My grandfather, Hedley Lawrence, received the "The Peace Day Medal" at 9 years old from the mayor John Henry Staddon; an honour that he preserved and valued until he became the next mayor in 1954.
The start of the new millennium brought together two Luton teenagers with a vision to put on their own film festival. Repeated on an annual basis, by 2009 the festival had presented 152 days of cinema in Luton.