Living Archive Milton Keynes

Location: 

Milton Keynes Museum
McConnell Drive
Milton Keynes
MK12 5EL
United Kingdom
Description

Collection owner: 

Library/Archive

Holdings: 

Collection name: All Change; Subjects: Oral History: 14 interviews recorded in 16 tapes. The coming of the railways to Wolverton & New Bradwell 1832-65; items: 16 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Dig Where You Stand; Subjects: Oral History: 22 interviews - some multiple - recorded in 22 files. School interviews around UK about wartime growing food; items: 22 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: Bushfield School Centenary Project; Subjects: Oral History: 14 interviews recorded in 17 tapes (but 3 missing) - Education & life in Wolverton from 1920s; items: 17 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: Who Am I; Subjects: Oral History: 45 interviews recorded in 45 files - Memories of people who moved to Milton Keynes - interviewed by school children; items: 45 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: Where the Lines Meet; Subjects: Oral History: 43 interviews recorded in 43 tapes - The railway at Bletchley; items: 43 Compact Cassette. Collection name: The Original Story of Central Milton Keynes; Subjects: Oral History: 22 interviews recorded on 25 minidiscs originally but then digitised - The design & build of Central Milton Keynes; items: 25 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: Calverton Manor Farm; Subjects: Oral History: 4 interviews recorded in 4 files - Calverton Manor Farm and village life; items: 4 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: David Lock Associates; Subjects: Oral History: 16 interviews - some of groups - recorded in 17 files - Town planning for Milton Keynes; items: 17 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: Worker by Name; Subjects: Oral History: Stony Stratford between the wars; items: 39 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Sheltered Lives; Subjects: Oral History: 39 interviews - some group - recorded in 80 tapes - Second World War; items: 80 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Days of Pride; Subjects: Oral History: 22 interviews recorded in 37 tapes - First World War at home and in the services; items: 37 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Jovial Priest; Subjects: Oral History: 30 interviews recorded in 58 tapes - Memories of Rev Guest and life in New Bradwell from 1900-1945; items: 58 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: Home Front Recall; Subjects: Oral History: 25 interviews recorded in 25 tapes - The home front in the Second World War; items: 25 Compact Cassette. Collection name: The People's History of Milton Keynes; Subjects: Oral History: 323 interviews recorded in 323 tapes - The planning, building and first residents of Milton Keynes; items: 323 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Bigger, Brighter, Better; Subjects: Oral History: 51 interviews - some of groups - recorded in 58 tapes. The expansion of Bletchley 1944-66; items: 58 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Farming; Subjects: Oral History: 8 interviews - 1 couple - recorded in 9 files - Farming around Milton Keynes; items: 9 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: General Strike; Subjects: Oral History: 11 interviews - 1 couple - recorded in 12 tapes -1926 General Strike in the Milton Keynes area; items: 12 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Railways; Subjects: Oral History: 1 interview recorded in 3 tapes - Memories of Bletchley railman Arthur Dilley; items: 3 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Taylor Brown Collection; Subjects: Oral History: 1 interview recorded in 3 tapes - Local family through 20th century; items: 3 Compact Cassette. Collection name: Wolverton Heritage Project; Subjects: Oral History: 9 interviews recorded in 9 files - Memories of Wolverton; items: 9 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: Albert French; Subjects: Oral History: 6 songs - Subject of underage First World War soldier Albert French; items: 1 published CD. Collection name: Wolverton Works; Subjects: Oral History: 20 interviews - some group - recorded in 20 tapes - Wolverton Railway Carriage Works; items: 20 Open Reel Tape. Collection name: New Bradwell & Stantonbury; Subjects: Oral History: 6 interviews recorded in 6 files - New Bradwell & Stantonbury; items: 6 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: The Rockets; Subjects: Oral History : 11 interviews - some group - recorded in 15 tapes - 1950s skiffle/rock & roll group The Rockets and teenage life in North Bucks; items: 15 Digital Audio Files. Collection name: Wolverton; Subjects: Oral History : 10 files of interviews & recollections - Wolverton; items: 10 Digital Audio Files,
Contacts

Telephone: 

01908 322568

Contact name 1: 

Mel Jeavons

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