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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ...
Audio recording of Julie Barrie (b. 1943), Jennifer Thomas (b. 1963), Massimo Grimaldi (b. 1960), Daniel Gates (b. 1981).

DLA/013/001

The interview covers the educational and work experience backgrounds of the interviewees before they came to David Lock Associates, their reasons for being attracted to work there, memories of their first impressions and job interviews. JT particularly remembers that although impressed by the friendliness of staff, she thought she needed to raise her game professionally ...
Audio recording of David Lock (b. 1948) and Jeanette Lock (b. 1948)

DLA/014/001

DL was working for Conran Roche (CR) and at the time he was coming up to his 40th birthday the firm was going through problems following the death of Fred. Unhappy with his position and encouraged by work-mates he and JL decided that he should set up as a freelance consultant. Their only guaranteed ...
Audio recording of Chris Powell (b. 1987), Fiona McKay (b. 1985), Emma Clark (b. 1989), Natasha Pile (b. 1977), Keith Brown (b. 1980), Joseph Thomas (b. 1980)

DLA/015/001

Each of the interviewees relates how they came to work at David Lock Associates and the experience of their interview and first impressions. The point is made that David Lock Associates offers the chance and encouragement to grow as individuals, for example EC came as an Office Junior, but expressed an interest in Graphic Design ...
Audio recording of Simon Pugh (b. 1972), Gerry Scrase (b. 1973), Simon Collier (b. 1971), Robert Purton (b. 1965), Joanna Cave (b. 1968)

DLA/016/001

NB One of the interviewees requested that his contribution should not be made accessible for 30 years, so his comments are excluded from this summary. Interviewees describe how they came to work for David Lock Associates and their first impressions of the firm and how easy it (or wasn’t) to settle in. ...
Audio recording of Pat Willoughby (b. 1957)

DLA/017/001

PW discusses her reasons for joining David Lock Associates as its first planner. David had an excellent reputation as a town planner and she was excited and wanted to be part of joining a start up business. She talks about the very early days where they were based in David and Jeanette’s daughter ...
Audio recording of Nick Freer (b. 1959), Andy Hiorns (b. 1963) and Ken Baker (b. 1941)

DLA/018/001

The first part of the interview focuses on the interviewees’ work experience, with KB talking about in particular about his experience with Conran Roche. NF talks about the ‘Milton Keynes effect’ on potential clients who assume, because of David Lock Associates’s address, that they are bringing MK to them and compares David Lock Associates with ...