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Interview with Chris Ince and Jennifer Ince

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Chris and Jennifer lived in Springfield, in Milton Keynes. They were on holiday when they and their two sons were introduced to skateboarding whilst staying at a camping site in Holywell Bay, near Newquay. They both hired boards and met friends who shared their love for it. They explain how Milton Keynes became popular with skateboarders ...
Interview with Richard Ferrington

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Richard came to Milton Keynes around 1988 when he worked for Buckinghamshire County Council, working with existing and designing new schools. He transferred to Milton Keynes Council in 1997 and worked for the Development and Design Department which had the task of working on the infrastructure of the City Centre as part of the redevelopment ...
Interview with Steven Ince and Damian Ince

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Steven remembers his first encounter with skateboarding in Springfield, where Paul Picket had a chicken board and was chased down the street. Both of their first experiences using a skateboard was when they went on holiday in Cornwall, where they hired skateboards from the skate park. The first professional skateboard Damian bought was from Jaime’s ...
MK Skate

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Milton Keynes has played a key role in the development of UK Skate culture. During the ‘80s and ‘90s it was regarded by many as the skate capital of the UK.It is still regarded as the lead city for street skating. This is a collection of 20 oral history interviews conducted in 2019 with people involved ...
Wolverton Works 1905

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Thirty-six men employed by Wolverton Works in 1905. Back row 2nd from left is John Hilton Meredith, and 3rd from right front row is Amos Barker.
A performance of the Maypole Dance - Ken Shean, 2nd from the right

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Nineteen men and women smiling and pointing at a man on the ground next to the maypole. Ken Shean is 2nd from the right.
A performance of the Maypole Dance - Connie Shean, 4th from the left

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Twenty four people, eighteen of which are holding hands with a partner and dancing next to the maypole. Connie Shean is 4th from front left.
A performance of the Maypole Dance at St Mary's Church, Stony Stratford

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Twenty men, women and children dancing around a pole in costume. Ken Shean is on extreme left.
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1946 [No.4]

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John Osbourne and Ken Shean blowing trumpets, performing Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1946 [No.3]

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Sixteen people performing Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Fourteen are sitting and standing in a semi-circle looking at two men leaning in towards each other.
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1946 [No.2]

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Fourteen people performing Shakespeare’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Nine are standing in a semi-circle looking at two boys who are holding onto the train of a man dressed in a cloak who is talking to a lady.
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1946. St Mary's Guild [No.1]

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Ten people dressed in costume, standing in a semi circle, performing Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. The players of St Mary’s Guild are (from left to right): Mrs Phillips, Mrs Lovell, Isabel Dillow, Ruth Claydon, Madge Hurst, Ken Shean, John Osbourne, Mr Church, Barbra Knight, Brian Townsend.