How Watling Street and WD Norton won the war
Books, films andrecordings tell how Bletchley Park won the war, but it was actually Watling Street that won the war in collaboration with WD Norton!
News
New collections online
Volunteer Nigel Hicks has been busy putting two new collections online for the Living Archive: the Sullivan Collectionand the Well House Letters Collection.
Living Archive Milton Keynes
Swing bridges
Buckingham Canal Society publishes a quarterly newsletter which features regular articles about into the canal’s long history.
Buckingham Canal Society
3rd UK New Town Sharing Day
Milton Keynes Council in partnership with MK Archives and the TCPA hosted its annual UK New Towns Sharing Day in January.
Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre
Calverton’s contribution to the war effort
Calverton’s main local contribution to the WW2 war effort was playing host to two radio stations associated with Bletchley Park.
Calverton Records Project
A Chronological History of Olney
This new article presents a ‘potted’ or summary of Olney’s history followed by a more detailed chronological history of Olney in six sections.
Olney & District Historical Society
The Cannon Brewery, Newport Pagnell
In collecting old local bottles, it became apparent that those marked “E. L Warman, Newport Pagnell” were some of the rarest and hardest to find.
Woburn Sands Collection
Iron Age Pottery in the South Midlands
This course will provide an introduction to the identification and interpretation of Iron Age pottery assemblages found in the South Midlands area.
Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands
Winter’s Tales
Stories of old Cosgrove with Wendy Page. Cosgrove is a village about 2 miles north of Stony Stratford. Donations for Cosgrove Church Masonry Fund
WW2 Merchant Navy Officer
The speaker, Steve Bacon, has been researching the life of a Second World War Merchant Navy officer: Eve Bacon’s father, who had one or two close calls.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society