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  • A Dons Supporters story - Lesley

    A Dons Supporters story - Lesley

    Milton Keynes Dons History It wasn’t until I did some research that I learnt that right from the very beginning of ...
  • A Fishy Tale

    A Fishy Tale

    An unusual story of wartime rationing
  • A life on the old canal!

    A life on the old canal!

    Bletchley is probably about as landlocked as it gets but throughout the 1970s I was a member of Bletchley Sea ...
  • A New Corps

    A New Corps

    Origins of the local Salvation Army
  • A New Town in North Bucks

    A New Town in North Bucks

    What might have been...
  • A Printers Story - Bletchley Printers

    A Printers Story - Bletchley Printers

    On January 2, 1956, my career in the printing industry started at Bletchley Printers – if only I had a ...
  • A Snapshot of my Early Days

    A Snapshot of my Early Days

    My name is Colin Scott, I was born on the 28th March 1936 and lived with my parents in Manor ...
  • Bigger, Brighter Bletchley

    Bigger, Brighter Bletchley

    Post war development
  • Bletchley Amateur Operatic Society

    Bletchley Amateur Operatic Society

    A local institution
  • Bletchley Central Gardens

    Bletchley Central Gardens

    In the mid-1930s the Bletchley Town surveyor, Mr Arthur Bates, designed the Central Gardens; these were described as a ‘pleasant ...
  • Bletchley Community Heritage

    Bletchley Community Heritage

    About Us The Bletchley Community Heritage project began in March 2000 and is inspired by the lives of local people and ...
  • Bletchley Post Office 1930s

    Bletchley Post Office 1930s

    Vans and staff
  • Bletchley Senior School's First Chronicle

    Bletchley Senior School's First Chronicle

    A school report, 1939
  • Bletchley Town Football

    Bletchley Town Football

    There was a local builder called Pat Coady and a very energetic treasurer, a gentleman called Ted Sherry. These two ...
  • Bletchley Train Driver - Mr Tew

    Bletchley Train Driver - Mr Tew

    My brother in law… my sister married a railwayman, he was a signalman and he said why don’t you try ...
  • Come on You Dons - Lesley Kelley

    Come on You Dons - Lesley Kelley

    ‘Come on You Dons’ – Some Experiences of a Milton Keynes Dons Fan. Milton Keynes Dons History It wasn’t until I was ...
  • Cow Common Farm, Bletchley

    Cow Common Farm, Bletchley

  • Do you remember Elizabeth?

    Do you remember Elizabeth?

    In 1889 a purpose-built fire station was built in Church Street, Fenny Stratford. The first fire engine had seen many ...
  • Freeman Memorial Church

    Freeman Memorial Church

    A century in Buckingham Road
  • From Bar Boy to Driver - Mr Panter

    From Bar Boy to Driver - Mr Panter

    I was born in Osborne Street in Bletchley. We was an old railway family I think, me Dad worked on ...
  • Growing up in Bletchley

    Growing up in Bletchley

    Memories of a Railway Signalman's son
  • Growth of the Post Office

    Growth of the Post Office

    Coping with the mail in Bletchley
  • History of Football in Milton Keynes

    History of Football in Milton Keynes

    Here we are revisiting The History of Football in Milton Keynes project exhibition. Each panel displays a different aspect of ...
  • Moving to Bletchley

    Moving to Bletchley

    I moved to Bletchley 41 years ago (from London) in an open top lorry with just a treadle sewing machine ...
  • Bletchley in photos

    Bletchley in photos (13)

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