You are here: Home>Archive>The Story of the Original Central Milton Keynes>Images used in the book 'The Story of the original CMK'>Image 62. Alan Ashton Image 62. Alan Ashton Alan Ashton Alan Ashton was MKDC’s Chief Estates Officer from 1970 until his death in 1977. Extent 1 photograph Reference number CMK/002/062 No Comments Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this page! Add a comment about this page Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Your comment:Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I consent to my name and e-mail address being stored along with this comment, and to the website editors communicating with me by e-mail about the comment if necessary. My name may be published alongside the comment on the website, but my e-mail address will not be published. My information will not be shared with any third party (see our Privacy Statement - opens in a new window). * Δ In this collection Our archive Collection: The Story of the Original Central Milton Keynes Group: Images used in the book 'The Story of the original CMK' Item: Image 1. Image used on front cover of the bookItem: Image 2. Silbury Arcade in the Shopping BuildingItem: Image 3. 'The epic drama of CMK's development' (Dr. Michael Synott)Item: Image 4. The designated area of Milton Keynes c. 1970Item: Image 5. 'Flat as a bath board!' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 6. An open court 'and small public garden'Item: Image 7. A 'planted boulevard' (The Plan for Milton Keynes, March 1970)Item: Image 8. A 'covered piazza' (The Plan for Milton Keynes, March 1970)Item: Image 9. Drawing by Helmut Jacoby of a parking areaItem: Image 10. 'A lazy grid' (David Lock)Item: Image 11. 'Whoops, what's happened to the Master Plan?' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 12. 'Restful squares...' (The Plan for Milton Keynes, March 1970)Item: Image 13. 'Bustling streets'. (The Plan for Milton Keynes, March 1970)Item: Image 14. The City Club : 'It would be absolutely brilliant.'- (Allen Duff)Item: Image 15. 'The man who could fix anything'Item: Image 16. 'Something to celebrate Lord Campbell' (Tony Southard)Item: Image 17. 'Geometric steel and glass' - Queen's CourtItem: Image 18. 'Steel frames, a lot of glass and aluminium' (Ivan Pickles)Item: Image 19. 'Inspired by beautiful photographs' (Christopher Woodward)Item: Image 20. 'We spent a lot of time thinking about the arcades' (Chris Woodward)Item: Image 21. 'We had to organise the land' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 22. 'This was the Saxon Meeting Place' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 23. 'Avebury Mound' and the 'animated lake'Item: Image 24. 'The best sculptors in the country' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 25. 'A continuous ramp linked various internal galleries' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 26. 'In the early days we had boules courts on the boulevard central reservations.' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 27. Land use zones in Central Milton KeynesItem: Image 28. 'It was a buzz...' The City Centre Club (Ken Baker)Item: Image 29. You've got the Victorians... And their canal' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 30. 'A massive land acquisition programme' (Henry Diamond)Item: Image 31. 'The last crop under the shopping building was wheat' (Henry Diamond)Item: Image 32. Walter Ismay: 'Gentle, thoughtful, concerned...'(Derek Walker)Item: Image 33. Lord 'Jock' Campbell and Fred Roche: 'A great team to work for...' (Henry Diamond):Item: Image 34. 'We simply started!' (Trevor Denton)Item: Image 35. 'An incredibly powerful MKDC Board' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 36. Derek Walker: 'Charismatic... Quite single-minded' (David Byrne)Item: Image 37. 'They said it was ... A very good way of doing business' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 38. Stuart Mosscrop: 'As tough as they come' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 39. 'Milton Keynes was the biggest, the latest' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 40. The CMK team: 'The peak of experience to be gained' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 41. 'Lloyds Court was covered in granite... A quality that just knocked me out.' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 42. Lloyds Court under construction in 1976Item: Image 43. 'When you're talking about 250,000 people...' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 44. The CMK site was ... 'Absolutely miles from anywhere' (Henry Diamond)Item: Image 45. The Seckloe Hundred behind the LibraryItem: Image 46. 'The Shopping Building ... was the biggest in its day' (Allen Duff)Item: Image 47. 'The CMK team's ... interpretation of the Master Plan' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 48. 'This clay just gets everywhere' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 49. 'Keep as much land in productive agriculture for as long as possible' (Henry Diamond)Item: Image 50. 'Dual H6 - PDQ!' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 51. 'You've got to deal with drainage' (Jan Blackhall)Item: Image 52. 'CMK would become a hub for the churches - A lot of people had to co-operate' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 53. Church construction: 'You had to facilitate this' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 54. The City Church: 'the money...wouldn't come from anywhere else' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 55. 'Unbridled enthusiasm... enormous bravery' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 56. 'It will be a major regional centre' (Fred Roche)Item: Image 57. 'There were lots of arguments...' (Christopher Woodward)Item: Image 58. 'It's absolutely on the prevailing wind line' (Tony Southard)Item: Image 59. A vision of CMK in 1990. 'You were making something new.' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 60. 'Only six days to go!'Item: Image 61. 'The Corporation was there to get things done' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 62. Alan AshtonItem: Image 63. Allen DuffItem: Image 64. 'The pace was unremitting' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 65. 'Everyone was moving in the same direction' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 66. 