7:15 i can still remember the layout to this day, you had the small local goods shop top left, then i think there was a fish and chip shop on the top right of the screen, they were still open last time i went over there, when the aldi was finished i tryed to find this shop area realizing it was were the aldi is now 😭
7:03 i used to love this port area, it was replaced by a aldi but i still think the old area was better, because it had this particular smell of sweets and all kinds of other scents, i still remember the small goods store that was on the left hand side from were you enter, and they used to sell chocolate bars, i remember buying a chocolate bar from it the last time i went there and then after that it got demolished 😢 I remember my grandparents taking me around there when i was a kid, the great thing about that port area is that it connected to the rest of stantonbury, so did the bridge that now leads basicly nowhere, it used to be a hangout for all kinds of people plus the fact there used to be benches now theres basicly zero benches in that area, and instead a car park and the aldi, the issue with the aldi is it now separates the rest of the district but the old port area didnt, if i can remember correctly there was also a little grass area people could play football aswell, it was perfect that port, i have no clue why they removed it, even the wall they tore off and put to the side of the aldi, with the art on it, was perfect on the side of the building made sense cause you could see it was part of the building, new generations wont understand why that art is on that wall and wont understand the significance unless we explain it to them, but its gone now and we cant realy do anything about it, They had hundreds of places to put that aldi instead of knocking down valuable buildings in the process.
Thanks for aharing.! Great to remember some of these places from my childhood. It's such a Shame these iconic buildings get demolished for cheap boxed in new builds. I get some are rarely visited or no longer in use but some of the pre war buildings should of been listed or kept for museum type places in my opinion.
I've been living in Milton Keynes since 1986 and so I was familiar with many of the buildings in this video.What it has shown me is how temporary everything in and about Milton Keynes is.Also it was a shame some great institutions and buildings featured now no longer exist.Seeing MK with two established fire stations demolished makes me concerned as to which fire station is serving MK now.
The information about Wolverton Train Station is a bit wrong, the original built in 1838 was on a different site, and demolished a short time afterwards. A second was built on another site behind where Glyn Square is now. In the later 1800s the mainline was rerouted and the one in your picture was built as the third station. We now have a fourth one with the building down in the old car park but platforms in the same place as station 3.
Can you do another video showing all the nightclubs, pubs, etc that have dissapeared? Starting with the "Spice Lounge" up by the theatre and "Talk of the Town, downstairs in the old point building 👍
Hi Liam I do have a few ideas for a few more Videos on MK and one of them was looking back at the last 30 to 40 years of Pubs/Bars/Night Clubs but that will be a little while before that gets done as there is going to be a lot of research I guess so keep an eye out 😎😎👍👍👍
I used to travel from Birmingham to the Sanctuary Music Arena and the Rollers for the all night raves. Best nights of my life raving all night to Jungle Techno music . Shame they knocked them down for IKEA
My first job was working at the outdoor newport pagnell swimming pool great job and loads of fun. Used to hang out at the agora as well. Loved milton keynes stacks to do back in the 80s and 90s
some of these places need to be listed in my opinion, some of these places were what made the area unique such as the agora in wolverton (witch is now gone) or the local shops in stantonbury (witch is now gone), in a couple of years time theres gonna be no shops and no pubs and nowere to socialize as its all gonna turn into housing and industrial stores, and i dont like that :(
Too much change happening in MK, it feels like any place that’s opened has a time limit and then it’s closed or demolished., the list is endless but thanks for your comments they are appreciated 👍👍😎
Surprised the greyhound racing track at Ashland isn’t mentioned, I spent many evenings there when i was a child and have fond memories. Now it’s a housing estate.
