Free History

🎶 On Pennyland there was a Saxon weaving woollen clothes, and houses built to grab the solar warmth for free….🎶 We pay a visit to Pennyland and investigate self-sufficiency in textile production and energy use. Transcript available at ⁠⁠https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠@mkmuseum⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠MKMuseum⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠@miltonkeynesmuseum⁠⁠ Web: ⁠⁠miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk

We talk to two of the people featured in the Paralympic Heritage: Stories from Milton Keynes exhibition on at the Museum until the end of May 2023. Baldip Sahota was the first Indian man to represent GB&NI in fencing, he coaches para-fencers at Touché Fencing Club based in Towcester and coached the GB&NI paralympic team for the 2012 and 2016 games. Dima Aktaa is a sprinter from Syria, who moved with her family to the UK in 2017 and lives near Milton Keynes. After fundraising for a running blade to continue the sport she is passionate about, Dima hopes to inspire others. Transcript available at ⁠https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/⁠ Twitter: ⁠@mkmuseum⁠ Facebook: ⁠MKMuseum⁠ Instagram: ⁠@miltonkeynesmuseum⁠ Web: ⁠miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk

How we can discover the lives of women who lived in the past? We explore this topic by using Wolverton Carriage & Wagon Works and the Saxon cemetery at Wolverton as examples. Can we ever really know a skeleton’s gender? How many women were working at the male-dominated factory and what were they doing? Listen on to find out! Online exhibition: https://bit.ly/WorksWomen Transcript available at https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/ Twitter: @mkmuseum Facebook: MKMuseum Instagram: @miltonkeynesmuseum Web: miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk

Shopping as it should be! We explore Iron Age and Roman retail, how you formulate shopping provision for a target population of 250,000 and link them together by deciding Magiovinium was a district centre. Transcript available at https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/ Twitter: @mkmuseum Facebook: MKMuseum Instagram: @miltonkeynesmuseum Web: miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk

We’re visiting Stony Stratford this month – historic coaching town on Watling Street full of pubs, narrow passageways and lots of history! Catherine reveals the impact of the new city on the town and Tabatha explores a nationally significant Roman religious hoard found nearby. Transcript available at https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/ Twitter: @mkmuseum Facebook: MKMuseum Instagram: @miltonkeynesmuseum Web: miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk

We’re getting specific in this episode and each picking a special item from our collections to explore. Is it a sun disc? Is it a wheel? Tabatha talks Iron Age and Roman sun gods. Catherine tells the story of an object you wouldn’t want to fall from the roof of, but that you might like to get your lunch delivered in. Transcript available at https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/ Twitter: @mkmuseum Facebook: MKMuseum Instagram: @miltonkeynesmuseum Web: miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk

We talk tea bags, stone circles, roundabouts and a temple of the sun in an effort to prove or debunk local myths and legends. Let us know if there’s any stories you want us to investigate! Transcript available at https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/ Twitter: @mkmuseum Facebook: MKMuseum Instagram: @miltonkeynesmuseum Web: miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk

We welcome guests Ellie and Julie from The Parks Trust to tell us all about Great Linford Manor Park. We explore the original pleasure gardens, learn about the doctor/reverend/occultist Richard Napier, find out just how furious canals and railways can make people, and hear about the park’s recent restoration. Ellie Broad is Project Engagement Officer with The Parks Trust and led the community engagement and activity parts of the Great Linford Manor Park Heritage Fund project. Julie Ireland is a volunteer with The Parks Trust and leads walks around the manor’s parkland. You can find out more about the project at https://www.theparkstrust.com/our-work/great-linford-manor-park-heritage-fund-project/ and more about the history of Great Linford at https://www.greatlinfordhistory.co.uk/ Transcript available at https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/ Twitter: @mkmuseum Facebook: MKMuseum Instagram: @miltonkeynesmuseum Web: miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk

Inspired by Heritage Open Days, we highlight some of the free historic sites to see. Travel back to Roman Britain, Norman castles and new town firsts with us, all for free and all in Milton Keynes! We also explore the brick making industry and what Pokémon Go can tell us about the world around us. Transcript available at https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/ Twitter: @mkmuseum Facebook: MKMuseum Instagram: @miltonkeynesmuseum Web: miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk

We explore all the Bradwells – New, Old and Abbey! Along the way we consider hoards – what are they and why are they, what to do when your priory is in decline and when is retirement not retirement? Transcript available at https://miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/under-the-grid-podcast/ Twitter: @mkmuseum Facebook: MKMuseum Instagram: @miltonkeynesmuseum Web: miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk