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Echoes Of A 'Sex Mad' Society (21 November 1975)

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Are you in your late forties? And, if so, are you apt to be critical of the world around you and especially of today’s youth? If you are, then what follows should interest you. It concerns the years 1946 to 1948, when you yourself were a teenager and Oh…so Righteous. There is too much promiscuity today, ...
Sir Frank's First Real "Break" (14 November 1975)

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In almost every case of “local boy makes good” there is an original “break” – some piece of ingenuity, luck, wisdom or derring-do that puts him on the road to success. I have noticed this many times when interviewing or even just talking with such men in their more expansive moments. There is often a catalogue of ...
MK Heritage Open Days - find out what it's all about!

Every September Living Archive MK co-ordinates MK Heritage Open Days – 10 days of FREE arts and heritage events across ...
Guy Fawkes Fired We Guys (7 November 1975)

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In the early 1950’s, Bletchley Young Conservatives decided to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day with a special bonfire in a field off Drayton Road. A large amount of combustible material was collected and stacked and by November 4, all was ready for a good old beano on “The Fifth.” But during the night of the fourth, the ...
LAMK appoints first Photographer In Residence

Living Archive MK is delighted to announce the appointment of its first Photographer In Residence. City photographer Sagar Kharecha will ...
One Man's Private Pleasure Park (31 October 1975)

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There seems to be an impression – and not only among newcomers – that Bletchley once “owned” Bletchley Park, and that the various government departments there have only to be persuaded to leave for Bletchley to get it back. I remember being under the same illusion when I came to the town close on 30 ...
Plastic Is Not A Modern Idea (24 October 1975)

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This has been called the Age of Plastics. And quite rightly, I think. When I was young, practically all those things now made of poly-this, that and the other, and of bakelite or some other ite, were made of wood or metal or both. The only articles I remember which remotely resembled today’s plastics were those ...
It Began With Dots And Dashes (17 October 1975)

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In 1896 Signor Marconi was conducting his early wireless experiments on Salisbury Plain in co-operation with the British Army. They were using aerials held aloft by kites and balloons. Maintaining liaison between the transmitter and the receiver was young Sapper Alfred James Peerless, later to be the father of Mr Ken and Mr Bob Peerless, ...
Paying A Penny To Repair Bully (10 October 1975)

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Some recent notes in this column have stirred memories and people have kindly got in touch with me to tell me so. One is Mr Wal Pacey, of Bletchley, who was reminded of the celebrations held at Tolpuddle, in 1934, the hundredth anniversary of the Martyrs’ transportation to Australia. In the decades since the war Wal has ...
MK's Mr Spitfire - a new documentary film from Living Archive MK

Here’s an extraordinary Milton Keynes tale for you – how many people do you know who have half a Spitfire ...
MK Together - photography exhibition open now

For further details see the Events page here: https://www.livingarchive.org.uk/events/event/mk-together-exhibition-at-mk-central-library
An Appreciation of Brad Bradstock

Brad Bradstock: 1950 – 2023 I feel honoured to be asked to edit this appreciation of Brad Bradstock whom I have ...

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