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Audio recording of founder of David Lock Associates

DLA/001

Interview covering foundation of David Lock Associates and scope of oral history project.
Audio recording of David Lock (b. 1948)

DLA/001/001

On the 1st November 1988 David Lock started working from home in a make-shift office in his daughter’s bedroom. When at college DL never dreamt of running a business but realised that he would have to do this to do the work he wanted to do. Twenty plus years later the company that bears his ...
Audio recording of two planners with David Lock Associates

DLA/002

Interview with two long established planners at David Lock Associates
Audio recording of Jim Urwin (b. 1951) and David Keene (b. 1952)

DLA/002/001

Jim Urwin and David Keene, Directors of David Lock Associates (David Lock Associates), talk about their career paths to David Lock Associates. Jim remembers the working conditions and the first employees in the very early days of David Lock Associates when it was based at David and Jeanette’s house and the change in management style ...
Audio recording of head of Graphic Design at David Lock Associates

DLA/003
Audio recording of Caroline Brown (b. 1966)

DLA/003/001

Caroline Brown came to work at David Lock Associates in 1992 in their newly opened premises in Central Milton Keynes. She remembers the interview, first impressions and first jobs she did. She was the first graphic designer and talks about how the standards for graphics and the way of drawing things up was ...
Audio recording of one of original staff at David Lock Associates, now a Director

DLA/004
Audio recording of Will Cousins (b. 1950)

DLA/004/001

Will Cousins joined David Lock Associates in 1990 when it was still based at the Locks’ house. He was joining a team, many of whom he’d had contact with before, at University, at MKDC and London Docklands; he felt that what David Lock Associates was doing was a synthesis of all of his previous ...
Audio recording of two younger employees at David Lock Associates, one a librarian and the other a planner

DLA/005
Audio recording of Roz Collier (b. 1972) and Matthew Lappin (b. 1971)

DLA/005/001

Both RC and ML recall the interview process for their jobs, their first impressions of David Lock Associates and the people who worked there and the difficult process of settling in and being accepted in their new jobs. There was not a very good induction process in place as there is today, nor a ...
Audio recording of five employees at David Lock Associates

DLA/006
Audio recording of Wei Yang (b. 1974), Andrew Wintersgill (b. 1971), Darren Bell (b.1970), Phil Copsey (b. 1968) and Roger Carman (b. 1970)

DLA/006/001

Talk by interviewees about how they came to work at David Lock Associates – what attracted them to apply and their first impressions of the firm from their interviews and about the process of settling in. Later arrivals talk about the ‘buddy’ system for supporting new arrivals, although an earlier arrival talks about the ...
Audio recording of four employees at David Lock Associates

DLA/007
Audio recording of Steve Haines (b. 1970), Charlie Sweeney (b. 1958), Arwel Owen (b. 1976) and Duncan Chadwick (b. 1960)

DLA/007/001

The interviewees begin by talking about their work experience before David Lock Associates, their reasons for wanting to work there and their initial interviews and first impressions. There is discussion about David Lock Associates’s style of work and its long-term relationship with clients, its integrity, quality of ideas and innovation and the supportive and ...
Audio recording of seven employees at David Lock Associates

DLA/008
Audio recording of Karen Dye (b. 1963), Adrian Webb (b. 1983), Helen Locke (b. 1979), Jane Alexander (b. 1950), Gail Revill (b. 1956), Sheng-Ji Lin (b. 1976) and Stefanie Goedecke (b. 1977)

DLA/008/001

The interviewees begin by giving brief biographical details including their reasons for and date of joining David Lock Associates. Those who have worked elsewhere highlight the friendliness and approachability of the staff in this small organisation, and others compare the dynamism and challenge of working for David Lock Associates with working for a local ...
Audio recording of two graphic designers at David Lock Associates

DLA/009
Audio recording of Mark Prestige (b. 1979) and Paul Farrell (b. 1981)

DLA/009/001

The interview begins with biographical details and how both came to join David Lock Associates. They both went to the same school where Jeanette Lock was a Governor. There is a discussion about starting work at David Lock Associates and being ‘thrown in the fire’, and how from little or no knowledge of ...
Audio recording of Chief Executive of David Lock Associates

DLA/010
Audio recording of Lawrence Revill (b. 1956)

DLA/010/001

After dealing with biographical and work history details LR talks about David Lock’s reputation and attributes and that his influence pervades the ethos of the company – that David Lock Associates is interested in large urban extensions and in making communities, not just getting planning permission. Quotes Ken Baker -‘we’re in business to do planning ...
Audio recording of seven employees at David Lock Associates including Secretarial support staff

DLA/011
Audio recording of Terry Holman (b. 1981), Leanne Keltie (b. 1973), Helen Flett (b. 1985), Julia Cousins (b. 1958), Peter Chambers (b. 1977), Dinesh Sharman (b. 1980), Elaine Jackson (b. 1947)

DLA/011/001

Initial biographical details and dates of when they joined the firm. Several recollections about the first few weeks and months, the friendliness, the support, the lack of a macho culture (being interviewed by senior female directors) but also the terror and time it took to get ‘adopted’ and wondering when you’d be given ...
Audio recording of two younger Directors at David Lock Associates

DLA/012
Audio recording of Julia Foster (b. 1969) and Heather Pugh (b. 1968)

DLA/012/001

The interview begins with biographical details and then recollections of coming for interview to David Lock Associates and first impressions. Early days at work were in a much smaller office than today (2009) where everybody sat together: much easier to get to know people and get settled in and a good proportion of ...

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