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Newspaper collection

The Archives Service holds the following newspapers, either in volumes or as microfilm (odd loose copies are not listed)

Ampthill News : 1912-1914; 1919; 1921-1922; 1927-1971; 1973-1982

Ampthill & Flitwick Express : 1982-1986

Ampthill & Flitwick Times : 1985

Bedfordshire Daily Circular : 1938-1939

Bedfordshire Express : 1867-1868; 1886; 1888-1889; 1892; 1894; 1897; 1900; 1903; 1905; 1908-1910; 1912; 1924; 1926; 1935; 1962

Bedfordshire Mercury : 1837-1845; 1858-1896; 1902-1905; 1907

Bedfordshire Standard : 1883-1910; 1912; 1914-1921; 1923-1939

Bedfordshire Times : 1845 to 1990

Beds & Bucks Observer : see Leighton Buzzard Observer

Beds & Bucks Reporter : 1968; 1972

Bedford Bee : 1879

Bedford Record : 1897-1908; 1910; 1912-1914; 1916-1982

Bedford & Kempston Express : 1982-1986

Biggleswade & Sandy Express : 1982-1983; 1985-1986

Cambridge Chronicle : 1828-1837 (microfilm)

Dunstable Chronicle : 1856-1860 

Huntingdon Gazette & Cambridge Independent : 1815-1849, with gaps (microfilm)

Kempston Record : 1968-1970

Leighton Buzzard Observer : 1863-1899; 1928-1972

Leighton Buzzard Reporter : 1910; 1912-1913

Luton Leader : 1979

Luton News: 1891 - 1970 [microfilm)

Luton Reporter : 1879-1886 (microfilm)

North Beds Courier : 1941-1955

Northamptonshire Mercury : 1751-1838

Northamptonshire News : 1978

Saturday Morning Post : 1969-1971

Woburn & District Reporter : 1910; 1912-1914; 1919; 1921-1922; 1927-1966