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Hatfield Crescent, BEDFORD, MK41 9RB

Part of De Montfort University. Photo taken from Newnham Ave, Bedford, looking across the junction with A428 (Goldington Road)

This was the Bedford Teacher Training College, seen here from the junction between Polhill Avenue and Goldington Road. The college opened on this site in about 1966. The central block in this picture and the tower were student accommodation. The car is an MG 1100. My room was on the left on the 8th floor of the tower. Views from my room: Image] and Image The college has now become part of the University of Bedfordshire, and the trees have grown a lot! 2019 image from approximately the same location: Image

The view is taken from the 8th floor of The Tower - student accommodation at the (then) Bedford College of Education. Goldington Road is from bottom left to top right. The road on the right is Polhill Avenue, and opposite at the junction is Newnham Avenue. It was probably a Sunday, as there is so little traffic and no people about. Retrospective view towards the college buildings from the junction: Image

This is the view from under the entrance arch (the Porter's Lodge was on the right) into the main entrance courtyard of the college. The rooms on the left were mainly admin offices, with some lecture rooms on the upper floor. The buildings are now the Polhill Campus of the University of Bedfordshire.

Looking across Goldington Road towards Polhill Avenue. The buildings behind the trees are the older part of the University of Bedfordshire, Polhill Campus. They were built in the late 1960s, and at the time were Bedford College of Education. The trees were planted at the same time. Image from approximately the same location, taken 1972: Image