You are here: Home>Search Search Currently displaying: 17 results You've searched for: Subject: "Domestic life" xFormat: "Audio Visual" x Search term Filter by Collection Hawtin's Tales (2)The Wolverton On Film Collection (4) Filter by Format Audio Visual (17) Filter by Subject Wolverton Works (1)Working conditions (1)1900s-1940s (3)Local characters (12)Wolverton (9)Family (9)Events (4)Allotments (1)Domestic life (17)Health (1)Trade (1)Co-operative society (1) Filter by Decade 1960s (1)2000s (1)2010s (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Week 23: AFLOAT WITH SUCCESS WOF/024 From 1963 to 1976, the annual carnival was an important feature of Wolverton’s summer. Eye-witnesses and participants share their memories of these events, illustrated by film footage shot at the time. If you enjoyed watching this film please consider clicking on the link below to make a £1 donation and help us make lots more films ... Week 19: OUR TRAM WOF/020 This film was made some years ago by the late Chris Bellchambers, son of the late Ray Bellchambers. Chris was a professional film-maker and he made this film at the special request of his Dad. It tells the story of the Wolverton to Stony Stratford tram. Our Tram is part of the Wolverton on Film 6 ... Week 29: A GLANCE FROM A TRAIN WOF/030 For this week’s Wolverton On Film Brad Bradstock and Eric Thompson create a lockdown version of their show A Glance From A Train. Funny and poignant, A Glance from a Train is a very different kind of show. It tells the true story of a community faced with traumatic upheaval including two World Wars. And just ... Week 28: SHOPPING IN WOLVERTON WOF/029 This film was made for children at Bushfield School to explain how shopping has changed over the years in Wolverton. Week 35: NOBBY’S LAST RUN WOF/036 September 5th 1964 saw the closure of the Nobby Newport train line as a result of the Beeching Plan. It had run between Newport Pagnell and Wolverton since 1867. We are lucky that back in the 60s, 70s and 80s Alan Herring had an 8mm cine camera and recorded significant local events. But the films were ... Week 41: SHOPPING AS IT USED TO BE - THE HISTORY OF THE CO-OP IN WOLVERTON WOF/044 At one point there were 13 different Co-op stores in Wolverton selling groceries, furniture, meat, shoes, clothes, hardware, radios and TVs – just about anything you would need to live. This film tells the story of this shopping phenomenon. 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 57: BRITAIN IN BLOOM 2008 WOF/060 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. 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 8 - Ginger Parsons HAW/008 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 a remarkable schoolmate – Ginger Parsons. 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.
