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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.
That Reminds Me

TRM

That Reminds Me was a weekly column published in the Bletchley Gazette from January 1973 to December 1978. Originally from Yorkshire, Harold (Heppy) Hepworth had worked on The Gazette for twenty years. He preferred to describe himself as a reporter, though his title was officially Leader Writer or Assistant Editor. Later, we believe after his retirement, ...
See our Home Front online exhibition here

VED

Welcome to our online exhibition about life on the Home Front in the local area during World War II. Click on the downloadable PDF to have a look at words and images from local people as they talk about their lives and experiences during this time, as now we celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE ...
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!
Miners Have Always Been The Salt of The Earth (9 February 1973)

TRM/006

MINERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE SALT OF THE EARTH One day my father said: “How’d you like to be a journalist?” “What’s that?” I asked, in all innocence and ignorance. I am not sure I know the full answer yet. There are almost as many sorts of journalists as there are sorts of men and women. But I ...
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 22: THE KNITWITS

WOF/023

This film tells the story of a mysterious group of guerrilla knitters who ‘yarn-bombed’ Wolverton in 2013. This posting coincides with Knit in Public Day on 13th June, which is marked with its own pillar at the MK Rose. If you enjoyed watching this film please consider clicking on the link below to make a £1 donation ...
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.
Headmaster Started The Ball Rolling For Town Cricket (22 June 1973)

TRM/025

By coincidence I watched the final stage of the New Zealanders’ great fight-back against England at Trent Bridge with 84-year-old Mr. Ernest Cook at his bungalow home in Buckingham Road, Bletchley. Nothing much in that, perhaps. Nothing except that it was occasional Yorkshire county cricketer, Mr. Cook, who called the meeting that formed the Bletchley Town ...
If A Ghostly Cricket Umpire Walks The H10 (17 August 1973)

TRM/033

In 1951 Mr. Harry Beckett, of Poplars Farm, Simpson, father of Mr “Bob” Beckett, gave me a piece of pink cardboard about the size of a railway ticket. On it was printed: “All England Eleven v. Twenty-two of the County of Bucks, at Fenny Stratford, June 10, 1859. Admission ticket, one shilling. Not transferable.” I ...
I Do Not Describe Myself As A Reporter From Modesty (24 August 1973)

TRM/034

During my newspaper life it has been my duty to write hundreds, perhaps thousands, of so-called leaders or opinion columns. You might think “Gosh, what power! What a chance to influence events!” and so on. All I can say is that for most of the time I would have been happier to make no comment ...
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.