LATEST ADDITIONS

Colour images of Olney taken around the year 1900

  • Olney Market Place South-East c1900

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1. The Olney Floral Fiesta 1965 – 2006 Launched September 2022

Olney’s Fiesta Floral Fiesta was conceived in 1965 and the first procession took place in the same year. It soon developed into a popular annual event and proudly celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1989. The last Floral Fiesta was held in 2006. Be sure to check out the extensive gallery of photos.
The Olney Fiesta is acknowledged to have made a significant contribution to Olney’s social history in terms of its ‘unforseeable role’ of assisting the integration of all ages of newcomers with all ages of the existing population.
Link to the article 

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2. A Selection of Olney Postcards – provisionally launched November 2021

The selection  is drawn from a private collection of post cards. The postcards were collected over many years, the majority of which, have survived the rigours of Royal Mail.  The dates superimposed on each image are those on the post mark, and not necessarily the dates when the cards were originally printed.
Link to the article.

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3. Olney MarketPlace – Heritage Trail (Smartphone/Audio Version – Added April 2021 (Amended September 2022)

The trail features a light introduction to the history of Olney Market Place for the period from 1800 to the present time. It includes a superior set of voiceovers addressing both the Market Place and a selection of the surrounding buildings and their former residents. Although the format is optimised for smartphones it works well for tablets and laptops. The image collections can be viewed enlarged whilst listening to the audio presentations. Minimal walking involved during this trail and it may be suitable for people with limited mobility.  This trail can even be viewed in your home of course.
Link to the article.

This Olney Market Place trail should be considered as complementary to the Olney High Street trail launched in September 2020 (see (2) below) as it possesses many similar features.

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4. Olney High Street – Heritage Trail (Smartphone/Audio Version) – Added September 2020

An advantage of this version is that it provides a superior audio presentation.  Another is that when using a smartphone the written text  can be largely ignored by the user while taking the opportunity to examine the (enlargeable) photographs in detail. Moreover, the user is inherently safer whilst walking Olney pavements – as are the other pedestrians!
Link to the article.

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5. What was Olney like immediately after the war? – Added April 2020

We have added a couple of links to what Olney residents were confronting at that time and some their associated leisure activities. Click the link to a new developing feature on Olney’s local history between 1945 and 1960. Another link leads to a complementary feature covering Olney’s Leisure pursuits and pastimes over that time period.

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6. A Chronological History of Olney – Added May 2019

This new article presents a ‘potted’ or summary of Olney’s history followed by a more detailed chronological history of Olney in six sections. It should be considered a ‘developing’ introduction to Olney’s history, as the  ‘definitive account’ of Olney’s history has yet to be written.
Link to the article.

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7. All ODHS Olney Heritage Trails – Updated 12th January 2019

This page lists all ODHS heritage trails and associated videos currently available. The trails are listed under the following headings:

a. Trails that can accessed directly in full on this website.
b. Trails, some take the form of audio guides, accessed via Smartphones using (i) the ‘PocketSights’ software package, (ii) the ‘izi Travel’ software package, (iii) the ‘MK Trails’ software package.
c. Trails available as a video directly via YouTube.
Link to the complete list

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Acknowledgements

The ODHS is indebted to Alan Cooper for the considerable help and assistance that he has generously provided to the development of this WordPress website. Thanks are also due to the Milton Keynes Heritage Association, and in particular to David Muston for his support and encouragement.

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Page last reviewed:

2 September 2022

Mike Neale – ODHS Webmaster

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