The Sylvia Mead Collection
A large collection of photographs and documents relating to the New Bradwell and Old Bradwell areas of Milton Keynes during the whole of the 20th century, collected by Sylvia Mead (nee Hood).
Sylvia organised these items into 15 folders and these have been mirrored by 15 Groups in the Living Archive catalogue:
SMC/001 Folder A – New Bradwell and Old Bradwell Schools
SMC/002 Folder B – Bradwell Silver Band
SMC/003 Folder C – Bradwell Mothers’ Club
SMC/004 Folder D – St James’ Church New Bradwell, St Peter’s Church Stantonbury, St Lawrence’s Church Old Bradwell.
SMC/005 Folder E – Teddy Hiorns & The Corner Pin Eagles Cycle Speedway Team
SMC/006 Folder F&G – Stantonbury Hospital Fetes, St Peter’s Fetes, Charley Scott’s Pantomimes
SMC/007 Folder H – Jubilees & Coronations of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II
SMC/008 Folder I&J – New and Old Bradwell Merry Comrades
SMC/009 Folder M – ‘Nobby Newport’ railway line
SMC/010 Folder N&O – Old Programmes
SMC/011 Folder P&Q – Views of New Bradwell & Old Bradwell
SMC/012 Folder R – New Bradwell People
SMC/013 Folder S – Old Bradwell People
SMC/014 Folder TUV – New Bradwell Football & Cricket Teams and Old Bradwell Football & Cricket Teams
SMC/015 Folder XYZ – Various Documents
Sylvia Mead was very interested in local history and wrote a number of books, using many of the photographs and documents in her collection as illustrations in the books:
History of New Bradwell School 1858 -1990
Published in about 1994
Chapters: 13 in total, each covering a decade
New Bradwell – The Unique Community
Published April 1995
Chapters:
1. The Village of Stantonbury and St Peter’s Church
2. The Birth of New Bradwell
3. Places of Worship
4. Bradwell Station and ‘Nobby Newport’
5. Bradwell Mill
6. The Schools
7. Shops and other Businesses
8. The Pubs and Clubs
9. The Heart of the Community
10. Bradwell’s Wars
11. To Bring Us Up To Date
Marching Out
Published January 1996
The 95 Years of the Bradwell Silver Band
Chapters:
1. How it all began
2. Through the first decade
3. The War Years and the Roaring Twenties
4. War and Peace
5. Golden and Diamond Celebrations
6. The Seventies and Eighties
7. A Special Chapter
8. Marching Out to the Centenary Year
The Bradwells Old & New
Written April 1998
A look back at the people & their way of life in the two villages
Sections:
1. Some Memories Of The Two Villages
2. The Children Of The Villages
3. Sporting Activities And Pastimes
4. Carnivals and Concerts – Pantomimes and Parties
5. A Time of Change
A Century of Life in New Bradwell
Published July 2000
Date range 1900-2000
A collection of “Brad’ll Tales”
No sections or chapters
A History of Wolverton, Buckingham
Published in 2004
A Century of Football
Published in late 2004, written by Sylvia Mead and John Booden
The History of New Bradwell St Peter Football Club 1902 – 2002
Chapters: 9 in total, covering six time periods and then Supporters, Memories & Conclusion
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