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  • The Life And Death Of A Market Town (15 February 1974)

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    The Life And Death Of A Market Town (15 February 1974)
    It is now about a couple of years since our old market town died. Nothing much was said about it at the time. People were too agog about what was left and what was taking its place. There was also the fact that it had died on several previous occasions since it was created by ...

  • Interview with Tom Guilmard

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    Interview with Tom Guilmard
    Tom is an artist and was born and raised in Milton Keynes. He feels Milton Keynes is a place where there’s more opportunity artistically to make a difference. As someone who cares about art in Milton Keynes he is frustrated that there aren’t any studios that cater to professional artists, and also that there aren’t ...

  • Interview with Richard Minns

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    Interview with Richard Minns
    Richard focuses his story on the pride he has for his home in Oxley Park, sharing his feelings about the unique architectural merits of his home. Designed by eminent British architect and Pritzker Prize award winner Sir Richard Rogers, Oxley Park was developed in the mid 2000’s as an eco-friendly housing complex to address the ...

  • Interview with Sheyla Sabio

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    Interview with Sheyla Sabio
    Sheyla moved to Milton Keynes in 2015 after living in Spain all her life. When she arrived she spoke no English and had never been on a plane before. At first she lived with a Spanish family but after a few months she secured a job and a place of her own. She is excited ...

  • Interview with Tim Skelton

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    Interview with Tim Skelton
    Arriving in Milton Keynes in 1979 for a job interview with the Milton Keynes Development Corporation, Tim shares his first impressions of the New Town as a modern, larger than expected city, observing that the city’s pace and quality of life appealed to him. He shares his memories working for the Development Corporation in the ...

  • Interview with Nicky Kenny

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    Interview with Nicky Kenny
    Nicky was born in Newport Pagnell. After a period of living in Brighton she returned to live in Milton Keynes. She is a photographer and keen cyclist. Her photographs are inspired by the architecture and nature of Milton Keynes.

  • Interview with Stephen Scott

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    Interview with Stephen Scott
    Born in New Bradwell, Steven talks about his initial apprehension as a child on first hearing about the idea of a New Town being built. He watched the development as the city grew around him. His children and grandchildren all live here and they have embraced all Milton Keynes has to offer.

  • Interview with Rima Scott

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    Interview with Rima Scott
    Rima moved to Buckinghamshire in 1964. In this short film she talks about her role as a board member at The Stables at the time of the first Milton Keynes International Festival.

  • Interview with Ron Unwin

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    Interview with Ron Unwin
    Ron talks about his memories of growing up and seeing Milton Keynes develop around his home in Nash. He shares how he was a founder member of the committee that established Milton Keynes Museum. He realised the area’s agricultural land was declining so began to collect local farming artefacts.

  • Interview with Tracie Tappendon

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    Interview with Tracie Tappendon
    Tracie moved to Fullers Slade in the early 1970s as a child with her family from Islington, North London. She recalls being in awe of her new house and impressed by the size of the house and garden. Very different to her experience of living in busy inner London, she remembers feeling as though her ...

  • Interview with Paul Griffiths

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    Interview with Paul Griffiths
    Paul’s film focuses on his memories of winning a bath tub race as part of Bletchley week in the late 1960s.

  • Interview with Paul Kennedy

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    Interview with Paul Kennedy
    Arriving in Milton Keynes in 1968 from Wembley, North London, Paul shares his memories of relocating to Milton Keynes and the differences between London and the emerging New Town. He recalls his part in building the New Town, recalling memories of the beginnings of road building and working long hours. He tells the story of ...
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