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29/03/05 MK Memories

Living Archive presents a FREE creative ICT course for mature learners (50+).... more...

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Home Front - Down Memory Lane Event

Living archive have received a grant from the Home Front Recall, Big Lottery Fund to commemorate the lives of people who stayed in Britain during WW2. To start the project we are holding a 'Down Memory Lane' event in September. more...

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25/05/05 The Big Screen Comments

More than 200 people attended the Big Screen premiere of six short films at Cineworld on Monday 9th May 2005. There was something for everyone in this varied programme of films made... more...

Previous Project

09/05/05 The Big Screen

Young people from all over Milton Keynes celebrated their filmmaking achievements at the Living Archive's Big Screen premiere of First Light films at Cineworld in Xscape, Central Milton Keynes on 9th May 2005. Over 200 people attended... more...

Previous Project

09/05/05 The Big Screen Programme

The Living Archive Welcomes You To THE BIG SCREEN,Six Short Films made by and for Young People... more...

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First Light Movies Award 2007 - Winners

Darkness Visible

A STAR-STUDDED judging panel including Titanic star Kate Winslet and British movie director Sir Alan Parker cast their expert eyes over a First Light Movies funded film Darkness Visible made by young people from Buckinghamshire. more...

Big Screen 2

Young Filmmakers of Milton Keynes

All the young people will have the opportunity to see their films on the big screen at Cineworld in Xscape on 18th September at the Big Screen 2 event...
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Music That Moves You

Young Roots

Living Archive, Close to Home youth workers and the Energiser Bus Project will work with around thirty young people, aged 13 - 18 years, engaging them in making music and exploring aspects of their lives. more...

Book offer of the month!

Where the Lines Meet

Living Archive - Where the Lines Meet
Now, on the eve of Milton Keynes' 40th birthday - Old Bletchley Station lives again through the words of those who live it. Their stories tell the real tale better than any statistics

Bletchley Station has been Where the Lines Meet for eight generations connecting London with Birmingham and Oxford with Cambridge throughout 100 of it 160 years

SALE Price: £5.00 plus 75p Postage
Order this product by ringing 01908 322568 or zflinn@livingarchive.org.uk

Living Archive Nominated

Business Excellence Awards 2006

Living Archive was one of three nominations in the Contribution to the Community Award - Voluntary Sector at the Chamber of Commerce Awards Ceremony held on 11th May. The event was held at Whittlebury Hall and attended by over four hundred local dignitories and business people. A short film was shown of each nominee and this helped to raise the profile of Living Archive at this prestigious event.

Nominated Films

Uk Film Council's First Light Awards 2006

Michael (11) and Clarissa (10) from Fullers Slade, were mingling with celebrities at the Odeon Leicester Square on Tuesday 28th February when their film 'Forest' had a chance to win the award for Best Film by 12s and Under at the First Light Film Awards. Tom (16) and Joe (18) were among other young filmmakers from Milton Keynes who attended the ceremony hopeful that their film 'Innocent' would win the award for Best Film by 13s and Over...more

Current Project

10/02/06 The Railway Heritage of Bletchley

Living Archive - Where The Lines Meet Railway Website
Railway Website
At the beginning of the year a group of enthusiastic volunteers came together to create a website for the Bletchley Railway Heritage. Ten different topics were put onto the site ... more...

New Website

06/01/06 My Home Font

This website is a collection of people's memories, stories and extracts from taped interviews of life on the Home Front during World War Two. We held a 'Down Memory Lane' event and invited people to bring their photographs, memorabilia and most importantly their story...more more...

New Website

15/08/05 Mk Memories

This website is a collection of stories and memories written by a group of mature learners on a creative IT course. All have made their own web pages using their life experiences and memories as an inspiration. This project was assisted with funding from Milton Keynes Community Foundation and presented by Living Archive Milton Keynes...more

Current Project

Bletchley Community Heritage Initiative

Living Archive - BCHI Logo.jpgThe Bletchley Community Heritage Initiative Project has been running for the last four years and is based in Bletchley Library. It is inspired by the lives of local people and the events that have shaped Bletchley's past and recent History... more...

Current Project

Young People's Film Project

The Young People's Film Project offers groups of young people in Milton Keynes, particularly those who are not in the mainstream, the opportunity to have access to the arts in ... more...

Publications

Hawtin Mundy - I'll Tell You What Happened

Living Archive - Hawtin's Book Those of you with long connections with the Living Archive will be familiar with the name of Hawtin Mundy. This man's remarkable stories of his experiences in the First World ... more...

 

What is the Living Archive?

What is the Living Archive?

Living Archive - The Living Archive is a unique organisation whose work is based on the simple premise that 'Everybody has story to tell'.
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Contact details

How do I make contact with the Living Archive?

The Living Archive is based at the Old Bath House in Wolverton more...

Local resources

A rich local archive

In researching our projects over more than 20 years we have built up an extensive archive of primary source material more...

Award Winners

Living Archive Wins National Film Award

Living Archive - 17/03/04 Living Archive Wins Prestigious National Film Award Living Archive's film "Seeking" won the First Light Film Award 2004 for 'Best Documentary' at the awards ceremony on 25th February at the Odeon, Leicester Square. It was a wonderful ... more...

Past Project

Meri Kahani - My Story Asian Voices

Living Archive - In the 'Meri Kahani' Book, we have made a conscious effort to record the stories of the Asian Community in Milton Keynes. more...

Past Project

A Cd-Rom of a Jewel from the Living Archive.

Living Archive - Although it appears on the Milton Keynes Heritage website as a 'Jewel' of Milton Keynes we have decided to release the story of Your Loving Brother Albert as a CD-Rom... more...

Past Project

Mk Heritage Gateway

Living Archive - The "Gateway" project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, has created a gateway or portal to the heritage documents and artefacts held by Milton Keynes Heritage Association. It continues ... more...

Past project

Clutch Clubs

Living Archive - The Living Archive ran a Millennium Awards Scheme in partnership with the Open University that resulted in one of the best local history sites on the World Wide Web
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