My old school has gone badly downhill since I was there during the 1980s. Stantonbury Campus. They spared no expense in those days. It might have been the best equipped secondary school in the country. When I tell people the things we had people seem to think I am making it up. Nope. We had just about everything a kid could want, e.g., the pool and leisure center, but also how the classrooms were equipped etc. We even had pool tables and a space invader parlour at school. They could not keep that level of funding up I guess. That generation of kids were like lab rats for the government's MK pet project. They might say it did not work, but you have to follow through on things if you want them to succeed. MK is doing okay for itself though I guess. I live in NZ now though.
I always wonder how people manage to move to the other side of the world like NZ. I keep thinking about moving back to woughton, Simpson, fenny areas, where I always considered home
Bloody hell! They're knocking down Melrose Flats. Blimey. Been in Buckingham since 2017, from Bletchley. Don't mooch about West Bletchley as much as I did back in the day drinking in the pubs such as The Wishing Well, White Hart, Dolphin (not so much), Old Swan, Three Trees. I'm talking 15 to 20 years ago when I was stomping those streets on the piss.
Places like Milton Keynes were the embodiment of Thatcher's enterprising and 'aspirational' 1980's Britain. Indeed when you mention Milton Keynes to people from other parts of the UK, those who are old enough to remember the 80's immediately think of that decade. MK and the 1980's became synonymous with each other. But the world has moved on, and so has how people shop, and how they use buildings. Places like MK which were supposed to be 'future proof' are now more vulnerable to the tides of change than other older places that weren't planned from scratch. Very interesting video. It would be more poignant for me had I grown up in MK. But it's fascinating nonetheless. To be honest, half the buildings that feature here (and which have gone), were probably at the end of their life cycle anyway. I bet some had asbestos built into them, which would have made their demolition very difficult, and take longer than normal. As a kid from London (where I still live), I remember seeing Ads on TV for Milton Keynes, and then begging my parents to take me there! But they weren't going to go there specifically from London. As luck would have it we had relations who lived near Bedford, so one day when we were staying with these relations, we went on a day trip to Milton Keynes. For me as a kid back then (80's) it didn't disappoint! It felt and looked so futuristic, compared to my area of Edwardian terraced houses in London. I loved it, but my parents weren't so keen on it!! Years later (about 20 years later) I went back there as an adult, hoping it would still seem futuristic and 'exotic', but alas it had become humdrum and dull. Whether this was because it was a grey rainy day, or if it was the fact that I was an adult, so saw it with adult eyes, I don't know. But the magic of MK for me, had gone on that day. I began to see why my parents didn't really like it, 20 years earlier. It's still a fairly unique place, but unfortunately time hasn't been so kind, and it retains a distinctly 1980's feel to it, even today. Not enough investment went into it, to keep MK feeling fresh, modern, and out in front. I feel the last 14 years hasn't helped it at all.....as is the case with so many British towns and cities - new towns or not Maybe sometime in the future MK can become 'the future' again, because these days it often looks like a sign of a previous era, now a distant memory. But this video is intriguing anyway!
7:15 i can still remember the layout to this day, you had the small local goods shop top left, then i think there was a fish and chip shop on the top right of the screen, they were still open last time i went over there, when the aldi was finished i tryed to find this shop area realizing it was were the aldi is now 😭
7:03 i used to love this port area, it was replaced by a aldi but i still think the old area was better, because it had this particular smell of sweets and all kinds of other scents, i still remember the small goods store that was on the left hand side from were you enter, and they used to sell chocolate bars, i remember buying a chocolate bar from it the last time i went there and then after that it got demolished 😢
I remember my grandparents taking me around there when i was a kid, the great thing about that port area is that it connected to the rest of stantonbury, so did the bridge that now leads basicly nowhere, it used to be a hangout for all kinds of people plus the fact there used to be benches now theres basicly zero benches in that area, and instead a car park and the aldi, the issue with the aldi is it now separates the rest of the district but the old port area didnt, if i can remember correctly there was also a little grass area people could play football aswell, it was perfect that port, i have no clue why they removed it, even the wall they tore off and put to the side of the aldi, with the art on it, was perfect on the side of the building made sense cause you could see it was part of the building, new generations wont understand why that art is on that wall and wont understand the significance unless we explain it to them, but its gone now and we cant realy do anything about it,
They had hundreds of places to put that aldi instead of knocking down valuable buildings in the process.
