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There Was A Market In Fenny Stratford 772 Years Ago (5 March 1976)

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My fancy is tickled by the Fenny Stratford traders’ idea that a royal charter dated 1608 gives them the right to hold a weekly market on Mondays. I rather approve. I do not know whether the claim could be made to stick, but I would be delighted if it could, even if the traders then ...
Blossom at St Thomas' church, Simpson
Sunny day at Leon Recreation Ground
Paddleboarding on Bletchley Leisure Centre pond
Aerial view of Deanshanger Iron Oxide Works
Those Years Of Setting Up House On Dockets (27 February 1976)

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In July, 1948, the local butchers’ association issued a poster. This stated that “owing to the recent reduction in the fresh meat ration and the lack of publicity from official quarters in regard thereto,” they felt it necessary themselves to announce to the public that: “The total ration per adult book per week is: fresh meat ...
The Veterans - The Nitty-Gritty Men Of The Council (20 February 1976)

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I am interested to read of the intended retirement from the Milton Keynes Borough Council of Mr Arthur Snaith, of Loughton, and Mr Bill Caldwell, of Bletchley. I suppose that after the elections on May 6 there will still be many on the council who served on the old local authorities which the borough took ...
Dancing With Death For 15 Or 20 Years ( 13 February 1976)

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No doubt many Bletchley people have been startled to learn how close they have been to sudden death or injury during the past 15 to 20 years. I refer, of course, to the recent discovery that the concrete beams in parts of Wilton Hall were in far worse shape than was suspected when the hall ...
Shocking, The Price Of Spuds These Days (6 February 1976)

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What do you think of the price of potatoes, missus? Shocking, isn’t it? I don’t wonder you don’t see kids playing with potato guns these days. The cost of the ammunition would be prohibitive. I am not a very old man. Just going on for 68, in fact. But I remember visiting my grandmother as a ...
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Children singing with theatre practitioners

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A group of children singing with theatre practitioners
Adults and children listen to a man on the right

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A large group of adults and children listening to a man on the right (the musical director?)