Bedford Connections Glenn Miller (1904 - 1944)In July 1944 The Glenn MIller Orchestra came to Bedford which, by this time, was positively heaving with the influx of thousands of troops stationed in the surrounding bases.
The first concert by the Glenn Miller Orchestra was in the Lombardo Hall – now the main auditorium - of the Bedford Corn Exchange. After D-Day the orchestra was scheduled to perform in Europe starting with a concert on Christmas Eve in the recently liberated French capital of Despite bad weather that delayed his original flight Major Glenn Miller eventually took off at 1.55pm from Twinwood RAF Base, Clapham, near
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The arrival of Glenn Miller followed the relocation of the BBC to 
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