Catherine takes us back to meet the enterprising young women’s football teams of the late 1930s. We discover who was dominant, who was nicknamed “the canaries” and how they all let their hair down after games.

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We hand over this episode to the museum’s volunteers and let them tell you some stories of their own. What it’s like volunteering at an interactive, hands-on museum? What do they get up to behind the scenes? Listen on to find out!

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What do one of Milton Keynes’ most controversial buildings, monkey-saving firefighters, owl pyromaniacs and Neolithic grid roads have in common? Wolverton! Find out how in this month’s episode.

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We welcome our first guest to Under the Grid and talk with Tim Skelton about our new town history that never happened. Tim tells us about the buildings and schemes that didn’t get past the drawing board, including an Italian hill town, the ambitious City Club and environmentally friendly eco towns.

Tim Skelton is chair of Milton Keynes Forum, the civic society for Milton Keynes, and worked for Milton Keynes Development Corporation, 1979-1989. He tweets about all things MK via @TimSkeltonMK

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Or: the names of things. We take a look into why the streets, roundabouts and buildings in Milton Keynes have particular names. Tabatha takes us back to Saxon times, Sarah celebrates women in STEM and Catherine discovers why you should always question everything.

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As we dig into the history of Newport Pagnell we talk about the big subjects – war, religion and... ceramic models. In this episode we discover spies and dissenters, and ponder tipping your hairdresser with pottery clay.

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(Catherine meant to say Joseph Gibbs, not John.)

We answer burning questions from the public – like how we’d survive the zombie apocalypse, our ideal museum pet and what is our favourite object.

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Our gift to you this December is a bumper Christmas-themed episode. Tabatha talks mystery cults, Sarah introduces us to bangs of expectation and Catherine reminisces about Middleton Hall. Let us know your traditions and memories of shopping centre grottos!

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Sarah tells us about the boat-making business 74 miles from the sea, Catherine gushes about bright yellow boxes and Tabatha reveals an industrially devoid archaeological record.

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We’re pretty convinced Passenham was the inspiration for Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s Funnybones books. Why? Skeletons galore. This Hallowe’en, come with us on a journey to discover the cursed excavations of a possible Saxon war grave.

Content warning: discussion of human remains and animal sacrifice.

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