Captain Glenn Miller and the American Band of the Supreme Allied Command gave their first broadcast in Great Britain from the Corn Exchange in July 1944, and a wealth of British guest stars performed with them including Dorothy Careless, Bruce Trent, Sergeant Jimmy Miller, Vera Lynn and Anne Shelton. Miller played his last concert at the Corn Exchange before he disappeared in 1944, and he is commemorated with a sculptural bust on the front elevation by Patricia Finch, added in 1994.
This is part of the Job: 2K/31318 Bedford Corn Exchange, St Paul's Square, Bedford; within the Volume: VF000197 Historic Building Survey, Planning, Advice and Listing; within the Series: HEC01/026 Historic Building Survey, Planning, Advice and Listing; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England
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Photographer: Payne, Patricia: Historic England
Victorian Corn Exchange
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