Heritage Open Days
When everyone gets to peek behind doors that are usually locked, or sneak in free to places that usually charge. 15,000 people did that in 2017; getting a sneak peek at secret gardens, private concerts, and even the courts... everyone gets to see into the lives of buildings and people in the city.
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Celebration of Heritage in Milton Keynes
When everyone gets to peek behind doors that are usually locked, or sneak in free to places that usually charge. 15,000 people did that in 2017; getting a sneak peek at secret gardens, private concerts, and even the courts... everyone gets to see into the lives of buildings and people in the city.
Had a great telephone call with Vicky Hope-Walker from the National Paralympic Heritage Association today! So much knowledge and so much more to the organisation ! Check them out!
Had a great meeting with Emily at The National Museum of Computing yesterday. What an experience, looking forward to working with them in the future!
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ID: a small stone chapel with a flower border full of Autumn colour in the background.
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Timeline PhotosMake the best Christmas jumper EVER with @sarah_makemyway and @ciara_callaghan this December. Bring along an old jumper from home to transform in this fun, family friendly, festive fiesta!
Nope, but I might give it a go!Have you ever made your own Christmas wreath? 🎅
Join us this festive season for our first ever wreath making workshop and create the perfect vintage style wreath for your front door. 🚪
This workshop will be held at Bletchley Park on 21 November 2021, hosted by Buckinghamshire based business, Heaven Scent Flowers & Events.
🎟️Tickets are £59.
Full details here.⬇️
bletchleypark.org.uk/event/christmas-wreath-making-workshop/
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A hot topic!Burning a giant bird at Peartree Bridge. Part of an Inter-Action MK project for local youngsters, summer 1985.
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Looking pretty and pink!More prehistoric shenanigans at Peartree Bridge. Another one of Inter-Action MK's legendary projects for local youngsters, summer 1985.
Find out how we preserve your MK memories here: www.livingarchive.org.uk/
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History of a great film!How cool is this behind the scenes look at the filming of the train crash scene from "Back to the Future 3”?! We love celebrating how our favourite films are made.
Looks good!The Tri-Ca tribe - one of of Inter-Action MK's summer playschemes at the Old Rectory, Peartree Bridge, mid-late 1970s.
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Great things for the kids and grown ups might enjoy it too 👍Join us for fun-filled family activities at Bletchley Park this October half-term! 📅
How did people celebrate Hallowe'en on war rations? 🎃
Find out and make your own upcycled Hallowe'en decorations in our drop-in wartime workshops, part of the The Big Draw.
bletchleypark.org.uk/event/october-half-term/
What a great review xx says it allPlease have a read of this review, it really sums up what we are about.
We are so thankful to have such wonderful supporters😊
'There's so much good about this place; I can't describe it all and, even if I could, it would be inadequate.'
Come and explore this weekend - we'll be open from 10.30am.
Looks very official and ‘red’!That Reminds Me was a weekly column by writer Harold Hepworth, published in the Bletchley Gazette from January 1973 to December 1978. This week, metrication worries and electricity bill woes.
You can read it here : www.livingarchive.org.uk/content/catalogue_item/that-reminds-me/more-noughts-and-dots-that-means-...
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Pic: East Midland Electricity Board notice.
Creepy but activating!****This Event is now Sold Out***
We'll be in contact soon to let you know if you have tickets and to arrange payment. Tickets issued on a first come, first served basis.
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There are spooky goings-on at Bradwell Abbey😱.
Book your place on our half-term Halloween event! Wander down the wicked, woodland trail. Listen to spooky stories round the camp fire and witness a terrible Tudor witch trial in the mysterious grounds of Bradwell Priory.
Refreshments available from the Friends of Bradwell Abbey café 🎃.
Tickets: £3 per child, adults free
Pre booking essential.
ID: Lighting appears to strike the Chapel of St Mary, surrounded by Halloween graphics in orange and brown
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I’m planning to take my sassy grandadaughter xAre you visiting us this Christmas holiday? 🎄
We’ve got oodles of activities for families, from meeting Father Christmas himself in our Vintage Christmas Grotto, to solving puzzles and finding Father Christmas’ lost toys with our free Toy Trail. 🧸
Don’t miss out on a memorable holiday season at Bletchley Park.
Visit our website for more details or call 01908 640 404 today to book your spaces for our Vintage Christmas Grotto.
💻https://bletchleypark.org.uk/event/grotto/
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