Bob Ricketts

Bob Ricketts CBE was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge, where he developed a lifelong passion for history. He served in senior positions in the NHS, Department of Health and NHS England for forty-one years before retiring in 2020. He is chairman of Bedfordshire Historical Record Society and Bedford Architectural, Archaeological and Local History Society, and editor of Bedford Local History Magazine. In 2019 he co-authored Bedford History Timeline: Over a thousand...See more

Bob Ricketts CBE was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of Cambridge, where he developed a lifelong passion for history. He served in senior positions in the NHS, Department of Health and NHS England for forty-one years before retiring in 2020. He is chairman of Bedfordshire Historical Record Society and Bedford Architectural, Archaeological and Local History Society, and editor of Bedford Local History Magazine. In 2019 he co-authored Bedford History Timeline: Over a thousand Years of the Town's History See less