Thanks for aharing.! Great to remember some of these places from my childhood. It's such a Shame these iconic buildings get demolished for cheap boxed in new builds.
I get some are rarely visited or no longer in use but some of the pre war buildings should of been listed or kept for museum type places in my opinion.
True but MK has a knack of knocking everything down after 30 years :(
Thanks for sharing this. Almost all of those places featured heavily in my childhood. I’m hoping you’ll add The Point to your next post!
Check my TH-cam page I did one on the point 👍👍
I've been living in Milton Keynes since 1986 and so I was familiar with many of the buildings in this video.What it has shown me is how temporary everything in and about Milton Keynes is.Also it was a shame some great institutions and buildings featured now no longer exist.Seeing MK with two established fire stations demolished makes me concerned as to which fire station is serving MK now.
The big hub place near the MK Don's Stadium, pretty sure its doing all the emergency services now
awesome video! thank you! brings tears to the eyes for sure.
Memories 😊
The information about Wolverton Train Station is a bit wrong, the original built in 1838 was on a different site, and demolished a short time afterwards. A second was built on another site behind where Glyn Square is now. In the later 1800s the mainline was rerouted and the one in your picture was built as the third station. We now have a fourth one with the building down in the old car park but platforms in the same place as station 3.
Thanks Andrew - thanks for correcting this :)
Can you do another video showing all the nightclubs, pubs, etc that have dissapeared? Starting with the "Spice Lounge" up by the theatre and "Talk of the Town, downstairs in the old point building 👍
Hi Liam I do have a few ideas for a few more Videos on MK and one of them was looking back at the last 30 to 40 years of Pubs/Bars/Night Clubs but that will be a little while before that gets done as there is going to be a lot of research I guess so keep an eye out 😎😎👍👍👍
Used to love the Bletchley leasure center.
Traveled by bus from newport pagnell to go there.
They Should have never taken down the measure centre :(
I used to travel from Birmingham to the Sanctuary Music Arena and the Rollers for the all night raves. Best nights of my life raving all night to Jungle Techno music . Shame they knocked them down for IKEA
We arrived in MK(Bletchley) in 1988 from Glasgow so we remember many of these places.
My first job was working at the outdoor newport pagnell swimming pool great job and loads of fun.
Used to hang out at the agora as well.
Loved milton keynes stacks to do back in the 80s and 90s
How times have changed :(
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Sadly.
Bring back the 80s
Trips down memory lane ❤
I remember Happy Day's at Dolphin splash down and popping over 2 Netto to get some sweets. Mellish tower block was a eye sore .
lol memories 👍👍
Nice work brother 👍
thanks ! 😀
Very interesting. You cannot mention everything but the Food Court, which contained another large Sainsburys and Waitrose has also gone.
True so much has changed :(
some of these places need to be listed in my opinion, some of these places were what made the area unique such as the agora in wolverton (witch is now gone) or the local shops in stantonbury (witch is now gone), in a couple of years time theres gonna be no shops and no pubs and nowere to socialize as its all gonna turn into housing and industrial stores, and i dont like that :(
Too much change happening in MK, it feels like any place that’s opened has a time limit and then it’s closed or demolished., the list is endless but thanks for your comments they are appreciated 👍👍😎
My dad made pine kitchens and furniture out of the wood from Wolverton train station after it was demolished in the early 90s
Surprised the greyhound racing track at Ashland isn’t mentioned, I spent many evenings there when i was a child and have fond memories. Now it’s a housing estate.
True how did I forget this :(
I remember roller skating at the Agora in Wolverhampton, in the 80s.
Great time, remember it well my self 👍👍
Lord Campbell must be turning in his grave. “No building higher than a tree” ….
