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Bletchley's Railway Heritage
Location: Buckinghamshire
Bletchley's raison d'etre is the railway. The town is situated at a railway junction between the London and Birmingham line and the Oxford to Cambridge line. There is a major rail depot where trains are still serviced and stored. For more than 150 years many of the town's inhabitants have owed their livelihood to the railway, many of them as railway engineers, drivers or firemen, and there are many retired and working people and their families with stories to tell.
This is very important as Bletchley's railway history has not been actually recorded or documented before. The project will celebrate this railway history by collecting oral histories and old photos, and producing an exhibition, a book, a digital archive, a web site, CD Rom and events. It will also involve the restoration of a now overgrown and dilapidated plaque attached to the Denbigh Hall Railway Bridge that commemorates the time when the London to Birmingham railway terminated at Denbigh Hall and passengers had to be transported by stage-coach to destinations further north.
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The Living Archive |
| Project Contact |
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Tracy Whitmore
Tel: 01908 368851 or 01908 322568
E-Mail: tracy.whitmore@btconnect.com |
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Bletchley Community Heritage Initiative, Bletchley Library, Westfield Road, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Bucks. MK2 2RA |
| Project Postcode |
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MK2 2RA |
| Finishing Date |
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31 Jul 2005 |
| See also |
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The Living Archive website |
| Local Community Involvement / Partnerships: |
| Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society, Milton Keynes Social Studies Library, 2 Local Primary Schools |
| Grants: |
Heritage Lottery Fund: £23315
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