��6��gcj�? The manor passed from the de Hoo family to the Rotherham family and then the Napier family. Sharnbrook /Size 81 Nearest Accommodation to Wardown Park Museum: Self Catering   -   B&Bs/Guesthouses   -   Hotels, More A list of trades includes brewing and malting, important local industries. /CapHeight 728 At the time they medals were issued there was a popular comic strip running in the Daily Mirror newspaper following the comic adventures of Pip, Squeak, and Wilfred (a dog, a penguin, and a rabbit). However, the hat industry did not come out of the blue, but it had a unique history affiliation with the straw plaiting industry in the 17 th century. /Resources << /Font << /F1 38 0 R /F2 46 0 R /F3 50 0 R /F4 53 0 R /F5 The most impressive feature of the original Victorian architecture is the ornate porte-cochere, decorated with likenesses of major figures in politics and the arts. /Linearized 1 0000023597 00000 n /ID [<8fbabfb86d6ab824e7f1bb77526c37bf><8fbabfb86d6ab824e7f1bb77526c37bf>] A contrast to the delicacy of lace is provided by the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Gallery, tracing the long history of the Regiment from its beginnings in 1688 up to the present day. 36 0 obj %���� /FontBBox [ -628 -210 2000 728 ] A pair of local solicitors set up the bank in the early 19th century. =m 0 See medals, uniforms, photographs, and an interactive display telling the story of the Regiment and those who served in it.