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Old Fire Station, Church Street

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Old Fire Station, Church Street
Eileen Corden' s Photographs & Postcards

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Eileen Corden’ s Photographs & Postcards. This Group includes 201 Photographs and 11 Postcards, some of which date back to 1900.
Eileen Corden Collection

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A varied collection of items about Bletchley and Fenny Stratford from the whole of the 20th century. Over 200 photographs, plus some postcards, documents and badges. The Corden family owned and ran a chemists shop in Victoria Road, Fenny Stratford from 1922 until 1988.
Bletchley Railway Station - demolition

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Former Bletchley Railway Station – demolition
These Grand Old Men Are A Source Of Wisdom (12 October 1973)

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In my first town which is not past its century as a municipal borough, there was a man who could remember when most of it was farmland. Naturally, as a junior reporter, I knew him. One wet and dreary day I met him on the main street. “Good morning, Mr. ________, though it’s not a ...
57: BRITAIN IN BLOOM 2008

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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.
In The Wake Of Nick The Barber (5 October 1973)

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The other morning I had to kick my heels in Bletchley town for a couple of hours, so I went to see the ruins. Not that there are any decayed, ivy-clad towers in that quarter of the new city. But I think you will agree that when some buildings are part-way down while others are still ...
56: A GLIMPSE OF WOLVERTON

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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.
55: MURMURATIONS

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One of nature’s wonders is the massed gatherings of starlings in the sky overhead and the creation of their murmurations. These murmurations over Wolverton and Greenleys were captured by Mike Boyd.
I Moved South And Joined The 11 O'Clock Tea Set (28 September 1973)

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The custom of “elevenses” was one I scarcely knew in my early days in the north. True that millworkers, who began at 7a.m., did have a break between 9 and 9.30. But that those who did not start until 8.30 or 9, especially office workers, might need any kind of refreshment at mid-morning or mid-afternoon ...
Echoes and Reflections: Remembering The Holocaust In Milton Keynes

The Holocaust Memorial Day’s 2021 theme of ‘Be the light in the darkness’ is echoed in a new publication about ...
54: IT'S A KNOCKOUT IN WOLVERTON PARK

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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.