Betty Chambers
Betty Chambers nee Vizard (1932-2000) was born in Southampton and educated at Hitchin Girls’ Grammar School. She worked at Luton Museum; then in the textile department of the Victoria and Albert Museum; and later at Norwich Castle Museum where she was assistant keeper responsible for ceramics and costume. She edited the Bedfordshire Magazine from 1974 for twenty-three years and was honorary secretary of BHRS from 1980 until her death in 2000.