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Living Archive MK are creative placemaking pioneers, telling the stories of Milton Keynes and its people since the 1970s.

See our website for more details of our projects, events & ever-growing community archive - www.livingarchive.org.uk

24/10/2026

Are you one of these little ghosts? They were taking part in InterAction MK's project Sensoria Manion in 1981.

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PS Please credit Living Archive MK if you share any of our content. It would be great if you could share our original posts in their entirety because then everyone can find out about our 40+ years of work to preserve and share MK people's stories, culture and heritage - thanks 🙂

23/10/2026

TFW you order Ecto-1 off Temu and they send you a Citroen BX instead. Outside The Point for the opening of Ghostbusters 2, 1989.

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22/10/2026

Up city, when Maccy D's first opened and the good folk of MK got introduced to the outlandish US phenomenon that is root b**r.

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22/10/2026

WOOHOOOOO!!!

19/10/2026

John Pittam at work in the forge, Wolverton Works, October 1987.

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18/10/2026

Baking fans gather here and look at this loaf!!

Harvest Festival sale at the Freeman Memorial Church, Bletchley, undated

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17/10/2026

That Reminds Me was a weekly column by writer Harold Hepworth, published in the Bletchley Gazette from January 1973 to December 1978. Every week, we publish one of Harold's entertaining, wise and often oddly prescient columns. This week, aspects of life in the Bletchley Gazette offices.

You can read it here: https://www.livingarchive.org.uk/content/catalogue_item/that-reminds-me/how-the-news-has-changed-its-face-26-august-1978

Pic: The offices of Bletchley Printers before demolition, 1972 (mentioned in the text)

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16/10/2026

No idea what the occasion was, but they look happy. Wolverton Works, October 1987.

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15/10/2026

Autumn coats in the Bletchley Co-Op window, undated.

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14/10/2026

Conker tournament in Bletchley, 1973.

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Address

C/o Milton Keynes Museum, McConnell Drive, Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5EJ
Milton Keynes
MK125RL

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 10pm
Tuesday	9am - 3pm
Wednesday	9am - 3pm
Thursday	9am - 3pm

Telephone

01908 322568

Website

http://www.livingarchive.org.uk/

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