Milton Keynes Citizen - Nostalgia Feed

Take a stroll down memory lane in Newport Pagnell

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:55:24 GMT

Fascinating scenes from bygone Newport Pagnell will be on display in the town at an exhibition in July.

Comment: The doctor will see you now

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:21:04 GMT

They really are little monkeys. Having introduced the term ‘redacting’ into the popular vocabulary, been caught snouting in the trough of public money, and telling blatant porkies on national TV, you’d have thought common sense would have been instilled into our political specimens.

Comment: Feeling supersonic about radio communications

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:11:12 GMT

Supersonic heterodyne. Now that’s something not often heard in daily conversation.

Comment: The rectors of Simpson Church

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:23:01 GMT

In 1738 Walden Hanmer inherited the Simpson estate, and his would be the wish that one of his sons should enter the ecclesiastical profession.

A Calverton childhood down on Manor Farm

Tue, 28 May 2013 15:58:44 GMT

At 7am, today’s five year olds are most likely tucking into a bowl of cereal with milk. A century ago, in what is now Milton Keynes, it was five-year-old local schoolboy Dick Webb’s first job of the day to actually get the milk from the cow.

Comment: Of poetry and shows

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:12:56 GMT

My thoughts seem as but fleeting clouds.