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In Praise Of One Man With Fifteen Unpaid Jobs (13 July 1973)
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Once or twice when I walked into Bletchley’s first full-time library at Holne Chase a man sidled up to me with a look of mild surprise on his face and slyly whispered “I see you can read as well as write.” The he moved off before I could reply. “Next time” I thought, “I’ll be ready ...
43: FIREWORKS 2015
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In this year of Covid, some of Wolverton’s great communal events have not been able to take place. One of these is the annual fireworks display in Western Road Rec that can attract up to 5000 people. But you can still enjoy the show, by watching this film, made by Simon Beckett, of the 2015 ...
The Day The Rural Dean Caught Fire (6 July 1973)
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Are your one of those unfortunates who sometimes feel an almost irresistible urge to laugh at the wrong time? If so, you are not alone. I have been plagued by it all my life. The first incident I remember happened at a funeral when I was a nipper. I was not supposed to be there. Our ...
42: THE MK TRAILS APP
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In 2018 Living Archive Milton Keynes, Wolverton & Greenleys Town Council and Wolverton Society for Arts & Heritage collaborated in the production of 3 new walking trails around Wolverton. There are printed versions of them, but they are also accessible through a phone app for iPhone and Android devices and this version contains audio extracts ...
My Only Interest In Horse Racing Was As A Bookie! (29 June 1973)
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A few weeks back I wrote in this column that the only British sport I had not been interested in had been horse racing. I am writing this on Derby Day. I do not know the name of a horse and the last thought in my head is to have anything on. But the day ...
41: SHOPPING AS IT USED TO BE - THE HISTORY OF THE CO-OP IN WOLVERTON
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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.
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 ...
Local British Empire Medal recipient Valerie Williamson on film here
Watch our short film There’s No Such Word As Can’t, about the life and times of remarkable local woman Valerie ...
40: PAWS FOR THOUGHT DOG SHOW
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In 2016 Victoria Park Wolverton echoed to the sound of excited dogs (and their owners!) taking part in the Paws for Thought Dog Show.
The Pioneering Days of the Early Post-War Years (15 June 1973)
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One of the fascinations of living in Bletchley for the past 27 years has been to observe its growth from a town of around 9,000 people to one of over 30,000. It has been a real pioneering job in almost every way, not so very unlike an American Mid-west development except for the absence of six-shooting ...
39: THE SECRET GARDEN
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Andy Warner is a professional photographer and he made this film of the Secret Garden to demonstrate his film-making skills.
All Aboard For Town's First Bus Service (8 June 1973)
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A reporter in a growing town is bound to be in at the birth of many things, some of which live on and others which die almost as soon as they are born. It was thus that I became the very first passenger on the Bletchley town bus service when it came into operation on December ...
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