Yep now look at it :( it’s all changing
My old school has gone badly downhill since I was there during the 1980s. Stantonbury Campus. They spared no expense in those days. It might have been the best equipped secondary school in the country. When I tell people the things we had people seem to think I am making it up. Nope. We had just about everything a kid could want, e.g., the pool and leisure center, but also how the classrooms were equipped etc. We even had pool tables and a space invader parlour at school.
They could not keep that level of funding up I guess. That generation of kids were like lab rats for the government's MK pet project. They might say it did not work, but you have to follow through on things if you want them to succeed. MK is doing okay for itself though I guess. I live in NZ now though.
I wouldn't say no to living in NZ - Trust me MK is not how it used to be :(
I always wonder how people manage to move to the other side of the world like NZ. I keep thinking about moving back to woughton, Simpson, fenny areas, where I always considered home
Makes me so sad to see what has become of it.....
Yeah so much change and not for the good :(
Bloody hell! They're knocking down Melrose Flats. Blimey. Been in Buckingham since 2017, from Bletchley. Don't mooch about West Bletchley as much as I did back in the day drinking in the pubs such as The Wishing Well, White Hart, Dolphin (not so much), Old Swan, Three Trees. I'm talking 15 to 20 years ago when I was stomping those streets on the piss.
Places like Milton Keynes were the embodiment of Thatcher's enterprising and 'aspirational' 1980's Britain. Indeed when you mention Milton Keynes to people from other parts of the UK, those who are old enough to remember the 80's immediately think of that decade. MK and the 1980's became synonymous with each other.
But the world has moved on, and so has how people shop, and how they use buildings. Places like MK which were supposed to be 'future proof' are now more vulnerable to the tides of change than other older places that weren't planned from scratch.
Very interesting video. It would be more poignant for me had I grown up in MK. But it's fascinating nonetheless.
To be honest, half the buildings that feature here (and which have gone), were probably at the end of their life cycle anyway. I bet some had asbestos built into them, which would have made their demolition very difficult, and take longer than normal.
As a kid from London (where I still live), I remember seeing Ads on TV for Milton Keynes, and then begging my parents to take me there! But they weren't going to go there specifically from London. As luck would have it we had relations who lived near Bedford, so one day when we were staying with these relations, we went on a day trip to Milton Keynes.
For me as a kid back then (80's) it didn't disappoint! It felt and looked so futuristic, compared to my area of Edwardian terraced houses in London. I loved it, but my parents weren't so keen on it!!
Years later (about 20 years later) I went back there as an adult, hoping it would still seem futuristic and 'exotic', but alas it had become humdrum and dull. Whether this was because it was a grey rainy day, or if it was the fact that I was an adult, so saw it with adult eyes, I don't know. But the magic of MK for me, had gone on that day. I began to see why my parents didn't really like it, 20 years earlier.
It's still a fairly unique place, but unfortunately time hasn't been so kind, and it retains a distinctly 1980's feel to it, even today. Not enough investment went into it, to keep MK feeling fresh, modern, and out in front. I feel the last 14 years hasn't helped it at all.....as is the case with so many British towns and cities - new towns or not
Maybe sometime in the future MK can become 'the future' again, because these days it often looks like a sign of a previous era, now a distant memory.
But this video is intriguing anyway!
Yeah the 1980s and going into the 90s was a great time to be in MK but now your right so many changes and time didn't help.
Who remembers Milton Keynes City FC - whatever happened to them ?
i believe they are in the premier league now
Mellish Court was a hideous eye-sore. My mum,who lived in its shadow all that time ,was glad to see the back of it.
Never thought of the people living around it :( hope they are enjoying the view today ?
Fascinating!
Architectural disaster after architectural disaster. How many terrible decisions can be made over 50 or 60 years?
typical brutialist buildings
hate the new milton keynes by comparison with high rise buildings, messed up road systms and crap buses lanes.
Not as good as it once was :(