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  • Jay Virgo

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    Jay Virgo
    Jay was born in 1994 in Gloucestershire, moved from London to MK in 2016 and now lives in Bedford. He knew nothing about MK but having grown up in the Forest of Dean he appreciated the green spaces and ethos of the city. He currently commutes from Bedford by bus for work but would like ...
  • Claire Billing

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    Claire Billing
    Claire is the daughter of the artist Bill Billings. The family first moved to MK in the early 70s and lived in social housing in new estates such as Fishermead, Stantonbury, the Lakes Estate and Furzton. She recalls many positive memories of life on the Lakes Estate in the 1990s when she was a young ...
  • Leaf through the MK Heritage Open Days brochure online here

    Leaf through the MK Heritage Open Days brochure online here

    Click the link to access the brochure online via Issuu: https://issuu.com/livingarchive/docs/hods_brochure_2024_v4_issuu
  • Dangerous Cobwebs (11 February 1977)

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    Dangerous Cobwebs (11 February 1977)
    Reference to the decoding activities at Bletchley Park has been made in the BBC’s series on “The Secret War.”  As a result, we are now clearer about what happened to our defence on the night Coventry was blitzed.  In particular, we know now that there was no question of Coventry having been deliberately left undefended ...
  • Help us fund our 40th anniversary celebrations and support local songwriters!

    Help us fund our 40th anniversary celebrations and support local songwriters!

    Living Archive will be 40 years old in October 2024 and we are planning a concert to celebrate. We will ...
  • Stony Stratford Festival 350 - Market on Market Square

    Stony Stratford Festival 350 - Market on Market Square

  • St Mary & St Giles School assembly

    St Mary & St Giles School assembly

  • Maypole Dancing Stony Stratford 1994 2

    Maypole Dancing Stony Stratford 1994 2

  • Maypole dancing Stony Stratford 1994

    Maypole dancing Stony Stratford 1994

  • My Tea Trolley "Op" (4 February 1977)

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    My Tea Trolley "Op" (4 February 1977)
    During the last war, Bletchley became a refuge not only for organised evacuee children, but also for a number of private people.  Some of these had been bombed out of the London area and remained here.  Others were so elderly or infirm or both that they judged it would be better for all concerned if ...
  • What The Valet Overheard (28 January 1977)

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    What The Valet Overheard (28 January 1977)
    Continuing my last week’s jottings on interesting old men who lived locally, I am reminded of Mr Ernest Margetson Coe, who for many years was butler to Sir Herbert and Lady Leon at Bletchley Park.  He entered their service when only an old farmhouse stood on the site of the present mansion and was still ...
  • Central Milton Keynes - it's getting bigger and better!

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    Central Milton Keynes - it's getting bigger and better!
    Central Milton Keynes – it’s getting bigger and better! Booklet produced by Commission for New Towns (CNT)
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