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Lost In The Corridors Of Power (20 May 1977)

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The use of Westminster Hall for the presentation to the Queen of Parliament’s loyal Jubilee greetings reminded me of the occasion when, for a few moments, I had that great barn of a place all to myself. That afternoon, Mr Dick Crossman was to announce the government’s intention of creating a new town in North ...
My "Health Club For Non-Drinkers" (13 May 1977)

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In a recent conversation with a man aged about 28 I happened to mention that I used to be a Rechabite. “And what on earth’s a Rechabite?” he asked. “A member of the Independent Order of Rechabites,” I told him. This answer, of course, only begged a further question. It then occurred to me that here ...
Lost Sign Of The Times (6 May 1977)

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I had not been long in this district when the only optician, Mr Leopold Durran, chided me about calling Fenny Stratford “Bletchley.” Standing outside his premises on a corner of what are still universally known as the Fenny Stratford crossroads, he went on to delineate the local ecclesiastical and civil boundaries, including the fact that ...
A new trail explores the legacy of Campbell Park

To celebrate more than 40 years of Campbell Park, we’ve been working in partnership with our friends at The Parks ...
Transport Ran Out Of Steam (29 April 1977)

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In considering road transport past and present, we are apt to think in terms of a straight transition from genuine horsepower to the horsepower generated by internal combustion engines. We are apt to forget the part played by the steam engine. Not the steam engines that ran on railways, but the steam engines that ran ...
My Grandmother And John Wesley (22 April 1977)

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My grandmother had a curious way of dealing with the more perplexing of her personal problems. “Pass me the good book, bairn,” she ordered. So I fetched the Bible and placed it on her lap. She then closed her eyes in prayer, opened the good book at random, placed her index finger on the page, ...
Joan Harris

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Joan was born Arkansas in the US in 1947 and moved to Milton Keynes in 1995, where she lived and worked at Camphill Community MK, a residential community providing work and housing for adults with a range of learning disabilities. Camphill communities exist across the world and are inspired by the work of pioneering educator ...
Back to ... The Point - Memories of an Iconic Building

Did you party at The Point in its heyday? Take a walk down memory lane as we celebrate MK’s iconic ...
Airgraphs to Douglas Cowlishaw 1942 to 1944

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Airgraph letters to Douglas Cowlishaw while he was serving abroad with the RAF, from various family members and friends. [The Airgraph Service was launched by the British Post Service, in conjunction with Kodak Limited, in 1941. The new form of communication was designed to solve the problem of sending mail between Britain and the Middle ...
Two ladies and a man at the function

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Two ladies and a man at the function of the Bletchley Chamber Of Trade
Group of six at a function

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Group of 6, clockwise from front: Joan Cowlishaw, Bert Weatherhead, Mrs Hapgood, Douglas Cowlishaw, Gladys Weatherhead, Mr Hapgood
Seated group of gentlemen, possibly Bletchley Chamber of Trade

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Douglas Cowlishaw marked `Pa` on photograph of group of gentlemen. Possibly the Bletchley Chamber of Trade.