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  • Interview with Moss Bancroft

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    Interview with Moss Bancroft
    Moss talks about his childhood, growing up in the Rainbow Housing Co-operative in Spencer Street, New Bradwell. He shares how the experience of living in a co-operative was an alternative upbringing, different to his school peers and cites the example that instead of each household having private back gardens, all families shared one large, communal green ...
  • Interview with Louise Roche

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    Interview with Louise Roche
    Louise moved to Milton Keynes in 1970 as a result of her father being appointed General Manager of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation. She talks about how the move changed her life and how unhappy she was when she initially arrived.
  • Interview with Kathleen Lake 1 - Moving To Eaglestone

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    Interview with Kathleen Lake 1 - Moving To Eaglestone
    Kathleen’s story tells how she moved to Milton Keynes as a child as a result of her father securing a role as site manager for the then new development of Eaglestone. She recalls her father instructing the family to pack wellington boots and on arrival she shares her astonishment at the site’s lack of roads ...
  • Interview with Catherine McIntyre

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    Interview with Catherine McIntyre
    Born in Gibraltar, Catherine moved to Milton Keynes with her family as a toddler. She is an enthusiastic sportswoman and discusses her passion for the full contact sport, Roller Derby. She talks about the social side to the sport and the predominance of women players. The sport is thriving in Milton Keynes.
  • Interview with Kathleen Lake 2 - Naming "The Starting Gate"

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    Interview with Kathleen Lake 2 - Naming "The Starting Gate"
    Kathleen tells the story of how her father entered a competition in the local newspaper to name one of the first new pubs in Milton Keynes. There were about 500 entries, and his entry to name the pub ‘The Starting Gate’ won the prize. As the competition was held just before Christmas, he was presented ...
  • Interview with Will Tricks

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    Interview with Will Tricks
    Will moved to Milton Keynes from London in 1978. He developed a passion for skateboarding as a result of an encounter with a group of skateboarders during a peace march at the Peace Pagoda. He shares how he was a part of the local punk rock scene and that it was highly unusual for punks ...
  • Interview with Emily Darling

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    Interview with Emily Darling
    Emily talks about her experience of growing up in Milton Keynes and her passion for performing arts. She shares how, starting at primary school and also at her secondary school, Stantonbury, she developed her appetite for performing arts. She pursued her interests through becoming involved in local performing arts clubs, a theatre company, and Milton ...
  • Interview with Lawrence Morgan

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    Interview with Lawrence Morgan
    Lawrence moved to Milton Keynes in 2016 after travelling around Australia and New Zealand. He had made visits to see his grandmother and cousins who live here, but had not really explored Milton Keynes. He is pleased he made the choice to live here and is constantly discovering new places and things to do.
  • Interview with Tod Cody

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    Interview with Tod Cody
    Tod tells the story of how he became one of the stilt walkers in the now famous red balloon advert.
  • Interview with Victoria Holton

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    Interview with Victoria Holton
    Victoria talks about her strong family connection with the local area, sharing how her family were farmers in Stony Stratford. She recalls the reaction from local people to the arrival of Milton Keynes and also the opportunities the developing town brought to the family business.
  • Interview with Ruel DaCosta

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    Interview with Ruel DaCosta
    Ruel grew up Milton Keynes, and talks about how he and his friends, as young teens, started to develop their interest in Parkour and free-running whilst living on Fishermead. His love of the sport has turned into a career and he now runs the UK’s first dedicated indoor Parkour gym in Kingston, Milton Keynes.
  • Interview with Shalom Lloyd

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    Interview with Shalom Lloyd
    Pharmacist Shalom shares her journey, from her homeland in Nigeria via her studies in Russia, to settling in Milton Keynes. She talks about how her first impressions were of a welcoming and clean place, and a great place to raise a family. Shalom has established a new, natural skincare business in Milton Keynes, integrating her ...
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