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Another Convenient Appearance (22 November 1974)
TRM/094
I see that Bletchley’s wandering loos are likely to make what the Gazette calls another “public appearance” shortly. I am glad to hear this. Not just for my own sake, but for the sake of all those who, with uncomfortable looks on their faces, buttonhole me at the Bigger, Better, Blacker end of Queensway to ask ...
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End Of A Chapter In Brickmaking (15 November 1974)
TRM/093
The closure of the Jubilee brickworks at Skew Bridge brings to an end another chapter in the long story of brickmaking in North Bucks. When I came to Bletchley in 1946, three groups of brick kiln chimneys to the south and south-west of the town were the outstanding features of the skyline. Predominant were eleven chimneys ...
Custom Goes Off With A Bang (8 November 1974)
TRM/092
At mid-day next Monday, if all goes according to custom, six loud bangs will rend the air of Fenny Stratford. The bangs will be repeated at 2p.m. and again at 4p.m. After that there will be no more such bangs until the same times next year. The bangs will be made by the famous Fenny Poppers, ...
Playing To The 'Great King Box' (1 November 1974)
TRM/091
Just a few reflections on the general election, now that it is over and done with. Non-party reflections, of course. As I have said before, I am the most floating of floating voters. So if you read anything party-political into any of these lines, it is in your eye, not mine. For 20 years I covered ...
Mysteries Are Piled On Mysteries (15 October 1974)
TRM/090
I like a good mystery. Especially do I like a good mystery of history, such is why a Gretna Green situation seems to have arisen at Great Woolstone during the six years 1664 to 1669 inclusive. This mystery, with its suggestion of runaway marriages, was brought to light in 1947 by Mr. Warren Dawson. Mr. Dawson ...
The Sad Tale Of Friendly Fenny (18 October 1974)
TRM/089
I used to like Fenny Stratford. It had character. This was not just an old world charm. Still less was it a quaintness. Nearly every building, whether of the 17th century or of the early 20th century, was in strictly utilitarian use. It was a hodge-podge of architectural styles. Yet this gave it a certainly liveliness ...
From Rags To Riches, It's A Re-Cycling Tale (11 October 1974)
TRM/088
There is a good deal of talk nowadays about the need for a greater re-cycling of industrial and domestic “waste.” Quite rightly, it is pointed out that much material is now being dumped which, with a little ingenuity, could be reclaimed for further use. There is one material, however, which has been intensively re-cycled for 120 ...
Land sale and house building Agreement
CBR/004
A four-page document which is the agreement between the London and North Western Railway Company (LNWR) and Robert Scampton Mantle for the sale of a plot of land in Green Lane Wolverton and the building of a house on that plot. The first two pages are text, and the last two are maps of Wolverton. ...
Colin Brown's Sketches
CBR/003
These sketches were made by Colin Brown while he was a schoolboy at Bletchley Grammar School in 1958-1959. The Art Mistress (Kate Fryer) used to send the pupils out into the town every week to draw whatever took their eye.
Colin Brown's Photographs
CBR/002
A group of photographs from the 1940s to the 1960s collected by Colin Brown. His parents Gerry and Thelma Brown appear in some of the images.
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