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Photograph of fields between Milton Keynes and site of Central Milton Keynes (1971).

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Fields between Milton Keynes Village and site of Central Milton Keynes view taken from north of village church
Photograph of Peartree canal bridge and towpath (1972).

SC ICC/001/041

Peartree canal bridge, canal and towpath at Woughton on the Green
Photograph of Woughton on the Green (1971).

SC ICC/001/036

Peartree canal bridge looking down lane towards the church in Woughton on the Green
Photograph of Woughton on the Green (1971).

SC ICC/001/031

Woughton on the Green view across garden stone wall, hedges trees and houses in distance
Iain Cawthorne Collection

SC ICC

The first part of the collection is an album containing 199 black and white photographs taken by Iain Cawthorne, while a resident of this area. The photographs were taken during the early 1970s, in and around the designated area of Milton Keynes and the album also includes a contemporary map marking the place where each ...
Bucks County Youth Rugby Team tie

RUG/006/008

Bucks County Youth Team tie. Black with red and grey diagonal stripes and logo of swans embroidered in grey and yellow in a diagonal pattern. 100% polyester
Olney RUFC Club Tie

RUG/006/007

Blue tie with cerise and french grey diagonal stripe and oak tree logo. 100% polyester
Olney Rugby Club Colts TOO-ER Lille Information pack

RUG/006/004

8 pages of information about the 4 day tour of Olney RUFC Colts to Lille, France 3-6 April 2009. Includes programme for each day; behaviour codes and tour requirements sheet; names of adults and children going and kit list.
Interview with Marilyn Price (b.1936).

PMK/005/049

Marilyn Price first heard about Milton Keynes in 1972/3. She describes their reasons for wanting to leave London, and their choice of a house on Fullers Slade. She recalls their families had mixed feelings about the move, but she thought ‘it would have a better environment’ for her daughter. She comments that the Fullers Slade ...
Interview with Frank Atter.

PMK/002/011

Frank Atter discusses his role as Chairman of the Housing and Planning Committee of the Wolverton Urban District Council and the issues they faced before MK was planned, such as the clearance of unfit housing in Wolverton and New Bradwell. As Chairman of Wolverton Urban District Council in 1963, and a member of the County ...
Interview with Ray Bellchambers (b.1919).

PMK/001/021

Ray Bellchambers has lived in the area all his life. His local knowledge, from working on Newport Pagnell farms during the war, proved useful in the development of Milton Keynes. As a long-serving Councillor on Newport Pagnell Rural District Council, he was selected as one of the first two Local Authority representatives on the Milton ...
Interview with Sir Ralph Verney.

PMK/001/022

Sir Ralph Verney was Chairman of the Finance Committee of Bucks County Council when the Ministry of Housing proposed to build a new town for London overspill in North Buckinghamshire (in about 1964). He describes their initial plans to extend ‘Metroland’, in the Chilterns area, and how the County Council was able to convince the ...