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Read our book Players, Passion and Pitches online here

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Click below to read our history of football in MK, Players, Passion and Pitches. The book focuses on the personal memories of 40 people. People who have played for, supported or administered teams in local leagues. People who have been committed to football over many years. The text is illustrated with over 60 photographs. Newspaper ...
That Reminds Me

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That Reminds Me was a weekly column published in the Bletchley Gazette from January 1973 to December 1978. Originally from Yorkshire, Harold (Heppy) Hepworth had worked on The Gazette for twenty years. He preferred to describe himself as a reporter, though his title was officially Leader Writer or Assistant Editor. Later, we believe after his retirement, ...
See our Home Front online exhibition here

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Welcome to our online exhibition about life on the Home Front in the local area during World War II. Click on the downloadable PDF to have a look at words and images from local people as they talk about their lives and experiences during this time, as now we celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE ...
Miners Have Always Been The Salt of The Earth (9 February 1973)

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MINERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE SALT OF THE EARTH One day my father said: “How’d you like to be a journalist?” “What’s that?” I asked, in all innocence and ignorance. I am not sure I know the full answer yet. There are almost as many sorts of journalists as there are sorts of men and women. But I ...
With My Two Votes I Knew I Had A Winner (4 May 1973)

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In this year’s county council elections I voted for a winning candidate. So rare has that experience been for me all my voting life that if you, dear reader, are working for a particular candidate in any kind of public election the best thing you can do is to persuade me to vote for the ...
Headmaster Started The Ball Rolling For Town Cricket (22 June 1973)

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By coincidence I watched the final stage of the New Zealanders’ great fight-back against England at Trent Bridge with 84-year-old Mr. Ernest Cook at his bungalow home in Buckingham Road, Bletchley. Nothing much in that, perhaps. Nothing except that it was occasional Yorkshire county cricketer, Mr. Cook, who called the meeting that formed the Bletchley Town ...
If A Ghostly Cricket Umpire Walks The H10 (17 August 1973)

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In 1951 Mr. Harry Beckett, of Poplars Farm, Simpson, father of Mr “Bob” Beckett, gave me a piece of pink cardboard about the size of a railway ticket. On it was printed: “All England Eleven v. Twenty-two of the County of Bucks, at Fenny Stratford, June 10, 1859. Admission ticket, one shilling. Not transferable.” I ...
I Do Not Describe Myself As A Reporter From Modesty (24 August 1973)

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During my newspaper life it has been my duty to write hundreds, perhaps thousands, of so-called leaders or opinion columns. You might think “Gosh, what power! What a chance to influence events!” and so on. All I can say is that for most of the time I would have been happier to make no comment ...
Getting To Know Newcomers - 20 Years Ago (2 November 1973)

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September marked the 21st anniversary of the arrival of the first “Londoners” in Bletchley under the town expansion scheme. The Saints Estate was the first to be built for the scheme and early in September, 1952, the key to the door of 3 St. Andrew’s Road was handed to Mr. Arthur Attwell, who had come with ...
A Show Goes On And It's Another Milestone (26 April 1974)

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The Milton Keynes Amateur Operatic society – formerly the Bletchley Amateur Operatic Society – reach a notable milestone this year. For Viva Mexico which they are beginning at Wilton Hall, Bletchley, on Saturday, May 4, will be their 21st annual production. Over the years the members have given many fine shows and I have reported them ...
Costless Games The Children Used To Play (28 June 1974)

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What games do children play today around the streets and on spare patches of grass? I see pavements marked for hop-scotch. I also see girls skipping with a long rope swung by a girl at each end. But apart from that I see little to remind me of the improvised and nearly costless games of ...
A Big Crowd Today Is Trifling In Comparison (26 July 1974)

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Today, when I read there has been a “big crowd” at this or that local event, I wonder if it is generally realised what a big crowd really is in local terms. I have never seen a figure actually stated for a local event in recent years. I guess, however, that a figure of 5,000 ...
Just A Pennyworth - But A Revealing Read (3 October 1974)

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A week or two back I gave some advertising items from the Fenny Stratford Weekly Times of August 28, 1879, which I trust were not without interest. Now I turn to the paper’s local editorial content. It comprises only four-and-a-half columns on the back page of the four-page paper, but I personally find it a ...
Custom Goes Off With A Bang (8 November 1974)

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At mid-day next Monday, if all goes according to custom, six loud bangs will rend the air of Fenny Stratford. The bangs will be repeated at 2p.m. and again at 4p.m. After that there will be no more such bangs until the same times next year. The bangs will be made by the famous Fenny Poppers, ...
Interview with Jon Dewick

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Interview with Bianca Luttman

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Jan Emms

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Jan got interested in football whilst playing with her two older brothers. Despite living near Arsenal football ground, Jan was a Spurs supporter. She was living in Biggleswade and joined Harry Batt’s team, Chiltern Valley, where she was centre forward in the team which won most of their matches. Jan has a lot of respect ...
Leah Caleb

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Leah became interested in football at infants school where she joined in games with the boys before joining a girls team when she was 11 years old. The ladies team won the league in 1970/71. The team was run by Harry Batt who was also involved in national football and at 13 Leah played in ...
UEFA WEURO 2022 Heritage Project

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As part of an arts and heritage programme for Milton Keynes as a host city for the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, Living Archive MK interviewed women to capture their stories and memories of playing football. This collection consists of nine interviews with women in Milton Keynes who have a connection to football. It’s an important year ...
Bianca Luttman

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Bianca started playing football at the age of 4 and joined the Water Eaton FC team at the age of 5 and stayed there until she was 12. She was the only girl in the team but was accepted by the boys as she was a good player. She went on to play for Rushden ...
Interview with Leah Caleb

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Gill Sayell

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Gill enjoyed playing football with her four brothers and played in a boys’ team when she was 8. She was known as Billy. Other teams didn’t like her playing so Gill managed to get into a girls team when she was 12 at Thame. Football became a major part of her parents life as well ...
Jon Dewick

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Jon was born in Milton Keynes and started playing football at the age of 6. All his family are huge football fans. He is currently the girls football manager for the MK Dons Regional Talent Centre. He is passionate about football and particularly keen to support and promote the women’s game. He thinks women’s football ...
Kate Davidson

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Kate started playing football at the age of 5 with local boys using jumpers for goalposts! Kate has memories of watching football on TV and watching Grandstand on a Saturday afternoon. She was known as the girl running around in an Arsenal kit. Kate started playing football for Milton Keynes Ladies in 1991 and played ...