Shops & Businesses

While the retail areas of the town are limited, many of the same buildings have changed use over time. Do you have any stories or photos of businesses past and present we should capture?

Retail in Flitwick in 1992

Posted in 1990s, Local History, Shops & Businesses

A limited edition retail map of both Flitwick and Ampthill was produced in 1992.

The Wheatsheaf Public House…A brief history

Posted in 1910s, 1920s, 2010s, Local People, Shops & Businesses

The history of the Wheatsheaf goes back nearly a century and a half before it was first licensed. In 1717 two cottages in Denel End […]

Flitwick in the 1940’s and 50’s

Posted in 1940s, 1950s, Local History, Local Landmarks, Local Organisations, Local People, People, Places, Shops & Businesses, Topics

Local residents talk about what Flitwick was like for them growing up in the 1940’s and 50’s.

Ian Second Test

Posted in 1910s, 2020s, Places, Shops & Businesses, Topics

Information about the second test

Ian Test

Posted in 2020s, Celebrations & Events, Civic Buildings, Community Matters, Estates, Streets & Houses, Local Celebrities, Local History, Local Landmarks, Local Organisations, Local People, Military, Parks & Green Spaces, People, Places, Places of Worship, Schools, Shops & Businesses, Sports, Sportsmen & women, Topics, Transport, Youth Organisations

With the onset of the year 2014 we are all thinking of our forebears who made the ultimate sacrifice in two world wars in order […]

The Bumble Bee Public House, Flitwick

Posted in 1980s, 2010s, Local People, People, Shops & Businesses, Topics

The Bumble Bee April 2017 A licensing register tells us that the Bumblebee opened in 1986. The Bumblebee remains a Greene King public house [2017]. […]

The Swan Public House: 1 Dunstable Road, Flitwick

Posted in 1920s, 2010s, Local People, People, Places, Shops & Businesses, Topics

The Swan about 1925 and 2017 (April) The Swan Public House: 1 Dunstable Road, Flitwick In 1899 the old Swan Inn closed and the […]

The Blackbirds Public House: 27 High Street, Flitwick

Posted in 1930s, 2010s, Local People, People, Places, Shops & Businesses, Topics

The Blackbirds Photos show the pub in 1935 and 2017 The Blackbirds, also known as the Three Blackbirds, is a public house of longstanding. […]