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Oral history audio recording of Bernice Taylor Brown.

TBC/019/001

Bernice Taylor Brown recounts some memories of her grandparents’ lives, firstly her paternal grandparents Frank Wise Brown and Blanche (née Wildman). Bernice remembers Blanche as ‘a really fun lady’; a well-known local soprano, she became lonely and depressed in retirement at Felixstowe. The Browns enjoyed Felixstowe holidays and the family still has an ...
Oral history audio recording of Bernice Taylor Brown.

TBC/019/002

In this interview Bernice continues talking about her parents and recalls anecdotes they had told her about their courting, their wedding in 1939 and their busy social lives during their marriage. She also tells of her mother’s many travels before marriage and the jobs she took once Bernice was 10 years old. Bernice recalls life at ...
Oral history audio recording of Bernice Taylor Brown.

TBC/019/003

Bernice first talks of her second husband Jack O’Brien’s background. She then describes her employment after her children Graham and Hayley were born: firstly, she describes the office set-up at the Bucks Standard, then working as driver for Mother’s Pride deliveries locally for three years. When the opening of Stantonbury ...
George Douglas Smart

WAI/001/001

George Smart talks about leaving London, moving to the countryside and the lack of work opportunities apart from farm work. The family then move to Houghton Regis so his son can become a printer. Left after twenty-seven years as area had become overrun with vandals and out of control children then moved to Milton Keynes.
George Douglas Smart

WAI/001/002

George Smart recalls his childhood in Islington living in an extended family. Talks about when the Second World War broke out and air raid shelters were built. He talks about his evacuation to the countryside and his mother joining him, their return to London after the bombing and the beginnings of Doodlebugs. Recalls his two ...
Ryan Anthony Roche and George Douglas Smart

WAI/002/001

Ryan Roche talks about a bullet given to him by his grandfather. With the help of his grandfather he describes the bullet in detail and how it is fired. It came from the Second World War and Ryan keeps it in a special place.
Aneesa Munawar

WAI/003/001

Aneesa Munawar talks about school, after school clubs being a Muslim wearing a headscarf and observing Ramadan. She describes a gold necklace passed on to her from her grandfather and how it has been passed down and he will pass it on to her descendants.
Brian Alan Best, Barbara and Sean

WAI/004/001

Brian Best lived in the area before Milton Keynes and recalls the changes from country to city. He describes the family Christmas tradition of having an extra Christmas present put inside a snowman that they opened at tea time. Talks extensively about his boyhood activities living in the countryside. Barbara recalls life as a child ...
Robert Westrupp and Kerry Holland

WAI/005/001

Robert Westrupp talks about not wanting to move to Milton Keynes and about his family traditions of Sunday lunch and Christmas. Kerry Holland talks about some of the changes in Milton Keynes and her family traditions. Robert talks about the silver dog from the front of a car that had been passed down from his ...
Shahnaz Rahman

WAI/006/001

Shanaz Reman describes growing up in Bangladesh and the fact that most people live in villages, on farms producing their own crops and making their own clothes. She explains what a sari is and tells of how the women make them themselves with intricate patterns. She says that her heritage is very important to her ...
Susan Rebecca Rogers

WAI/007/001

Sue Rogers talks about not being happy to move to Milton Keynes. She describes her grandparents 50th wedding anniversary photograph which is in a golden frame.
Laura Church

WAI/008/001

Laura Church explains that in her family they all sit down to a family dinner at Christmas. She describes a silver charm bracelet that was given to her by her Nan.
Elna Ball

WAI/009/001

Elna Ball talks about the things she used to do in Wales such as singing competitions and the food. She also explains that her first language is Welsh and she hasn’t taught it to her children. She explains the Welsh flag, the language, the rugby and the food. She talks about different types of food ...
Veronica Helen Mary Whale

WAI/010/001

Veronica Whale explains how she was born in her mother’s house and that she came to Milton Keynes because her sister lived near here and she wanted more security for her children. She explains that on Christmas Day, she was never allowed to watch TV on Christmas Day and she has continued this tradition now.
Mondira Sinha-Ray

WAI/011/001

Mondira Sinha-Ray talks about Indian clothes. She explains about her sari and jewellery which she always wears. She talks about speaking Bengali and English and about combining two traditions. She talks about traditional Indian fabrics and carvings. She explains what ivory is, where it comes from and how it is now illegal.
Emma Anderson

WAI/012/001

Emma Anderson talks about being confused by her move to Milton Keynes because it was so different to where she came from. She describes the church she went to in Warwickshire and how her whole family have been married, christened and buried there.
Lorraine Misdom

WAI/013/001

Lorraine Misdom explains about the Spanish tradition of having a sleep in the middle of the day when it is hot. She talks about the German tradition of opening Christmas presents on Christmas Eve. She explains how her and her two sisters go on holiday together. She describes her two pieces of jewellery. One is ...
Marion Macleod

WAI/014/001

Marion Macleod talks about her Scottish heritage. She explains what happens on Burns Night. She talks about haggis and how it is made. She explains what the Highland Games are. She talks about tartan and how they relate to different clans. She explains some of the history of England and Scotland. She also talks about ...
Vera Murphy

WAI/015/001

Vera Murphy talks about her daughters and moving to Milton Keynes. She explains that, while she likes books, she is almost blind so her daughter reads to her. She enjoys the radio because she doesn’t have to watch it. She talks about how some of her family came from Antigua and were boxers. They were ...
Sonia Denise Ellen Moore

WAI/016/001

Sonia Moore talks about the family Chrostmas tradition of not opening her Nan and Grandad’s Christmas presents until after Christmas dinner. She describes her yellow knitted teddy bear that her Nan knitted for her which was passed down to her son. She talks about her father’s book which is from the Famous Five series dated ...
Interview comparing train travel in the 1960s and today.

WLM/027/001

Margaret Goy recalls the cafeteria at Bletchley station; she used to take her children there when they travelled to visit family in London. They used trains regularly, on days out and to visit family; prices were very good. Asked about memories of railway staff, she comments that in the past there was always a guard ...
Interview about working as a cleaner and fireman from 1964 to 1967.

WLM/035/001

This interview has copyright restrictions, for more information please contact Living Archive.
Interview about travelling on the railways.

WLM/037/001

Agnes Seymour recalls arriving by train in Bletchley with their twin babies; railway staff were helpful with manoeuvring a twin pram. After living in London, she recalls thinking that Bletchley station was ‘very tiny’. Her memories of the railways are only as a passenger, although she and her husband used to take their sons to ...
Interview about work as a railwayman in Bletchley during the 1960s.

WLM/039/001

Bob Merivale talks of attitudes in Bletchley to working on the railway – a job for life, with a good pension. He recalls his medical, starting work as an engine cleaner and describes shift-work and the dangerous working conditions in the engine sheds. But the young cleaners managed to have some fun as well; he ...