Makan's Pharmacy, 453 Dunstable Road, Luton
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Makan's Pharmacy, 453 Dunstable Road, Luton
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 24 Feb 2017
This was built as a detached house and shop, one of a pair at the corners of Chandos Road, centre. It first appears on an OS map of 1938. My father worked here, then took on the business when the old pharmacist, Mr Prosser, retired. We lived here from around 1950. See Image The busy Dunstable Road A505 connects with the M1 to the west at Junction 11. The photo was taken about thirty minutes after a spectacular road accident. The driver of the van lost control, hit a car in Dunstable Road then ploughed into cars parked on the kerb and the forecourt. No-one was injured as far as I know but ten vehicles were damaged. That belonging to Mr Bhavash, the current pharmacist, was also completely blocked in. This was on my first visit to Luton since we moved away in 1953.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.891733
Longitude
-0.449589