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City Spectacular and CMK Carnival (Collection CSP)
INT/006
Annual events that took place in 2001-2004. These summer events included parades through Central Milton Keynes. There are a further 400 pictures in the main Archive – these 11 photographs are just a sample!
Densala (Collection DEN)
INT/007
A six-day project in the summer of 1984 for school children, based around the legend of the Densala tribe. They were told about a previous vicar who lived at the Old Rectory who was a keen archaeologist. They listened to a recording of this vicar on an old reel-to-reel tape recorder. He said that he’d ...
Loyalty - A Thing Of The Past? (8 August 1975)
TRM/129
Our village grocer-cum-postmaster-cum-newsagent and tobacconist suffered from a chronic flatulence. A short, tubby man of around 50, he wore a white pinafore and walrus moustache. What fascinated me as a child, however, was that each time his knife sliced through a piece of ham or whatever, he emitted a loud and rumbling “B-hoy!”. Since when ...
In memory of Robert Excell
We are very sad to announce that our Vice Chair (Archives) Robert Excell died suddenly and unexpectedly on 20th November. ...
Echoing The Sentiments Of Many (1 August 1975)
TRM/128
I join the greetings to Mrs Julia Phillips, who has just retired from the Bletchley bench of magistrates on reaching the age limit of 70. She is best known to myself and other old stagers under the name of her first husband, the late Mr Jim Ramsbotham, for it was as Mrs Julia Ramsbotham that she ...
Go Out To Grass Early (25 July 1975)
TRM/127
I note with lively interest the decision of Milton Keynes Borough Council finance director Mr Norman Chambers to retire at what is at present regarded as the early age of 55. I know nothing of the background to this retirement, but I presume it is simply a case of a man being able to see his ...
Ann Sidgewick's Interview Summary
WHC/021
Ann’s background was in computing and she felt the Hospice could benefit from a computer but had some resistance from the Board. It was thought this would be too modern for the vision of the Hospice. When Ann offered to train the staff there was a change of heart. Ann worked hard to get equipment ...
Peter William Waterman's Interview Summary
WHC/020
Peter was born in 1933, came to work in Milton Keynes in 1968. He joined the Development Corporation in 1972 in Social Development, by which time he already knew Leslie and Dorothy Jell. He was contacted by Marjorie Reid in 1974, who explained her vision for a hospice and took him to visit one in ...
Peta Wilkinson's Interview Summary
WHC/019
Peta was born in 1953 and was appointed Chief Executive of the Hospice on September 4th 2017. A motivation for applying for the post was her memory of walking away alone from the hospital where her husband was dying and not wanting that to happen to others. She spoke about the challenges raised by COVID, ...
Kathy Smith's Interview Summary
WHC/018
Kathy was born in 1958, trained as a nurse in London and began at Willen as a Bank Nurse in 1990 after starting a family. She became a Ward Sister and, as a result of her experience during the previous build, was appointed Clinical Project Lead to the architects and builders of the new wing. ...
Christopher Eyes' Interview Summary
WHC/017
Christopher was born in 1953 and was appointed Chief Executive of the Hospice in July 1998. He had previously reached a senior level in NHS management before moving to be Deputy Director of an AIDS Hospice in London. He took over from Leslie Jell. He knew Julian Pedley, Lady Duncombe and John Moyle amongst others. ...
Marilyn David's Interview Summary
WHC/016
Marilyn was born in 1953 and joined Willen in 2000 as a Clinical Nurse Specialist mainly seeing patients in their own homes. Before joining Willen she was an Oncology nurse in an NHS hospital. Marilyn has seen many changes in palliative care over the years and so nursing has had to change with the times. ...
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