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48: WOLVERTON’S 25th LANTERN FESTIVAL

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In 1988, as part of the celebrations for Wolverton’s 150th anniversary, a Lantern Festival was held. It proved to be so popular that people asked whether it could be annual event. And so it has been until 2020 when Coronavirus pandemic has made mass gatherings impossible. This film is of the 25th anniversary festival in 2013.
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 ...
47: GREENLEYS FIRST SCHOOL LANTERNS 2018

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For the past few years children at Greenleys First School have worked with artists to create decorations for the railings around the Wolverton Memorial in the Square, as part of the Lantern Festival. In 2018 the theme of the Festival was The Blue Planet, inspired by the BBC Blue Planet documentary series. The most shocking ...
The Poor Boy Who Foresaw The City (10 August 1973)

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People looking at present developments in this area may not all be aware that confidence in Bletchley and district becoming a large and important place did not begin with the new city plan, nor with the Town Development Act of 1962, nor yet with the “Bigger, better, brighter Bletchley” sentiments expressed by the Gazette on ...
Dorothy Gammage Collection

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A collection of 46 items made by Dorothy Gammage relating to the Bletchley area, dating from 1919 to 1992. The items include programmes for theatrical and operatic shows, souvenir newspapers, various documents and photographs, and some historical research into Bletchley Road (now Queensway) as it was in the 1920s.
Dorothy Gammage Collection items

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All items collected by Dorothy Gammage
46: DOWN THE PARK

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In 1885 the London North Western Railway Company opened a brand-new sporting facility, Wolverton Park. It comprised a football pitch, athletics tracks, velodrome, tennis courts and bowling green. For nearly a century it was the vibrant hub of sporting activity in Wolverton and North Bucks.
1890, When Beer Came By The Slab (3 August 1973)

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In the first of this series of notes I asked if anyone could tell me more about the solid beer which was made locally for shipment to our troops in the Boer War. I said I had heard of this but couldn’t remember where. I also told how I once met an old man at ...
45: WOLVERTON REMEMBERS

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In 2018 Bev Sabey masterminded a remarkable project that commemorated the 100th year anniversary of the end of the First World War in a wonderful way.
Never A Letter From "Troubled Blue-Eyes" (27 July 1973)

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This is mainly for women. Men can please themselves whether they read it or not. In any case, after a good many years at this job I am convinced that more often than not it is the woman of the house who orders the local rag, whoever pays for it. Men may buy it for some ...
How I Got My Police Issue-Style Flat Feet (20 July 1973)

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You have heard about policemen’s feet – yes? They got that way from pounding the beat for about 20 years. But you haven’t heard about my feet, have you? They got this way from pounding the news beat for many more years than that. What the policemen’s feet and mine had in common was the road ...
44: IN MEMORIAM

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Marking the commemoration of the Armistice on 11th November, this film, by Mark Cunliffe, recalls the story of one of the names on the Wolverton war memorial, Private Albert French.