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We lived in Hampton Road in the seventies. I used to love watching Luton Town football, I used to walk to the matches
there. At 14 years old I was working there selling Golden Goal tickets. It was great as I stood at the entrance where all
the players came in.I got married in 1976 and my husband worked at the National Westminster Bank in Bury Park Road,
the bank owned the maisonette above the bank (where it was then until it moved further along), It’s now above Man
Ho. We lived there for 3 years, the community had a great vibe and we enjoyed living there.
Jane McCulloch

My mum and dad lived on Hazelbury Road in late 60s early 70s. They loved the area. Everyone got on well with each
other and respected everyone. I do remember Westside shopping area when I was young
Michael Clarke
My dad owned Direct Motorist supplies on the corner of Oak rd or was it Ash Road , I can’t remember but I use to
spend a lot of my time at the Odeon cinema and F L Moores buying my 45’s.
Tracey Davey
I used to work in the Spanish Doll in the 60s, I was at Luton College as a student. I worked evenings and weekends
until he sold it. It was a slice of life of the area in those days. We did lunches for people who worked locally and in
the evenings the young crowd would come in. Saturday afternoons were special as the footballers would come in
after the game. I remember everyone cheering when Fred Jardine came in. Sundays people would come in after church.
Great days.
Sheila Burrell

Spanish Doll café - l went there when they were starting to construct the M1 motorway. A few lads who had motorbikes
would come in and have a coffee and then whiz off to see if there was a bit of motorway they could ride on. Also
lads used to come in and use their reflection in the Juke box like it was a mirror and comb their hair. There was a lot of
flirting going on. Good old days.
Lesley Robinson

I was born in Bury Park Rd, we always called the shops in Dunstable Rd the front, just after the war we got a house with
3 bedrooms, it was just like a mansion, I was 5. Then I grow up left school and went to work in a little haberdashery shop
sold knickers & shirts & sheets & all nice things, can’t remember the name of it, it was owned by a Jewish lady & and
her daughter. Maybe someone will remember it.I went to work there in 1959. It was owned by Mrs Davies and she ran
it with her daughter. I had a Saturday job there in 1959 to 1960. Everything was something and eleven pence halfpenny.
We must have met each other. I remember the lovely towels and candlewick bedspreads and the lovely net petticoats. I
loved the shop and Mrs Davies.
Lesley Robinson

My toddling daughter and her father surveying the damage when the window of the shop below our flat on Dunstable
Road was ‘put in’. If I remember correctly, the window was smashed three times in 4 weeks. We moved to Beech Road
a few years after and Millwall came to play. The night; when the quietness of the dispersed crowd didn’t tell the
whole story.
Christine Clavey

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