'We're not spending money here. We're investing' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 67. 'How can we make it work?' (Jan Blackhall)Item: Image 68. 'Multi-disciplinary team-working' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 69. ' There was tremendous pride, passion and enthusiasm for what we did' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 70. 'Involvement with CMK was a dream job' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 71. 'A huge project' (Keith Barrell)Item: Image 72. Cladding the Shopping BuildingItem: Image 73. A view of CMK under constructionItem: Image 74. 'The team was very hard-working' (Bill Clewett)Item: Image 75. 'Absolutely fabulous place to work in' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 76. 'In the hut in the hot summer of 1976...'(Keith Barrell)Item: Image 77. 'We came up Common Lane... which ran virtually across CMK' (Jan Blackhall)Item: Image 78. 'On six of the steel caps was sat a partridge' (Henry Diamond)Item: Image 79. 'Exquisite silver and chrome'Item: Image 80. The Sewage WorksItem: Image 81. 'When the Queen came'Item: Image 82. 'When the Queen came' (2)Item: Image 83. 'When the Queen came' (3)Item: Image 84. 'It was just a knock-out with everybody' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 85. 'A lot of people would walk across that' (Syd Green)Item: Image 86. 'Come on chaps, let her speak!' (Syd Green)Item: Image 87. 'They were worried about Maggie' (Keith Barrell)Item: Image 88. 'The subtleties of CMK are in the detail' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 89. The subtleties of CMK are in the detail (2)Item: Image 90. The subtleties of CMK are in the detail (3)Item: Image 91. The subtleties of CMK are in the detail (4)Item: Image 92. 'The Shopping Building was designed in a totality' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 93. 'We did produce some smashing buildings' (Ivan Pickles)Item: Image 94. 'The difficulty was to go down the hill with a Boulevard' (Syd Green)Item: Image 95. 'It's not suburban, it's urban'Item: Image 96. 'A very convenient place' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 97. 'Major physical components... large-scale unifying elements' (MKDC Master Plan 1970)Item: Image 98. Generally trying to add fun' (Andrew Mahaddie)Item: Image 99. 'We're expecting 70ft high trees' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 100. 'We planted very close on grid roads' (Tony Southard)Item: Image 101. 'I'm proud of keeping that tree' (Tony Southard)Item: Image 102. 'We designed the Belvedere' (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 103. 'The whole landscaping is one of the successes of Milton Keynes' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 104. 'The simple exquisite plainness of the infrastructure' (David Lock)Item: Image 105. 'This is civic space' (David Lock)Item: Image 106. 'It didn't obey any of the rules' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 107. 'It didn't obey any of the rules'Item: Image 108. 'The beautiful glass façade' (Syd Green)Item: Image 109. 'The beautiful glass façade' (2)Item: Image 110. 'The column is the structure' ((Ken Baker)Item: Image 111. 'Every exposed column was inspected personally by us for alignment' (Syd Green)Item: Image 112. 'All the classical bits and pieces that design is about' (Syd Green)Item: Image 113. 'A wonderful flickering effect when it's reflecting the sky' (Chris Woodward)Item: Image 114. 'A great democratic space' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 115. 'You'd see table tennis championships' (Derek Walker)Item: Image 116. 'We juxtaposed the original alignments' (David Hartley)Item: Image 117. 'The wood lasted till they put Marks & Spencer there' (David Hartley)Item: Image 118. 'First floor servicing was the breakthrough' (1) (Stuart Mosscrop)Item: Image 119. First floor servicing (2)Item: Image 120. First floor servicing (3)Item: Image 121. First floor servicing (4)Item: Image 122. 'People appreciate quality finishes' (David Hartley)Item: Image 123. The travertine floor (1)Item: Image 124. The travertine floor (2)Item: Image 125. The original wooden bench seat.Item: Image 126. 'Pipes, valves and manholes' (David Hartley)Item: Image 127. 'The long-term health of the trees is assured' (Tony Southard)Item: Image 128. 'We're obviously going to need a station' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 129. 'It never failed to amaze me that it happened' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 130. 'By Jove, it happened!' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 131. Milton Keynes Central StationItem: Image 132. 'Lloyds Court is probably unique' (David Byrne)Item: Image 133. Lloyds Court - openingItem: Image 134. Lloyds CourtItem: Image 135. 'We invented the idea of CBX' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 136. Central Area Housing under construction - the site.Item: Image 137. Central Area Housing under construction (2)Item: Image 138. 'Very high quality' housingItem: Image 139. 'A lot of stuff that was pioneered in Milton Keynes has become commonplace since' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 140. 'You just roll on through' (David Lock)Item: Image 141. 'Now you see the Milton Keynes seat all around the world' (Douglas Burcham)Item: Image 142. 'Isn't it nice how all the lamp-posts line up?' (Keith Mason)Item: Image 143. 'The porte-cochère is one of the features of the grid' (David Lock)Item: Image 144. The porte-cochères (2)Item: Image 145. The porte-cochères (3)Item: Image 146. 'It's good urban design, good engineering design' (Jan Blackhall)Item: Image 147. 'We had battle after battle to try to maintain the colonnades'Item: Image 148. 'People appreciate quality finishes' (David Hartley)Item: Image 149. 'People appreciate quality finishes' (2)Item: Image 150. 'It's a designed place, not an engineered place. The engineering is subservient' (Ken Baker)Item: Image 151. 'Conceived and built as a totality' (Thomas Heatherwick)Item: Image 152. 'Milton Keynes is different' (Frank Henshaw)Item: Image 153. 'You shouldn't be afraid of it' (Frank Henshaw) Search the archive Text search Date search
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