You are here: Home>Search Search Currently displaying: 65 results You've searched for: Format: "Audio Visual" xSubject: "Local characters" x Search term Filter by Collection Hawtin's Tales (6)Pioneer Tales Revisited (16)The Wolverton On Film Collection (22)The Zerena Files* (2) Filter by Format Audio Visual (65) Filter by Subject Wolverton Works (6)Working conditions (3)1900s-1940s (9)Local characters (65)Wolverton (36)Family (11)Women at work (11)Sports (3)Events (22)Domestic life (12)Health (2)Armed Services (5)World War One (6)VE Day (1)placemaking (22)communities (22) Filter by Decade 1940s (1)1970s (2)1980s (2)1990s (3)2000s (4)2010s (7) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Week 50: WOLVERTON ADVENT WINDOWS WOF/053 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 52: WOLVERTON SENIOR CITIZENS' CHRISTMAS PARTY WOF/055 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 53: COUNTRY DANCING IN THE PARK WOF/056 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 54: IT'S A KNOCKOUT WOF/057 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 56: A GLIMPSE OF WOLVERTON WOF/059 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 59: BUSHFIELD PLAYGROUND RHYMES WOF/061 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 60: WOLVERTON MUSIC HALL 1985 WOF/062 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 63: A TRIBUTE TO SYD PEARSON WOF/065 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 65: WOLVERTON’S A PLACE WOF/067 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. Hawtin's Tales 6: Polly Parrot HAW/006 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of Scottie Edwards’ parrot. Hawtin's Tales 4 - My First Bike & Crime HAW/004 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of getting his first bike and a brush with the law. Hawtin's Tales 3 - Nicknames & Wasps HAW/003 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of childhood nicknames and the perils of poking a wasp nest. Hawtin's Tales 1 - Birth HAW/001 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of his birth and early childhood. Hawtin's Tales 2 - Great Linford to New Bradwell HAW/002 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of the family moving from his birth place in Brackley to Great Linford and ... Hawtin's Tales 5 - My First Romance HAW/005 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, he recounted his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of his first girlfriend. Hawtin's Tales 7 - Toilets and Backways HAW/007 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of outside toilets and the pranks he and other children played on unsuspecting occupants. Hawtin's Tales: To Be A Soldier - From Training Into Battle HAW/010 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of finishing his training as a solider in the First World War and going ... Hawtin's Tales: To Be A Soldier - Joining Up & Training HAW/009 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of enlisting as a solider in the First World War. Hawtin's Tales: To Be A Soldier - Back To The Front At Arras HAW/011 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories of life as a solider in the First World War. Hawtin has recovered from ... Hawtin’s Tales: A Soldier’s Life - The Valley Of The Shadow HAW/012 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories as a solider in the First World War. In this episode Hawtin’s memories of ... Hawtin's Tales: A Soldier's Life - No Heroes, No Cowards HAW/013 Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. Born in 1896, his memories inspired two books and a documentary play. Brad Bradstock devised a one-man show using Hawtin’s words that got a rave review at the Edinburgh Festival. Here he tells Hawtin’s memories as a solider in the First World War. In this final episode Hawtin’s memories ... The Wizard of Wolverton Remembered WOF/068 Much loved Wolverton character Les Jeffrey, who taught countless people to juggle and died of cancer in 2021, has been remembered in a new artwork on the west wall of Wolverton’s community centre, The Old Bath House on Stratford Road. Hawtin's Tales HAW Welcome to Hawtin’s Tales. Born in 1896, Bradwell man Hawtin Mundy was a remarkable storyteller. His memories have inspired two books and a documentary play. Here Brad Bradstock retells Hawtin’s memories of growing up in New Bradwell, Great Linford and points beyond… You can watch them all on our Vimeo channel below. Welcome to Planet Fishermead by those who live there - Documentary Film ZER/011 A film commemorating the 50th anniversary of the creation of Fishermead in Milton Keynes and the lives of some of the people who live there. The idea for the film arose from thinking about the welcome Zerena had received from the community of Fishermead in 1988, and how since then, the estate had welcomed many ... PAGE: < Prev123Next >