Great Brickhill has generated an extraordinary amount of writing.
Some records the history of the village. Some preserves personal memories and family stories. Some comes from newspapers, books and formal research. Other material has been created much more recently by residents and contributors to the Great Brickhill Heritage Project.
Writer’s Corner brings these public collections together.
It is a place to discover the people who wrote about Great Brickhill, contemporary accounts of village life, substantial heritage articles and other material where writing itself forms an important part of the historical record.
Authors of Great Brickhill
Great Brickhill has been home to, or associated with, writers and researchers over many generations. Our Authors collection brings their work together and provides routes into books, histories, memoirs and research connected with the village.
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Leighton Buzzard Observer — Village News Archive
Small newspaper reports can become remarkably important historical evidence. The Leighton Buzzard Observer Village News Archive preserves a continuing contemporary record of Great Brickhill — its people, clubs, church, school, sport, Parish Council, celebrations, problems and everyday events.
Read together, these reports become a chronicle of village life.
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Hall of Fame
History is ultimately about people. The Hall of Fame provides another way to discover individuals, families and organisations which have played a notable part in Great Brickhill’s story.
Film, history and the wider area
Writer’s Corner also provides a home for substantial contemporary features where history, research and modern interpretation come together.
This feature explores the filming of Pressure at Mentmore and the historical events represented on screen.
Michael Warth’s Book on the village in 1800s.
References
Behind these collections is a growing body of books, documents and source material used throughout GBHP.
Writing, recollection and research are not simply ways of describing our heritage — they are part of the heritage itself.