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Putting The Record Straight - For The Roundheads' Sake (30 August 1974)
TRM/082
I was intrigued to read in a recent issue of the Gazette of a Roundhead Association and particularly of the status in that association of Jon Mengham, of Woburn Sands, as a lieutenant of Sir William Waller’s Regiment of Foot. This is the most harrowing and bitter period in the country’s history reduced to fun and ...
They'll All Be Friends And Neighbours In Time (23 August 1974)
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In one of her recent articles my Gazette colleague Susan, wondered “what sort of population this brave new city of ours” was going to have. She pointed out that the Wolverton Community Association was said to be defunct after only 18 months; that there was a fear that the Bradville Community Association might fold up; ...
View the film of our VE Day MK project here
Our VE Day project is finally finished! The Heritage Fund (big thanks to all those Lottery players!) and MK Council-supported ...
Unordered Coal And Those Street Names (16 August 1974)
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We had not long been in occupation of our council house at St. George’s Road, Bletchley, when we returned to it one day to find an unordered load of coal being shot into the barn. I forget how the affair was resolved, but the explanation of the error was that the coal had been intended for ...
The Family Bible Reveals Clues To A Doctor's Dynasty (9 August 1974)
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A factor that made me feel more at home when I first came to Bletchley was the presence here of a number of other Yorkshiremen who were in fairly prominent positions in the town and had been for years. Men like Mr. R.L. Sherwood, who was clerk of the urban council, Mr. E.C. Cook, who ...
Stony Stratford High Street - Odd Numbers Part 2
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Stony Stratford High Street - Odd Numbers Part 1
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Stony Stratford High Street - Even Numbers Part 2
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Stony Stratford High Street - Even Numbers Part 1
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Stony Stratford High Street - Properties & People
SSH
The High Street in Stony Stratford has seen many and varied residents and businesses through the last century. In 2019, one of our volunteers, Helen Aylott, decided to research the past occupants of the buildings along the street. Having spent a good many years in the town, Helen initially drew from her own memories and those ...
A Time-Honoured Tactic In These Changing Times (2 August 1974)
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While I cannot agree with my old and much-respected friend, Cllr. Bill Caldwell that today the Gazette “does not publish one iota” of the business of the new Milton Keynes Borough Council I have a certain amount of sympathy for him, if not for his remark. I believe he was following the tine-honoured tactic of ...
A Big Crowd Today Is Trifling In Comparison (26 July 1974)
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Today, when I read there has been a “big crowd” at this or that local event, I wonder if it is generally realised what a big crowd really is in local terms. I have never seen a figure actually stated for a local event in recent years. I guess, however, that a figure of 5,000 ...
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