A glimpse into Great Brickhill’s past through photographs entrusted to the Heritage Project.
This public Showcase presents twelve photographs selected from a collection of more than 1,750.
Welcome to Our Photograph Showcase
The photographs preserved by the Great Brickhill Heritage Project record village people, families, buildings, streets, events and moments from everyday life.
Some scenes may be immediately familiar. Others may show people, buildings or activities that have changed—or disappeared altogether.
How did this collection come together?
Many photographs have been entrusted to us by families living in the village. Others have come from former residents or relatives who now live much farther away but retain a strong connection with Great Brickhill.
Some contributors visited us personally to hand over treasured family photographs. Others contacted us while researching their family history and discovering photographs and memories that they wanted to share with the wider village community.
These contributors care deeply about Great Brickhill’s heritage. They want their photographs and memories to be preserved, understood and enjoyed by others.
We hope that we have done justice to the trust they have placed in us.
A Slideshow of Yesterday
Enjoy this small selection from the collection and see what you recognise.
Can You Help Us?
A name, approximate date or short memory can transform an unidentified photograph into a valuable historical record.
Photographs and information we would like to hear about
- people, places or events shown in this slideshow;
- village families and residents;
- homes, streets and buildings;
- schools, clubs, societies and sports teams;
- shops, businesses and working life;
- celebrations and everyday village life;
- corrections or additional memories connected with existing photographs.
Use our short expression-of-interest form and select “Contributing photographs or memories”.
What Brought You Here?
A photograph may be the beginning of a much wider story about a person, family, place, event or object.
Use Your Story — Your Toolbox to choose the most useful way into the Heritage Project.
Enjoyed This Glimpse of Great Brickhill?
This public Showcase contains only a small selection from the Heritage Project’s collection.
The wider site brings together many more photographs, village and family records, historical information, slideshows and developing walks.
Membership is free to all Great Brickhill residents.
Continue Exploring
Thank you for helping us preserve Great Brickhill’s story.