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23: AFLOAT WITH SUCCESS

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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 ...
First Impressions Of Parish Law - And Rationing (16 February 1973)

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Looking at Bletchley’s big new police station at the end of Sherwood Drive I find it hard to believe that I arrived in Bletchley in time to know the last of its long line of parish constables – those lawmen who were appointed in every parish long before regular police were thought of. He was Mr. ...
22: THE KNITWITS

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This film tells the story of a mysterious group of guerrilla knitters who ‘yarn-bombed’ Wolverton in 2013. This posting coincides with Knit in Public Day on 13th June, which is marked with its own pillar at the MK Rose. If you enjoyed watching this film please consider clicking on the link below to make a £1 donation ...
Miners Have Always Been The Salt of The Earth (9 February 1973)

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MINERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE SALT OF THE EARTH One day my father said: “How’d you like to be a journalist?” “What’s that?” I asked, in all innocence and ignorance. I am not sure I know the full answer yet. There are almost as many sorts of journalists as there are sorts of men and women. But I ...
21: MOVING THE BLOOMER BACK TO WOLVERTON

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The ‘Wolverton Bloomer’ replica steam train was resident in Station Square, Central Milton Keynes since 1991, when it was built by engineering apprentices. Designed by James McConnell and first engineered in the 1850s, the ‘Wolverton Bloomer’ was the most famous class of locomotive built at Wolverton Works. In 2007 the Wolverton Society for Arts & Heritage, ...
‘Talking Shop' On The Subject Of Shorthand (2 February 1973)

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Somewhere in the house are four certificates. One says I can swim. One says I can render first-aid. One says I can sing. And one says I can write shorthand. I may come back to that one some time, but here I am concerned with the shorthand one – and if you are not interested in ...
Postcards of the area surrounding Bletchley & Fenny Stratford.

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Postcards of the area surrounding Bletchley & Fenny Stratford, including Bow Brickhill, Broughton, Great Brickhill, Linslade, Little Brickhill, Simpson, Stoke Hammond, Woburn Sands, Woughton (but excluding Bletchley & Fenny Stratford)
High Street, Fenny Stratford - Town Hall

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High Street, Fenny Stratford – Town Hall. Handwritten note reads “The Town Hall X” and there are two Xs marked (one X is on the Town Hall and the other is on the wall surrounding the church).
Postcards of Bletchley & Fenny Stratford.

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Postcards of Bletchley & Fenny Stratford. Some of them have been marked up with X’s and handwritten notes.
Bob Odell Collection

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A hundred and twenty nine postcards, mostly with images of Bletchley & Fenny Stratford, but also of the surrounding areas. They date from the late 1800s to 1946
Aylesbury Street, Fenny Stratford - with church and post office

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Aylesbury Street, Fenny Stratford – with church, post office and horse-drawn cart. Note that you cannot see the clock in this B&W image as the church has been built on.
Bletchley Station: Building the flyover 1958-1960

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Bletchley Station: Building the flyover 1958-1960. The flyover supports are in place but no deck. Looking south over the main line.