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A living history of Milton Keynes
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  • We want your stories for our new Lockdown Life MK project!
    We want your stories for our new Lockdown Life MK project!
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    Read our books online here!
  • Watch our weekly Wolverton On Film series here
    Watch our weekly Wolverton On Film series here
  • DVD Now Available of Make No Little Plans: The City Builders' Stories
    DVD Now Available of Make No Little Plans: The City Builders' Stories
  • Collecting and celebrating people's stories of Milton Keynes
    Collecting and celebrating people's stories of Milton Keynes
  • Buy photos from our online shop
    Buy photos from our online shop
  • Discover the Milton Keynes People's Stories
    Discover the Milton Keynes People's Stories

Collecting, sharing and preserving the stories of our city and our rich heritage.

Living Archive collects, preserves and shares the history and heritage of Milton Keynes. Conceived as an antidote to the assertion that ‘new towns have no history’, and nurtured by the belief that ‘everybody has a story to tell’, it has recorded, archived and celebrated the unique history of residents’ lives and sense of place. Find out more about us.

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  • Read our latest publication online here

    A digital copy of the book Building Bridges, covering Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher’s service as Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, is now available free of ...
  • An appreciation of Kevin Adams - Composer, Lyricist, Wordsmith, Musician & Music Producer

    Born 23rd June 1954; died 24th November 2020 Kevin Adams, prolific and treasured composer of so many songs for Living Archive ...
  • Local British Empire Medal recipient Valerie Williamson on film here

    Watch our short film There’s No Such Word As Can’t, about the life and times of remarkable local woman Valerie ...
    • Alan Longland on Two photographs of Ray Longland. Olney and England player.The second picture of Ray Longland is taken at a Sports Day at Akeley Wood School, near Buckingham, approx 1972/3....
    • Julie Williams on The Bull Hotel and Watson’s Garage, Fenny StratfordHello, My grandparents use to own the Bull Hotel, My family went there from the United States to help my...
    • Lucinda on Philip Watling – Flight of a LifetimeCame across this by accident and it was a very interesting and inspiring read.
  • Doorstep Diaries MK & Lockdown Lives MK - Exhibition - FREE ENTRY

    January 8, 2021 - February 20, 2021
    11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
    The Project Space, MK Gallery, 900 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 3QA
    Doorstep Diaries MK is a photography project by Stace Photography, a Milton Keynes-based photography company. The project was an open call ...
  • Doorstep Diaries MK & Lockdown Lives MK - Exhibition - FREE ENTRY

    January 8, 2021 - February 20, 2021
    11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
    The Project Space, MK Gallery, 900 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 3QA
    Doorstep Diaries MK is a photography project by Stace Photography, a Milton Keynes-based photography company. The project was an open call ...
  • Doorstep Diaries MK & Lockdown Lives MK - Exhibition - FREE ENTRY

    January 8, 2021 - February 20, 2021
    11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
    The Project Space, MK Gallery, 900 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 3QA
    Doorstep Diaries MK is a photography project by Stace Photography, a Milton Keynes-based photography company. The project was an open call ...
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