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Interview with Dr Peter Jarvis
PSM/001/004
Peter moved to Bletchley in 1961 and worked as a GP. He talks about how a large number of his patients worked at Bletchley Park during the war. After piecing together snippets of their conversations he realised the significance of Bletchley Park. He was instrumental in setting up the Bletchley Park Trust and worked with ...
Interview with Jenni Ferrans
PSM/001/018
Arriving in Milton Keynes in 1980 from North London for work, Jenni shares her first impressions of a New Town that appeared to be a series of islands, of housing estates with mud around them’, and that life living on the new estates felt very isolated. Isolation was a key issue for many communities and ...
Interview with Joe Jeavons- Golding
PSM/001/007
Joe’s story focuses on how his love of music has shaped his life in Milton Keynes. Joe grew up in Wolverton, but after going to university in London he felt that Milton Keynes did not offer a vibrant music culture, lacking the record shops, clubs and venues of larger cities. This led Joe to establish ...
Interview with Caz Tricks
PSM/001/010
Caz moved Milton Keynes in 1978. She talks of her unhappiness about moving to the New Town, recalling a desolate place, mostly mud! Things improved when she attended Stantonbury Campus and developed a passion for performance and the arts which gave her sense of being a part of a community. ?Caz shares her recollections of joining ...
Interview with Bill Griffiths
PSM/001/014
Bill moved to Milton Keynes in 1974 after finding that house prices in London were too expensive. He was working as a Zoologist at London Zoo, but in the late ’80s was made redundant. Bill then took on the role of Museum Director in Milton Keynes. Bill recollects his first impressions of the Museum, a ...
Interview with Bart Gamber
PSM/001/013
Bart moved to Milton Keynes from Washington D.C. in the United States in 1996. He talks about his involvement with an LGBT group in Milton Keynes and also his work with Milton Keynes Community Foundation. Bart shares the pressures he and his same sex partner faced at the start of their relationship as a result ...
Interview with Henry Cleary
PSM/001/017
Henry talks about his time working as a civil servant at the Department of Environment, focusing on New Towns, outlining how the civil service, central government and new town development corporations worked together. He details how the Milton Keynes Development Corporation had far-reaching powers which allowed them to consent to development, legally circumventing local authorities. ...
A Look At The Real Hard Times - For A Bit Of Cheer (8 February 1974)
TRM/055
Just after the introduction of decimal currency I had one of the biggest shocks of my life. This was the sight of a youth spilling two or three copper coins from his pocket and just not bothering to pick them up. None of his companions saw fit to do so either. So I bent down ...
The VIPs Who Were Also VKPs (1 February 1974)
TRM/054
The longer I continue these quasi-memoirs the more I am impressed by the fact that it is not the Bletchley-shattering events that I remember best it is the kindnesses done to me and mine during my life here – kindnesses which have led to enduring friendships. For a newsman, I am not a very sociable sort ...
Watch our documentary for Homeworld's 40th anniversary here
Homeworld ’81 was a significant and nationally important Housing Expo, commissioned by Milton Keynes Development Corporation. This ambitious and pioneering ...
One Of The Town's Few Outstanding Benefits (25 January 1974)
TRM/053
I have just read the Gazette report that the projected £200,000 extension to the county branch library in Westfield Road, Bletchley has been shelved – for the time being at any rate. To my mind, this is a great pity. As far as I am concerned, the setting up of a full-time free library service in ...
The Reporter's Lot Is Not An Easy One - Nor Is It Dull! (18 January 1974)
TRM/052
Generally speaking, our local district councils, now ending their days, have been a well-behaved lot. Never in my time among them did I witness a case of violence by one member on another, nor even a little gentle pushing and shoving. I have seen members pick up their papers and walk out with snorts of disgust. ...
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