The Church of England built a mission room in 1907 to serve the growing population on the west side of Luton, and the new church of All Saints was opened on Shaftesbury Road in 1923. Dunstable Road was lined with Victorian houses, each with a neatly fenced garden, but the character of the road altered with the coming of the trams in 1908; the houses were turned into shops, and their front gardens became paved forecourts.
The Church of England built a mission room to address the growing population on Luton's west side in 1907. The new church of All Saints opened on Shaftesbury Road in 1923. Dunstable Road, previously lined with Victorian houses with neatly fenced gardens, underwent transformation due to the arrival of trams in 1908, becoming a street with shops and paved forecourts.