Flitwick, Ss Peter And Paul Church c.1955
Photo ref: F108005
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Flitwick is a village that has been the subject of substantial population growth during the 1980s and 90s, tripling its physical coverage with ease. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul has a 12th-century base, which was subject to the chancel being widened in the 13th century, and the bell tower being added in the 14th century.

A Selection of Memories from Flitwick

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Flitwick

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We moved to Flitwick at the end of 1986. The cottage we bought at the bottom of Kings Road used to be the old baptist chapel, which we were told was built in the late 1800's. When we purchased it, it already had been converted. We loved living in Flitwick, I worked for Tesco's for 15 years and saw quite a few changes over the years. My aunt used to teach at the old school probably in the early 1900's and ...see more
We'd had our usual five weeks school holidays when Hitler's Luffwaffe gave us another few days off. His bombers scampering back to the continent, after presumably bombing Midlands cities, jettisoned another, on Glebe land behind the school. The school was not directly hit, but the explosion shattered a few windows. 'HOORAY', another week off school. As far as we kids were concerned, the ...see more