Bedford customers play their part in history
Customers across four retirement living schemes in Bedford are helping to preserve the history of the area by starring in a film about the town.
Working with Historic England and the Higgins Bedford Museum, customers shared their experiences and memories of Bedford high street on camera, with the resulting film being used as an exhibition at the museum and used to promote Historic England’s High Street Action Zone project.
Here’s the full film that’s being shown to support the project:
To celebrate being part of the project, customers were treated to a special showing of the film at Presentation House, where customers could see themselves up on the big screen.
One customer said: “(It was) Nice to be part of keeping the history of Bedford alive.”
Another said: “I enjoyed viewing the film with residents from our other schemes. I would like to do shared activities with other schemes in the future.”
For more information on the exhibition, take a look at the Higgins Bedford Museum website.