That takes me right back! I was born in Bletchley in 1970. I recognise all those places, my Grandparents lived in Woughton On The Green in 1976. Great days, sadly missed.
Not Milton Keynes town/city yet in this film only in the name of the village that the name was taken from. The old towns of Newport Pagnell and Wolverton and Bletchley are shown in this film. Older villages like Willen and Woughton on the green are also shown. Little did they know what was coming over the years in Milton Keynes being built around them and still be being built to this day. .
The original Milton Keynes village had the advantage of being separated from the new development by the Canal and the M1. The village was popular with narrow boat owners and Sunday lunch at the Cross Keys Pub was a delight, dogs were welcome. Sadly so much has been lost since.
POLLARDS!! I loved it in there. It smelt gorgeous and there was a weird bump in the floor half way down. Shops don't smell the same now. Boots smelt of chemicals and perfume. The tobacconists smelt of tobacco and extra strong mints. Pollards smelt of solvents and paraffin. The pet shop smelt of birdseed and sawdust. There was a grey and red parrot in there.
I grew up in Bletchley in the 1960s and only moved away in the late 80s , there was plenty of diversity Duncombe street and surrounding streets backing onto the cattle market was Largely people from the Indian/ Pakistan sub continent, Sandringham Rd Windsor Rd North st western road etc had a large number of Italian folks West Bletchley on the Abbeys Rivers and counties estates had a number of black families, we all rubbed along just fine by in large , Wolverton the same there was a lot of black people doing great work on the railways My memories of that time are very clear as was the colour of the kids I went to school with and their lovely welcoming parents who were very kind to this white Bletchley born boy
I grew up as a black kid in NP in the late 70s, 80s and early 90s - all of my mates were white and they were good times - alas, spoiled every now and again by dealing with miseries who can't stand 'diversity'. I knew there would be a comment like this on this lovely video. Ah well, I'll be sure to avoid the comments section next time I feel like a bit of nostalgia.
That takes me right back! I was born in Bletchley in 1970. I recognise all those places, my Grandparents lived in Woughton On The Green in 1976. Great days, sadly missed.
Fabulous video. We moved to the area in 1970 and there are so many places that I still recognise. Thank you for posting.
Not Milton Keynes town/city yet in this film only in the name of the village that the name was taken from. The old towns of Newport Pagnell and Wolverton and Bletchley are shown in this film. Older villages like Willen and Woughton on the green are also shown. Little did they know what was coming over the years in Milton Keynes being built around them and still be being built to this day. .
The original Milton Keynes village had the advantage of being separated from the new development by the Canal and the M1. The village was popular with narrow boat owners and Sunday lunch at the Cross Keys Pub was a delight, dogs were welcome.
Sadly so much has been lost since.
just beautiful! Thank you.❤️
You are so welcome!
A nice trip back in time, very entertaining. Of course, we only have ourselves to blame finding out years later that we want what we once had, bagga.
My dad made kitchens out of all the wood from Wolverton station when they demolished it in the late 80s early 90s
ELMOs and Pollards wow theres a blast from my past
Stark contrast between the modern Bletchley and the ancient Wolverton stations. "Britain's New Railway" was the future then!
Superb. Thank you 😊
Shows so many changes in society. Can you imagine anyone today being so trusting, feeling safe to leave a child in a pram outside unattended?
If they wanted it zombie knifed....
Can't remember the last time I saw a pram.
POLLARDS!! I loved it in there. It smelt gorgeous and there was a weird bump in the floor half way down. Shops don't smell the same now. Boots smelt of chemicals and perfume. The tobacconists smelt of tobacco and extra strong mints. Pollards smelt of solvents and paraffin. The pet shop smelt of birdseed and sawdust. There was a grey and red parrot in there.
Look at all that car parking space.
The area where I grew up in and a very noticeable and pleasing lack of what is known today as “diversity”.
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I grew up in Bletchley in the 1960s and only moved away in the late 80s , there was plenty of diversity Duncombe street and surrounding streets backing onto the cattle market was
Largely people from the Indian/ Pakistan sub continent, Sandringham Rd Windsor Rd North st western road etc had a large number of Italian folks West Bletchley on the Abbeys Rivers and counties estates had a number of black families, we all rubbed along just fine by in large , Wolverton the same there was a lot of black people doing great work on the railways
My memories of that time are very clear as was the colour of the kids I went to school with and their lovely welcoming parents who were very kind to this white Bletchley born boy
You mean it was all white and everyone was related to one another ..a small gene pool
Not a good thing 😮
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I grew up as a black kid in NP in the late 70s, 80s and early 90s - all of my mates were white and they were good times - alas, spoiled every now and again by dealing with miseries who can't stand 'diversity'. I knew there would be a comment like this on this lovely video. Ah well, I'll be sure to avoid the comments section next time I feel like a bit of nostalgia.
1968. The year the ruination of the area started.