In the early 1950s, American filmmakers made series of shorts to illustrate how the UK was recovering after the war. This example features aspects of the life of a Vauxhall foreman, Cecil Pattenden. In the film we see a good number of Luton landmarks - Stopsley in particular. The pub, corner shop, church, Dunstable Downs, ...
The Moulders was known as an Irish Pub and was run for many years by the legend that was Mary Keaney (nee Cusack) known locally as Mary of the Moulders. Mary won Publican of the Year in 1980, so she was certainly doing something right to make customers feel welcome.
1950 photograph showing The Rabbit and left hand side of the chapel. Also featured is a gas fired lamppost.
1880 Ordnance Survey map of junction of North Street with Old Bedford Road. Shows the 1870 chapel with capacity for 205 and a Sunday school at the rear. The site of the 1913 chapel is vacant in front of 5 cottages. The map also shows The Rabbit pub, built in an area known as Coney Hall, ...