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A Brief History of Football in Milton Keynes

Funded by a ‘Your Heritage’ Lottery grant in 2007 this project collected personal testimonies, photographs and memorabilia to document the ...
Heritage Open Days returns in September 2020!

Heritage Open Days – HODs – is back this autumn and this time it runs over 10 days, from the ...
A Warped Sense Of Human [poster]

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Poster for an event to promote the release of an album named “A Warped Sense Of Human” by Peartree Records at Woughton Campus, featuring seven local bands including: NA Pop 2000 Offbeat Fictitious Ticketz, Ethnic Minority Dancing Counterparts, and Kingsize Keen & His Rockin’ Machine.
Music events at the Compass Club [poster]

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Poster for a series of weekly events at the Compass Club in Bletchley featuring New Wave and Rock music, and including the Young Parisiennnes on 16 Oct. Other bands were: The Coconut Dogs The Crew Backing Track Great British Hope Moonstone UK decay
What's on Dec 1994 [newspaper cutting]

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Milton Keynes Citizen Go! What’s On newspaper articles and adverts. One advert features the Blues Collective’s New Years Eve party. Other adverts are for Dukes nightclub and Directors wine bar. Articles cover Bad Manners performing at the Sanctuary (Denbigh North Leisure) plus various events at The Bunker (Fullers Slade), Madcap and Best Cellars.
Preview of the MK Festival of May 1991, and a look back at NA Pop 2000

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Milton Keynes Gazette “Around” newspaper articles: a preview of the bands in the MK Festival on 25-27 May 1991, and a look back at NA Pop 2000 (who were active 1980-83) to say “where are they now?”
African Drummers at the New Inn Buckingham [newspaper cutting]

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Newspaper cutting about African style Drummers at the New Inn, Chandos Road. Caz Tricks is pictured in the centre of the group along with other drummers from Milton Keynes.
Demise of local TV Channel 40 [newspaper cutting]

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Milton Keynes Gazette “Around” newspaper articles. The “Chat” bemoans the demise of local TV Channel 40 and proposes that “Caz Tricks could perform a great Cilla Black”. A letter asks when will Blues Collective release an LP and single?
Times are a changing [newspaper article]

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Milton Keynes Citizen newspaper article, Scribbo on Sunday looks back at 1997 (best bands, best singles, best DJ’s, etc.).
Promoting 1990 Xmas and New Years Eve music events [newspaper article]

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Milton Keynes Gazette “Around” newspaper article. Promoting 1990 Xmas and New Years Eve music events at the Open University and Woughton Centre (including the Blues Collective).
Band's battle with tragedy [newspaper article]

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Newspaper article about the band Fictitious whose bass player was killed in a car crash in September 1980.
Review of the MK Festival 91 [newspaper cutting]

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Milton Keynes Gazette “Around” newspaper articles. Review of the MK Festival 91, and promotion of upcoming gigs.