You are here: Home>Search Search Currently displaying: 186 results You've searched for: Collection: "The Story of the Original Central Milton Keynes" xCollection: "The Story of the Original Central Milton Keynes" x Search term Filter by Collection The Story of the Original Central Milton Keynes (186) Filter by Format Audio (31)Photograph (133)Drawing (19)Poster (1) Filter by Decade 1960s (4)1970s (84)1980s (26)1990s (4)2000s (37) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Image 45. The Seckloe Hundred behind the Library CMK/002/045 ‘We found the ditch round the mound’ (Tony Southard). Drawing by Eugene Fisk in 1981 showing the site of the Seckloe Hundred mound at the edge of the car parking behind the library. The Library and city centre housing can be seen in the background. Image 46. 'The Shopping Building ... was the biggest in its day' (Allen Duff) CMK/002/046 The full extent of the Shopping Building as seen from the south, from the Fishermead pedestrian bridge in 1981. Image 47. 'The CMK team's ... interpretation of the Master Plan' (Frank Henshaw) CMK/002/047 A night-time view of Milton Keynes Central Station looking downwards and across Station Square. Housing in Loughton can be seen behind the station building. Image 48. 'This clay just gets everywhere' (Keith Mason) CMK/002/048 Newly planted trees amongst Shopping Building construction – spring 1977. The service road on Secklow Gate can be seen in the background. Image 49. 'Keep as much land in productive agriculture for as long as possible' (Henry Diamond) CMK/002/049 Farmland around the Shopping Building under construction, with crops still growing, 1976. Image 50. 'Dual H6 - PDQ!' (Frank Henshaw) CMK/002/050 Constructing the bridge over H6 Childs Way April 1977 – a crane is lowering a concrete block on to the structure. Preparation for the influx of visitors when the Shopping Building opened. Image 51. 'You've got to deal with drainage' (Jan Blackhall) CMK/002/051 View over Lloyds Court car park with construction materials in the foreground, looking towards Linford Wood, May 1976. Image 52. 'CMK would become a hub for the churches - A lot of people had to co-operate' (Frank Henshaw) CMK/002/052 Aerial view of the City Church site c.1988. The ancient ‘Common Lane’ can be seen crossing the site. Image 53. Church construction: 'You had to facilitate this' (Frank Henshaw) CMK/002/053 The dome of the City Church being craned into place, December 1990. Image 54. The City Church: 'the money...wouldn't come from anywhere else' (Frank Henshaw) CMK/002/054 View of the City Church dome above the trees, seen from Saxon Gate in 2006. Image 55. 'Unbridled enthusiasm... enormous bravery' (Derek Walker) CMK/002/055 Cladding the Shopping Building. A black and white image of builders silhouetted against the skeleton of the shopping building structure. Image 56. 'It will be a major regional centre' (Fred Roche) CMK/002/056 The first phase of the Shopping Building being constructed: October 1976. An aerial view from the east, showing the Shopping Building and Lloyds Court, and Silbury and Midsummer Boulevards. Image 57. 'There were lots of arguments...' (Christopher Woodward) CMK/002/057 The completed Shopping Building in 1980 viewed from the John Lewis car parks.. Image 58. 'It's absolutely on the prevailing wind line' (Tony Southard) CMK/002/058 View from part of the Shopping Building under construction in 1976 on high ground, looking towards Bow Brickhill, July 1976. Image 59. A vision of CMK in 1990. 'You were making something new.' (Ken Baker) CMK/002/059 A photographic rendering of Helmut Jacoby’s 1972 vision of CMK as it would be in 1990. An aerial view from the east including a helicopter flying over the Park in the foreground. Image 60. 'Only six days to go!' CMK/002/060 An MKDC advertisement for the opening of the Shopping Building in 1979. The headline is ‘Only Six Days to Go’ above an image of many different staff who will be working in the building. The text advertises some of the shops which will be opening in the building and describes it as ‘one of Europe’s ... Image 61. 'The Corporation was there to get things done' (Frank Henshaw) CMK/002/061 Image of a display of prototype street furniture for the Shopping Building: a wooden bench, ash tray, wastepaper bin and an advertising board. Image 62. Alan Ashton CMK/002/062 Alan Ashton was MKDC’s Chief Estates Officer from 1970 until his death in 1977. Image 63. Allen Duff CMK/002/063 MKDC Commercial Director from 1977-1983, who took over from Alan Ashton after his death. Image 64. 'The pace was unremitting' (Derek Walker) CMK/002/064 The structural steelwork of the Shopping Building, 1975. Image 65. 'Everyone was moving in the same direction' (Douglas Burcham) CMK/002/065 An evening view of the exterior of part of the Shopping Building in 1979 showing the trees and two porte-cochères. Image 66. 'We're not spending money here. We're investing' (Stuart Mosscrop) CMK/002/066 A night-time view of Queen’s Court Pool in 1980, with the fountains playing. Image 67. 'How can we make it work?' (Jan Blackhall) CMK/002/067 Helmut Jacoby’s rendering of an interior courtyard at Lloyds Court. Image 68. 'Multi-disciplinary team-working' (Douglas Burcham) CMK/002/068 A team meeting: (l to r) Philip Murphy (Quantity Surveyor), Peter Hadley (Commercial Surveyor), Ivan Pickles (Architect), Alan Simpson (Graphic Designer), Douglas Burcham (Financial Accountant). PAGE: < Prev12345678Next >