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Products
If you wish to purchase any of our products please contact us on 01908 322658 or email
Books
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The Story of the original CMK
ISBN 978-0-90484734-5 Price: £20.00
This is the story of how Central Milton Keynes happened, told by the people who shaped the initial ideas of ‘CMK’. Commissioned by the Central Milton Keynes Project Board (part of English Partnerships) and published (Oct 2007) by Living Archive of Milton Keynes, the book is illustrated with over 150 full-colour and black-and-white photographs, many never before published'. more
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Where the Lines Meet
ISBN 978-090484733-8 Price: £5.00
Now, on the eve of Milton Keynes' 40th birthday - Old Bletchley Station lives again through the words of those who lived it. Their stories tell the real tale better than any statistics... Bletchley Station has been Where the Lines Meet for eight generations connecting London with Birmingham and Oxford with Cambridge throughout 100 of it 160 years.
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I'll Tell You What Happened.....(Hawtin Mundy)
ISBN 0 0904847 24 1 Price: £4.00
Hawtin Mundy was one of those natural story-tellers that you occasionally come across and you are immediately captivated. I'll Tell You What Happened..... is based on the reminiscence of his childhood days in the early years of the century in what is now the new city of Milton Keynes. With inimitable observation, wit and humour, he vividly recalls the places he grew up in, the people he knew, the fun, the friendships and the fellow-feeling that belongs to close-knit community life. The illustrations are by Milton Keynes artist Diana Winkfield. more
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No Heroes No Cowards (Hawtin Mundy)
ISBN 0 904847 12 8 Price: £3.95
The book gives an account of the experiences of a private and (for a time!) lance corporal in the First World War, special interest attaches to the chapters on life as a German prisoner of war but the whole narrative is essentially 'history from below'. It is full of illuminating insights which will interest historians and general readers alike. more
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Pioneer Tales (Jane Turner and Bob Jardine)
ISBN 0 904847 16 0 Price: £2.00
Milton Keynes is Britain's biggest new city. Its size and style have attacted international attention. Its inhabitants have come determined 'to make a new start'. As one interviewee puts it "we're all immigrants here". The very newness and openness of Milton Keynes has made it an exciting, challenging and frustrating place to live in. In this book, Jane Turner and Bob Jardine capture these feelings in photographs, and pioneers tell their tales. more
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Both Sides of the Wall (Eric Bellchambers)
ISBN 0 904487 18 7 Price: £2.00
The great wall of Wolverton used to stretch from the station to the far end of the town, beyond it the men of Wolverton earned a living. Both Sides Of The Wall is the story of these people. It tells of the way of life of a close-knit community, its customs and practices and tries to capture something of the spirit of the place as it was in the nineteen twenties and early thirties. more
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Positive Tales - Nine Lives in a Book
ISBN 0 904847 28 4 Price: £4.99
People with learning difficulties rarely get the chance to tell their stories. This book is different. Each author was interviewed on a one-to-one basis and there was complete confidentiality until each was happy to share their recorded story. The editing was a shared task and only rare changes in the order of words were made to clarify a story. As a result, you should hear the voices of the authors as you read this engaging compilation. Each page is supplemented with a key phrase in Widget's Rebus symbol language. more
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Piano & Herrings - Bill Elliot
ISBN 0 904847 00 4 Price: £2.50
Bill Elliot was born in Great Linford in 1884 but moved to Wolverton when he was four, first in the now demolished Young Street, and finally in Anson Road. His story gives a fascinating insight into life in the Wolverton area since before the turn of the century, and shows that the life of 'ordinary' working people is far from ordinary. more
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Bigger Brighter Better - Ed. Marion Hill
ISBN 0 904847 29 2 Price: £5.99
The story of Bletchley from 1944 to 1966, told by its residents. This book is full of photographs, both personal and from the press, and includes quotes on many aspects of life experienced by the people who lived in the town from the post-war boom through to the Queen's visit when Bletchley Road, Bletchley finally became Queensway. more
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A Lifetime Away
ISBN 0 904847 25 X Price: £10.00
A compilation of personal stories from Stony Stratford. These childhood memories of older people who spent their early years in the town are accompanied and illustrated by many black and white photographs. The stories of home life, childhood games, schooldays, Fegan's Homes, starting work and the grown up characters of the town are all here, brought to life in the words of the people who experienced them. more
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Listen to me
ISBN 0 904847 31 4 Price: £4.99
A unique book of recordings carried out with people with memory loss who are under the age of 65. Early onset dementia has only been recently been recognised and much of what is written is either by carers or aimed at carers. In the UK very few younger people have spoken out about what it is like to live with dementia. The stories of Evelyn, Jane, Hyacinth and Harry are moving and powerful and relate to the experiences of living with memory loss. more
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Meri Kahani - My Story, Asian Voices
ISBN 0 904847 32 2 Price: £5.99
This book is a result of a year long community initiative to collect stories from various members of the Asian community in Milton Keynes. It covers almost all religious and cultural groups and contains stories filled with human emotions, nostalgia of leaving their countries of origin, stories of settling thounds of miles away and of creating new homes and communities.
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Audio
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The Works
Price: £4.99
A joint Living Archive / BBC Three Counties Radio production. This radio documentary tells the story of Wolverton Works throught the words of past and present employees along with music inspired by their stories. - The days when 5000 people worked there, the changes from Beeching to privatisation, the feelings of pride and loss.
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Real Lives - The Living Archive Band
Price: £10
Songs from two decades of documentary drama in Milton Keynes for more information.
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I'll Tell You What Happened - Hawtin Mundy
Price: £6.99
The original stories told by the master storyteller with the added bonus of songs by the Living Archive Band more
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Interactive CD-Rom
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Your Loving Brother Albert
Price: £6.99
Although it appears on the Milton Keynes Heritage website as a 'Jewel' of Milton Keynes we have decided to release the story of Your Loving Brother Albert as a CD-ROM that you will be able to view through the web browser on your computer at your leisure. In 1975 a bundle of Albert French's letters, written during the First World war from his training camp and the trenches of France, were found at the bottom of a box of books at a second-hand furniture store. These letters have inspired books, a play, radio documentary and theatre in education production. The whole amazing story is told here in a website which includes sound and video clips as well as full copies of each of Albert's letters.
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DVD
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The Works
Price: £5.00
This 20 mins dvd, tells the story of Wolverton Works through the words of past and present employees along with over 120 photographs taken by Dave Runnacles in 1986.
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Current Project
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Milton Keynes Football Project
Funded by a 'Your Heritage' Lottery grant this project will collect personal testimonies, photographs and memorabilia to document the history of football in Milton Keynes over the last 100 years. The primary source material collected will be used to create a website, exhibition, book and digital stories. more |
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