You are here: Home>Search Search Currently displaying: 40 results You've searched for: Subject: "Wolverton" xSubject: "Local characters" x Search term Filter by Collection All Change (2)Hawtin's Tales (2)The Wolverton On Film Collection (22) Filter by Format Document (1)Audio Visual (36) Filter by Subject Wolverton Works (6)Working conditions (5)1900s-1940s (6)Local characters (40)Wolverton (40)McCorquodales (2)Family (6)Women at work (2)Sports (4)Events (21)Allotments (1)Domestic life (6)Health (3)Documents (1)Armed Services (3)Manoeuvres (1)World War One (4)Coronation (1)Fire service (1)Marine Engineering (1)Trade unions (1)General strike (1)1920s (1)VE Day (1)placemaking (3)communities (3) Filter by Decade 1940s (1)1970s (5)1980s (3)1990s (3)2000s (4)2010s (6) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Week 44: IN MEMORIAM WOF/047 Marking the commemoration of the Armistice on 11th November, this film, by Mark Cunliffe, recalls the story of one of the names on the Wolverton war memorial, Private Albert French. Week 51: THE KNITWITS DO CHRISTMAS IN THE SQUARE WOF/054 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 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: 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. 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. MPs or TUC - An Old Tale (14 May 1976) TRM/168 “Law and order is on trial and is being assailed by the forces of disorder. The country has got to decide whether it will be governed in future by the House of Commons, that is, by chosen representatives, or whether it prefers to hand over that government to the TUC.” Does that sound familiar? Actually it ... PAGE: < Prev12