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Photographs of Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Chapel

BCH/010

Photographs of Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Chapel in its old premises on Aylesbury Street before it moved to the Water Eaton Church Centre in 1975
Photograph of Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church

BCH/010/003

Black and white photograph of the interior of Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church.
Miscellaneous newspapers and photographs

TBC/018

Newspapers and oversized photographs. The newspapers and magazines relate to the Royal Family, the death of Churchill and the Lunar Landing in 1969
Personal Photographs.

TBC/015

A miscellaneous collection of family photographs, birthday and Christmas cards from the 20th century.
St George's Players in a Pantomime.

TBC/007/010

Photograph of the St George’s players, taken in the 1950s, in a pantomime on stage. The cast is arranged into 3/4 rows. In the centre are three ladies, dressed as a fairy, a princess and a prince. There are children seated to either side of them and the rest of the ...
St Georges Church.

TBC/012

Photographs, newspaper articles and programmes relating to events involving the family and St. George’s Church. The Taylor-Brown family were involved in many of the activities run by St. George’s church, Frank Harry Brown sang with their choir, the brotherhood, for over 70 years and went with them to the Empire Day concert held for ...
Miscellaneous documents and objects.

TBC/014

A miscellaneous collection of photographs, diaries, family letters, newspapers and documents relating to various members of the Taylor-Brown family including family trees for the Brown family. There are also items related to the funeral of King Edward VII and the coronation of Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. In addition ...
The Browns on the ferry 'Brightlingsea'.

TBC/015/146

Black and white photograph showing Frank W. Brown, Bernice Brown and Beryl Brown on the railway ferry ‘Brightlingsea’ in Felixstowe Dock Basin 1950/1. Behind Beryl is a white house.
Charles Edward Green Collection

CEG

Collection relating to the life of Charles Edward Green; Ellen Green (nee Axten); Ronald Green and G. Green. This includes material relating to the First World War; his school life and personal documents
Collection of material relating to Ronald and G. Green and their time in education

CEG/002

Collection of material relating to Ronald and G. Green and their time in education at the Technical College, Wolverton; Gaddesden Training College; Bradwell Boys School and New Bradwell Boys School. It includes sports day scorecards; school reports and programmes for plays
All Change

ALC

‘All Change’ is a collection of oral history audio recordings, still images and research process documents, relating to the coming of the railways and the creation of the railway towns of Wolverton and New Bradwell in Buckinghamshire, during the years 1832-1865. Topics include the Captain Swing riots, disputes with the canal company and the building of ...
Eric Mobbs Collection

EMC

A collection of Royal Family Postcards, Wolverton Works and McCorquodales photographs and local miscellaneous leaflets which all belonged to Eric Mobbs
General Strike

GST

‘General Strike’ is a collection of 12 oral history audio recordings relating to the 1926 General Strike and the lives of the interviewees in the years before and after. Topics include the General Strike, Wolverton Works, McCorquodales, World War One and World War Two.
Mrs Dickens (c.1900-2000): oral history audio recording.

GST/001

[To be added].
Fred Church (1911-c.2000): oral history audio recording.

GST/002

[To be added].
Elsie Ada Sinfield (1905-c.2000): oral history audio recording.

GST/004

EAS’s childhood home backed on to the Wolverton Works’ Laundry and the children used to talk to the laundresses, who included her sister-in-law, through the railings. Her brother George worked for the Stony Stratford Ambulance and joined the Royal Medical Corps at the start of World War One. He served in Egypt and, whilst there, ...
Ivy Johnson (1922-c.2010) & Catherine Ager (c.1920-2010): oral history audio recording.

GST/009

IJ’s father and grandfather continued to work through the General Strike, whilst their neighbours did not. She remembered a horseshoe being thrown over the wall into their premises and also a neighbour telling her that her father was being “set upon”. Also in the twenties, she remembered young boys taking lunches to their Fathers at ...
Eva Hall (1902-c.2000) and Betty Hall (1904-c.2000) Hall: oral history audio recording.

GST/011

The sisters’ aunt was 1 of the first 9 employees when McCorquodales started in Wolverton (1878). They worked in a disused railway carriage producing envelopes: the men cutting shapes and the women folding and gluing. As children, they received 3d pocket money. Sweets cost 1d per 2 ounces and bananas were 2d each. They received a ...
Eric Baldwin (1921-c.2010): oral history audio recording.

GST/012

The Assistant Master and Assistant Matron looked after the inmates’ welfare, set them to their tasks and did general administration. Inmates had to work for their keep. Men worked in the garden, the field and kept pigs, supervised by EB’s father. Women worked in the laundry and kitchen and did cleaning, largely supervised by staff ...
Olney RFC Juniors XV Season 1949-50

OLRC/001/092

Black and white team photograph in kit , in front of rugby posts. Players listed as: ADR Tompkins (capt), M Cooke, MV Sibley, D Wrighting, WH Rose, A Turney, P Jeffery (v capt), GJ Millard, KJ Neale, JR Mobbs, G Heaton, AE Jones, JA Brimley, AJ Brent.
Wolverton Works Christmas Party

TBC/003/006

Photo of the children at Wolverton Works Christmas party, possibly in 1951. The photograph shows rows of children, some in party hats, in Wolverton Works.
Marriages.

TBC/005

Collection of newspaper articles, photographs and documents relating to various weddings and wedding anniversaries in the Taylor Brown family. The majority of the material relates to the wedding of Frank Harry Brown to Beryl Louise Taylor in 1939.
Days of Pride Collection.

DOP

In 1981 Roger Kitchen and Roy Nevitt wrote a play looking at the impact of World War One on the people of Wolverton and New Bradwell. As part of this they spoke to people alive during this period and recorded their memories. They also gathered photographs, slides and supporting documents. As well ...
Collection of material gathered as part of the Days of Pride Project

DOP/003

In addition to recording memories of World War One the Days of Pride project also gathered additional material. This includes slides, photographs and documents. In particular photographs of the Manoeuvres in Wolverton in 1913 were collected.