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Ansar Hussain

MNC/043

Ansar Hussian was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1970 and moved to Milton Keynes with his parents in 1985. He started as a student at boarding school in New Bradwell to acquire a more detailed knowledge in the Islamic sciences. He has fond memories of this time, playing football and cricket in the local ...
10p - Or A Brass Farthing (15 April 1977)

TRM/213

Imagine our predicament if there should ever be a severe shortage of 10p pieces. What, for instance, would the borough council do then with their car parking slot machines? Such a happening sounds bizarre. Yet a similar kind of situation arose in this country, and not least locally, in the 17th century. Whether from shortage of ...
Frozan Marofi

MNC/042

Frozan Marofi was born in 1974 in Kabul City, Afghanistan; her father worked for the government of Afghanistan. After graduation, Frozan worked for the Ministry of Education, developing and implementing teacher training, particularly for women. This work was interrupted during the 3-year civil war, when the family fled to Pakistan. Later, from 2012, she worked ...
Steve Truan

MNC/041

Steve Truan was born in Truro, Cornwall, in 1969. He moved to Milton Keynes after university, in 1993, to find a job in teaching; he met his wife here (she was also a teacher, then in New Bradwell). He now teaches at Radcliffe School, where he is Assistant Headteacher. Living in Wolverton, he enjoys the ...
Penny Miller

MNC/040

Penny Miller was born in Northampton in 1959. In 1970 her father became Head of English at Ousedale School in Newport Pagnell; in l972 her Mother became the Headmistress at Stoke Goldington School and they moved into the school house there; they later moved to Newport Pagnell when Penny was 16. She spent most of ...
Serena Robb

MNC/039

Serena Robb was born at Milton Keynes hospital on October 1994. She grew up on Fishermead; she has fond memories of her schools, Penwith and Meadfurlong, which were very diverse but well integrated. She says Fishermead people always helped each other, no matter their race or religion. Because Serena’s mum worked part time they spent ...
Sas Amoah

MNC/038

Sas was born in Asakraka in Ghana in 1982. His family moved to a high rise flat in Camberwell in London and then to Milton Keynes, when Sas was four or five. He thinks his parents moved to MK for a better quality of life – he remembers the space and the green, in contrast ...
Valerie Gommon

MNC/037

Valerie was born in Newport Pagnell in 1960. She’s lived in Leighton Buzzard for 12 years and for a year in Lincolnshire, but the rest of her life has been in Milton Keynes. She went to Castlethorpe school, then to Radcliffe. She worked two nights a week and Saturdays at Maisies from 13 until she left ...
Nnenna Bamgboye

MNC/036

Nnenna Bamgboye was born in 1963 in Lagos, Nigeria. She lived in London for most of her life; she moved to Milton Keynes in 2015 because her brother was already living here. She now works as an administrator at the Radcliffe School. Having visited her brother many times in the school holidays, she liked the ...
Star O'Donnell

MNC/035

Star O’Donnell was born in 1991 in Milton Keynes and grew up in Stony Stratford. She is Head of Media Studies at the Radcliffe School. Currently she lives in Hanslope, a large village which she says feels safe, with a lot of green spaces. She had a great childhood because her mum drove, so they ...
Nisha Makwana

MNC/034

Nisha Makwana was born in Nairobi, Kenya in 1973. She met her husband in London and moved there initially; they moved to Milton Keynes twenty years ago because of its convenience for commuting. She didn’t know much about Milton Keynes before moving here but found it peaceful and quiet. She currently lives in Bletchley. She ...
Martin Neville

MNC/033

Martin Neville was born in Hackney, London, in 1953. After university, he became a civil servant, working in Hackney and then Aylesbury. He moved to Milton Keynes in 1991 in order to be closer to a synagogue; he also worked at the Court in Bowback House. In his professional life, Martin helped set up the ...

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