You are here: Home>Search Search Currently displaying: 21 results You've searched for: Subject: "Local characters" xSubject: "Wolverton" xSubject: "Events" x Search term Filter by Collection All Change (2)Hawtin's Tales (1)The Wolverton On Film Collection (10) Filter by Format Document (1)Audio Visual (18) Filter by Subject Wolverton Works (1)Working conditions (2)1900s-1940s (4)Local characters (21)Wolverton (21)McCorquodales (2)Family (5)Women at work (1)Sports (3)Events (21)Allotments (1)Domestic life (3)Health (2)Documents (1)Armed Services (2)Manoeuvres (1)World War One (2)Coronation (1)Fire service (1)Marine Engineering (1)Trade unions (1)General strike (1)1920s (1)VE Day (1)placemaking (1)communities (1) Filter by Decade 1940s (1)1970s (4)1980s (1)1990s (1)2000s (1)2010s (5) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Oral history audio recording of Jack Rowledge (b.1905). ALC/003 Interview covering working conditions and management at McCorquodales print works from 1918. Family life, outings and events in Wolverton. Oral history audio recordings of George Boddington (1906-1986). ALC/004 Three interviews referring to documents and memorabilia relating to the Post Office at McCorquodales the printers. Early family history, war service and social events in Wolverton. See Fred Bavey's film of a VE Day street party in Wolverton here VED/001 Watch Fred Bavey’s film of a street party in Wolverton (possibly Aylesbury Street?) here! Week 23: AFLOAT WITH SUCCESS WOF/024 From 1963 to 1976, the annual carnival was an important feature of Wolverton’s summer. Eye-witnesses and participants share their memories of these events, illustrated by film footage shot at the time. If you enjoyed watching this film please consider clicking on the link below to make a £1 donation and help us make lots more films ... Week 2: SPORTS IN WOLVERTON WOF/003 When a deceased neighbour’s house was being cleared, Jane and Steve Bryant rescued about 30 films that had been thrown into a skip . That neighbor was Ernie Arthur. He was a keen amateur film maker whose films captured local events and places in and around Wolverton. This very short sequence features the former open-air ... Week 18: THE TUESDAY TEA DANCE WOF/019 Students on a Living Archive IT and Media Skills course in 1997 had to make films inspired by Wolverton. This is a portrait of the Tuesday Tea Dance held then at the Old Bath House Community Centre. The Tuesday Tea Dance is part of the Wolverton on Film 4 DVD, which can be purchased from our ... Week 17: EVACUEE MEMORIES WOF/018 On May 8th 2020 we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. In 2002 the late Eve Swannell talked to children at Bushfield School about her experience of coming to the area as an evacuee in 1939. Evacuee Memories is part of the Wolverton on Film 4 DVD, which ... Week 34: SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS 1977 WOF/035 Another film from Alan Herring showing celebrations around Wolverton for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977. It mainly focuses on the event in Bushfield School field organised by residents in Stacey Avenue. Older Wolverton residents may recognise some older characters, including Syd Dytham and Harold Nutt. Week 30: HORTICULTURAL SHOW AND WORKS OPEN DAY WOF/031 A couple of clips from an 8mm film shot by Ernie Arthur. Ernie’s films were rescued some years ago from a skip. The clips are of the Horticultural Show and a Railway Works Open Day. But what year is it? The clue is Saturday August 19th… Week 40: PAWS FOR THOUGHT DOG SHOW WOF/043 In 2016 Victoria Park Wolverton echoed to the sound of excited dogs (and their owners!) taking part in the Paws for Thought Dog Show. Week 51: THE KNITWITS DO CHRISTMAS IN THE SQUARE WOF/054 For Christmas 2020 there was not the usual Christmas tree to brighten up the Square in Wolverton, so the Knitwits decided to try and bring some Christmas cheer in these strange times…. Week 50: WOLVERTON ADVENT WINDOWS WOF/053 As a fairly new arrival to Wolverton, Charlie Mountford-Hill sought to encourage local residents to create a decorated Advent Window. What started as a small event now engages many, many families in brightening up the town during the festive season. Week 52: WOLVERTON SENIOR CITIZENS' CHRISTMAS PARTY WOF/055 Ah, those were the days, when groups could come together, have food, drink and a knees-up and celebrate the season. Here members of Wolverton Senior Citizens’ Club, ably led by Bernard Dackombe and Bernice Taylor-Brown, have their Christmas Party. Week 53: COUNTRY DANCING IN THE PARK WOF/056 An annual event that brought the schools of North Bucks together in the former Wolverton Park was the Country Dancing festival. As this film by Ernie Arthur shows, it didn’t always take place in the best of weather! Week 54: IT'S A KNOCKOUT WOF/057 Inspired by the very popular BBC programme, local people organised their own It’s a Knockout event at Wolverton Park and it ran for 3 years attracting crowds of between 2 and 3,000 people. This film was shot by Ernie Arthur. Week 56: A GLIMPSE OF WOLVERTON WOF/059 This film was made specially for a screening at a street party in Cambridge Street in 2013 as part of the 175th anniversary of the first train stopping at Wolverton Station in 1838. Week 60: WOLVERTON MUSIC HALL 1985 WOF/062 From the Syd and Jean Pearson Archive comes this extract from a film of a Music Hall evening in 1985, organised by the Wolverton Gilbert & Sullivan Society and held in the Scout Hall. It’s the final number, with the whole company singing Down at the Old Bull & Bush. Week 63: A TRIBUTE TO SYD PEARSON WOF/065 Syd Pearson and his wife Jean were very well-known figures in the Wolverton community. They were heavily involved in the Wolverton carnivals and Syd was a leading figure in local drama and musicals. This film was created as a tribute to him after his death. Week 65: WOLVERTON’S A PLACE WOF/067 This is the last weekly Wolverton on Film for a while. This 65th film in the series gives an overview of the history of Wolverton, from its foundation in 1838, to the present day. Hawtin's Tales: To Be A Soldier - From Training Into Battle HAW/010 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of finishing his training as a solider in the First World War and going ... MPs or TUC - An Old Tale (14 May 1976) TRM/168 “Law and order is on trial and is being assailed by the forces of disorder. The country has got to decide whether it will be governed in future by the House of Commons, that is, by chosen representatives, or whether it prefers to hand over that government to the TUC.” Does that sound familiar? Actually it ...
