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  • Zerena the alien strikes by Gemma Hands and Emma Strange

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    Zerena the alien strikes by Gemma Hands and Emma Strange
    Zerena the alien strikes by Gemma Hands and Emma Strange describes what they have discovered about Zerena so far and shows a line drawing of an alien and a spaceship.
  • On Thursday 21st of April... by Shane Mulkerrins

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    On Thursday 21st of April... by Shane Mulkerrins
    On Thursday 21st of April… by Shane Mulkerrins describes his memories of seeing a bright flash the day before Zerena arrived.
  • Loud Noises In The Night Reported by Kevin Meek

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    Loud Noises In The Night Reported by Kevin Meek
    LOUD NOISES IN THE NIGHT REPORTED by Kevin Meek describes what people on Fishermead heard the night before the children discover a spaceship crash landed in their playground. Headlines in Letraset.
  • The Children Remember The 1988 Zerena Project - 21 April 2023

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    The Children Remember The 1988 Zerena Project - 21 April 2023
    Two of the children from Newlyn Place school return to the school ( Now Willows First School ) exactly 35 year later to introduce the documentary film Educating Zerena and to answer questions about the memories they have about this extraordinary event in their young lives. This was filmed spontaneously on a smart phone. Please click ...
  • Wolverton 150 festival special train at the station

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    Wolverton 150 festival special train at the station
    “Wolverton 150” festival special train at the station – Wolverton September 1988
  • Wolverton 150 festival special train at the station

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    Wolverton 150 festival special train at the station
    “Wolverton 150” festival special train at the station – Wolverton September 1988
  • Wolverton 150 Lady Markham & the Mayor unveil a plaque

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    Wolverton 150 Lady Markham & the Mayor unveil a plaque
    “Wolverton 150” celebration – Lady Markham & the Mayor unveil a plaque in the Booking Hall of the station – Wolverton September 1988
  • McCorquodale the day before demolition started

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    McCorquodale the day before demolition started
    McCorquodale the day before demolition started – Wolverton 7 August 1988
  • Views of Wolverton

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    Views of Wolverton
    Photographs of Wolverton – covering the period from May 1988 until May 1992. During this period there was a lot of demolition and rebuilding going on, including the Wolverton Works, the railway station, the Old Bath House and McCorquodales Printing Works. There are a further 143 pictures in the main Living Archive – these 69 ...
  • Photographs of the Wolverton Works

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    Photographs of the Wolverton Works
    Photographs of the Wolverton Works – its premises, equipment and employees – covering the period from December 1982 until June 1992. During this time many areas of the Wolverton Works were emptied out and demolished, to make way for a Tesco Superstore. The contributor of this collection, Bill Skeats, can be seen in items BSC/001/024 ...
  • The Bill Skeats Collection

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    The Bill Skeats Collection
    This collection of photographs records Wolverton in a time of change and renewal from 1985 to 1992. There are two groups: The photographs of the Wolverton Works focus on the employees as well as the factory itself, in the final years of operation of the complete Railway Works and then during the clearing out and demolition. The ...
  • Digging Into The Past - Against The Clock (21 May 1976)

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    Digging Into The Past - Against The Clock (21 May 1976)
    On a recent Sunday afternoon I was taken for a ride round the district, during which, at Cosgrove, we came upon a number of young people who were on their hands and knees scratching a small piece of ground by the roadside. I guessed that this was an archaeological “dig.”  And I should say, in passing, ...
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