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Week 9: THE DEMOLITION OF THE WOLVERTON WORKS CHIMNEY
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Back in 1994 the Wolverton skyline lost one of its most distinctive landmarks, the Wolverton Works chimney. This film brings together historic footage that was shot at the time, a poem that was inspired by the event and a song that was inspired by the poem. Demolishing the Works Chimney is part of the Wolverton on ...
Week 8: SCOUTING FOR WOLVERTON BOYS
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Scouting has been an important part of life for boys in Wolverton. On 23rd February 1908, just 6 months after Baden Powell held an inaugural camp for boys on Brownsea Island, the Wolverton Scout Troop was formed. Two former members of the troop, Leo Coleman and Syd Pearson, share their memories of their scouting days ...
Week 7: THE WORKS
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Back in 1986 when British Rail Engineering made the decision to shrink the Railway Works to a third of its size, Living Archive employed photographer Dave Runnacles to photograph the Works and its employees before the changes were made. At the same time Roger Kitchen did 20 audio interviews. Dave’s exhibition was held in the ...
Week 6: TOPPING OUT WOLVERTON STATION
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In 1991 Network Rail announced that they were refurbishing Wolverton station, that had stood on the bridge on the Stratford Road for more than 100 years. Unfortunately, while residents thought ‘refurbishing’ meant that the station was going to be updated, in fact it was demolished. Network Rail’s plans for a replacement were rejected by the ...
Week 65: WOLVERTON’S A PLACE
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This is the last weekly Wolverton on Film for a while. This 65th film in the series gives an overview of the history of Wolverton, from its foundation in 1838, to the present day.
Week 64: WOLVERTON BID FOR FUNDING
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In 2011 Mary Portas carried out a review for the government about the issues affecting the retail sector in the UK, and particularly high streets. There was then a grant fund of £1.2 million made available for 12 pilot areas where shopping areas could help to rejuvenate. There were 371 bids for the money. This ...
Week 63: A TRIBUTE TO SYD PEARSON
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Syd Pearson and his wife Jean were very well-known figures in the Wolverton community. They were heavily involved in the Wolverton carnivals and Syd was a leading figure in local drama and musicals. This film was created as a tribute to him after his death.
Week 62: OLD SCHOOL HOUSE – GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
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The renovation and development of the Old School House in Old Wolverton has been a wonderful example of a community initiative. The film captures the groundbreaking ceremony, before all the renovation started in March 2018.
Week 61: LITTLE STREETS AND GABLES
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With the news that the Gables is about to be demolished, it’s a good time to see a film of it being built! This super8 film, shot by Reg Tite, shows the demolition of the Little Streets and the construction of the houses in St Georges Way and the Gables. It ends with the panoramic views ...
Week 60: WOLVERTON MUSIC HALL 1985
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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.
Week 5: THE AGORA MARKET
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Following on from last week’s film about the original design of the Agora, this film captures the Agora’s indoor market in 1997. It was made by trainees on the Living Archive’s media skills course, led by Louise Roche. The Agora Market is part of the Wolverton on Film 8 DVD, which can be purchased from our ...
Week 59: BUSHFIELD PLAYGROUND RHYMES
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In 2000 Living Archive MK and the Open University linguistics department worked with the community of Wolverton on exploring language and accents between the generations. As part of that, people were asked to recall playground rhymes. In this film 4 children from Bushfield School, Ruby, Rochelle, Sydney and Claudra give 5 examples of playground rhymes ...
Week 57: BRITAIN IN BLOOM 2008
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Wolverton and Greenleys decided to enter the Britain in Bloom competition in 2007. This film was made for the judges visiting in the second year 2008. It’s great to see that key environmental projects mentioned then – the Secret Garden, the Community Orchard and the Urb Farm, are still thriving today.
Week 56: A GLIMPSE OF WOLVERTON
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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 55: MURMURATIONS
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One of nature’s wonders is the massed gatherings of starlings in the sky overhead and the creation of their murmurations. These murmurations over Wolverton and Greenleys were captured by Mike Boyd.
Week 54: IT'S A KNOCKOUT
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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 53: COUNTRY DANCING IN THE PARK
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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 52: WOLVERTON SENIOR CITIZENS' CHRISTMAS PARTY
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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 51: THE KNITWITS DO CHRISTMAS IN THE SQUARE
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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
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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 4: DESIGNING THE AGORA
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With the much-loathed Agora finally being demolished, it is worth finding out about its genesis. Chris King was a Quantity Surveyor who worked for the Milton Keynes Development Corporation. He was part of the Northern Towns team and worked with architect Wayland Tunley when he was designing the Agora. You may be surprised about what ...
Week 49: SECRET GARDEN ILLUMINATIONS
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In 2017, thanks to the inspiration and commitment of Chris Bridgman, visitors from far and wide were able to enjoy a magical winter evening walking through an illuminated Secret Garden in Wolverton. Simon Beckett’s atmospheric photos captured the images.
Week 48: WOLVERTON’S 25th LANTERN FESTIVAL
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In 1988, as part of the celebrations for Wolverton’s 150th anniversary, a Lantern Festival was held. It proved to be so popular that people asked whether it could be annual event. And so it has been until 2020 when Coronavirus pandemic has made mass gatherings impossible. This film is of the 25th anniversary festival in 2013.
Week 47: GREENLEYS FIRST SCHOOL LANTERNS 2018
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For the past few years children at Greenleys First School have worked with artists to create decorations for the railings around the Wolverton Memorial in the Square, as part of the Lantern Festival. In 2018 the theme of the Festival was The Blue Planet, inspired by the BBC Blue Planet documentary series. The most shocking ...
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