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  • Interview with Caz Tricks

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    Interview with Caz Tricks
    Caz moved Milton Keynes in 1978. She talks of her unhappiness about moving to the New Town, recalling a desolate place, mostly mud! Things improved when she attended Stantonbury Campus and developed a passion for performance and the arts which gave her sense of being a part of a community. ?Caz shares her recollections of joining ...

  • Interview with Bill Griffiths

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    Interview with Bill Griffiths
    Bill moved to Milton Keynes in 1974 after finding that house prices in London were too expensive. He was working as a Zoologist at London Zoo, but in the late ’80s was made redundant. Bill then took on the role of Museum Director in Milton Keynes. Bill recollects his first impressions of the Museum, a ...

  • Interview with Bart Gamber

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    Interview with Bart Gamber
    Bart moved to Milton Keynes from Washington D.C. in the United States in 1996. He talks about his involvement with an LGBT group in Milton Keynes and also his work with Milton Keynes Community Foundation. Bart shares the pressures he and his same sex partner faced at the start of their relationship as a result ...

  • Interview with Henry Cleary

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    Interview with Henry Cleary
    Henry talks about his time working as a civil servant at the Department of Environment, focusing on New Towns, outlining how the civil service, central government and new town development corporations worked together. He details how the Milton Keynes Development Corporation had far-reaching powers which allowed them to consent to development, legally circumventing local authorities. ...

  • 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 ...

  • Interview with Naseem Khan

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    Interview with Naseem Khan
    Naseem was born and raised in Kenya and moved to Milton Keynes in 2000. When she first arrived she was a single parent struggling to juggle work and childcare. She decided to open her own restaurant and now provides work there for women, who for cultural reasons might not be allowed to work with men. ...

  • Interview with Chris Kemp

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    Interview with Chris Kemp
    Chris moved to Milton Keynes from the South East of England in the late 80s. He has a passion for music and after a trip to see a band at the Woughton Centre he decided to apply for the job as Arts Manager. Whilst there he co-founded the rock and alternative music venue ? The ...

  • Interview with Fred Ambrosius

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    Interview with Fred Ambrosius
    Fred was born in Dublin, Ireland, and travelled the world with the Navy from the age of sixteen until he eventually came to Milton Keynes in 1976. Fred relays his first memories of Milton Keynes: looking for employment, walking all over Milton Keynes in the hot 1976 summer until he found a job.

  • Interview with Tariq Raja

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    Interview with Tariq Raja
    Tariq moved to Milton Keynes from Islamabad, Pakistan. He talks about being a new arrival to Milton Keynes when the terrorist attack of 7/7 happened. He had never experienced being a minority before. He cites the importance of the friends that he made locally, who were welcoming and open, and shares how he feels integration ...

  • Interview with Daniele Marzeddu

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    Interview with Daniele Marzeddu
    Photographer Daniele is a new arrival to Milton Keynes, relocating in 2017 for work. He shares his thoughts on the contrasts between his home, the historic city of Venice and post-modern, contemporary Milton Keynes. The city’s urban design and built environment provides inspiration for his photography.

  • Milton Keynes People's Stories

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    Milton Keynes People's Stories
    In January 2017, Milton Keynes celebrated its 50th Birthday. The new town was born with an Act of Parliament in 1967 which approved the building of a new community of 250,000 people covering 21,869 acres of Buckinghamshire farmland and villages. It has become the largest and most ambitious of the British new towns. Living Archive ...

  • Interviews with people who have made Milton Keynes their home

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    Interviews with people who have made Milton Keynes their home
    We interviewed over 50 people who have made Milton Keynes their home. They were invited to share their memories and experiences of living in the city, spanning the past fifty years. These interviews have been edited into a series of short digital stories which you can view by clicking on the links. The films show a ...
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