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Interview with Kathleen Lake

PSM/001/023

Kathleen tells the story of how her father entered a competition in the local newspaper to name one of the first new pubs in Milton Keynes. There were about 500 entries, and his entry to name the pub ‘The Starting Gate’ won the prize. As the competition was held just before Christmas, he was presented ...
Interview with Nicky Kenny

PSM/001/048

Nicky was born in Newport Pagnell. After a period of living in Brighton she returned to live in Milton Keynes. She is a photographer and keen cyclist. Her photographs are inspired by the architecture and nature of Milton Keynes.
Interview with Bill Griffiths

PSM/001/014

Bill moved to Milton Keynes in 1974 after finding that house prices in London were too expensive. He was working as a Zoologist at London Zoo, but in the late ’80s was made redundant. Bill then took on the role of Museum Director in Milton Keynes. Bill recollects his first impressions of the Museum, a ...
Interview with Diane Roder

PSM/001/011

Diane moved to Milton Keynes in 1975 when her husband took a job with the MK Development Corporation. She talks about her early memories, recalling that there was no hospital or city centre, and that it was so muddy that she sent her children to school in wellington boots. One of her earliest memories is ...
Interview with Fred Ambrosius

PSM/001/008

Fred was born in Dublin, Ireland, and travelled the world with the Navy from the age of sixteen until he eventually came to Milton Keynes in 1976. Fred relays his first memories of Milton Keynes: looking for employment, walking all over Milton Keynes in the hot 1976 summer until he found a job.
Interview with Tim Skelton

PSM/001/043

Arriving in Milton Keynes in 1979 for a job interview with the Milton Keynes Development Corporation, Tim shares his first impressions of the New Town as a modern, larger than expected city, observing that the city’s pace and quality of life appealed to him. He shares his memories working for the Development Corporation in the ...
Wesley Tree with railings

SFC/002/003

Stony Stratford Market Square with Wesley Tree and newer railings.
Great Linford Festival: 1978 to 2008

GLF

A digital archive of photos of activities, events and programmes relating to the annual Great Linford Waterside Festival (GLF) held in June each year. The items cover the period 1978 to 2009.
Interview with Caz Tricks

PSM/001/010

Caz moved Milton Keynes in 1978. She talks of her unhappiness about moving to the New Town, recalling a desolate place, mostly mud! Things improved when she attended Stantonbury Campus and developed a passion for performance and the arts which gave her sense of being a part of a community. ?Caz shares her recollections of joining ...
Interview with Will Tricks

PSM/001/020

Will moved to Milton Keynes from London in 1978. He developed a passion for skateboarding as a result of an encounter with a group of skateboarders during a peace march at the Peace Pagoda. He shares how he was a part of the local punk rock scene and that it was highly unusual for punks ...
Railway Cottages plaque, Spencer St.

SMC/011/010

Railway Cottages plaque, Spencer St. The plaque reads ‘RAILWAY COTTAGES These cottages were renovated by MILTON KEYNES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 1978’. Colour photograph.
Interview with Lorraine Bowen

PSM/001/030

Lorraine recalls her first memories of hearing about Milton Keynes, and how just one trip on a Sunday afternoon in 1979 was enough to persuade her to relocate later the same year. As one of the first partners in John Lewis, Lorraine shares her memories of the community spirit the store worked hard to foster, ...

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