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Explanatory leaflet, littered with photographs with sections explaining the idea - to bring together a video archive of the town during 2000 to celebrate the Millennium, list of Committee members and copyright provisions; individual VHS films rendered onto Digital Video Cassette include: - presentation of seat in Kings Arms Path Gardens by Ampthill WI; - Queensmen Football Team winning game against Park Eagles to win the Bedford & District League Premier Division; - Easter Bank Holiday open day at Kings Arms Path Garden; - World War Two exhibition at Parkside Hall; - Town Council Annual Meeting; - three legged race to buy a solar powered pump for a village in Gambia; - May Day celebrations; - Tea Dance at Parkside Hall run by Guy Ingle; - unveiling of Firs Lower School Millennium tapestry; - charity pram race from Maulden to Ampthill; - Rehoming Animals Telephone Service pet show at Parkside Hall; - Ampthill Festival gala day; - English School of Falconry display at Ampthill Gala; - Bedfordshire Youth Theatre performing Epic of Gilgamesh in Ampthill Park as part of Ampthill Gala; - Romford Drum & Trumpet Band at Ampthill Gala; - car boot sale at Redbourne Upper School to raise money for 2001 Festival; - lighting of Millennium Beacon in Ampthill Park; - New Year's Day cricket match between Ampthill and Flitwick on Alameda Middle School playing field; - Mickey Mouse Trophy gold match between Hasbeens (Rugby Club) and Sunbeams (Old Sun Regulars) in memory of David Cheeseman; - Ampthill Festival treasure hunt; - Ampthill Choral Society concert rehearsal at Redbourne Upper School and concert at Methodist Church; - line dancing at Parkside Hall; - annual art exhibition at Old Court House, Church Street; - annual Allotments Association show at Nottingham Rooms; - Russell Lower School fun day; - Farmers' Market in paddock of former White Hart Hotel opened by actor Trevor Harrison (Eddie Grundy in BBC Radio drama "The Archers"); - Mayor's Charity coffee morning etc.; - Ampthill & District Angling Club beginners' day at Ampthill Reservoir; - junior coaching by Luton Town Football Club and Football Association; - Redbourne Upper School drama "Houghton House Ghosts"; - Kings Arms Path Garden Midsummer Open Day; - Cheshire Home Gala; - Red Feather Club Arabian Nights Evening at Cheshire Home; - Cheshire Home Christmas Bazaar; - Queensmen Football Club squad photoshoot; - Fire Station Open day; - Antiques Fair at Parkside Hall; - Christmas Farmers' Market featuring Ampthill Town Band, Redbornestoke Morris and Bedfordshire lace; - Bowls Club events; - St.Andrew's Church Flower Festival; - Firs Lower School Christmas Concerts; - Firs Lower School Autumn Concert; - Firs Lower School Summer fun; - Town Mayor's Charity Lunch to raise money for Health Centre equipment; - Millennium Highlights; - Video Archive launch at Wingfield Club with interview by John Pilgrim on Three Counties Radio; - Citizens' Advice Bureau Annual General Meeting; - Cricket Club events; - History Forum Alameda and town centre walk; - Festival Committee meeting; - Baptist Church record; - Allotments Association winter events; - Social Centre record; - Senior Citizens' Christmas Party; - Ampthill Christmas lights; - model railway exhibitions at Parkside Hall and Methodist Hall; - Remembrance Day ceremonies; - launches of two books "Ampthill and Hugh Reeve" by Andrew Underwood and "The Knoll - A Mirror for Ampthill" by Barry Dackombe; - Mayor's Charity Quiz at Rugby Club; - commemoration of Queen Mother's 100th birthday; - carols at Old Sun; - Carpet Bowls Club at Methodist Church; - Methodist Church record; - Ampthill Camera Club record; - Rugby Club victory against Wellingborough; - Mid Bedfordshire District Council executive committee meeting; - Lions firework display on Bonfire Night in Ampthill Park; - 400km Randonee national cycle event centred on Ampthill; - town centre development; - Premier Jazzmen concert in St.Andrew's Church organised by Paul Roberts; - Tony Broom as guest presenter on Three Counties Radio early morning show; - organ concert by Michael McAneny in aid of Mayor's Charity at Methodist Church; - Music Festival; - Ampthill Choral Society Christmas concert at Firs Lower School; - Bedfordshire Agricultural Show in Ampthill Park, 1930; - Aspley Guise Golf Club 1937/8 including exhibition match by Henry Cotton; - Woburn Abbey and Ivy Cottage, Aspley Guise gardens 1938; - Pony Club Gymkhana at Husborne Crawley Park 1938; - Aspley Guise during World War Two; - 7 films on R101 at Cardington; Graf Zeppelin at Hanworth; Whaddon Chase Hunt; London to Brighton Car Rally; East Anglia holiday; Edinburgh, London and Whipsnade Zoos; Aspley Guise Cricket Club 1929-1931; - holiday trip to Swiss and Italian Lakes 1931; - various films 1929/30; - Solent in Navy Week; Paris in the Spring; Ox Roast at Leighton Buzzard 1931; - agricultural machinery and the Royal Show 1955; - brickmaking in Marston Vale 1921-1958; - vintage photographs of John Copperwheat; - vintage postcards of Ampthill; - Ampthill town centre 1969/70; - Ampthill & District Rotary Club and Inner Wheel 1970/80s; - R101, building, launch, flight, accident and memorial 1929-1930; - Wingfield Zoo, Ampthill; - Cheshire Home Gala 1996; - Guy Ingle as Prince Charles 1996; - films in and around Ampthill 1999; - Maulden to Ampthill pram race 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994; -carpet bowls for Charles King Trophy in Parkside Hall 1991; - Ampthill Rugby Club winning County Cup 1993; - Ampthill Colts rugby versus Leighton Buzzard 1993; - Ampthill Rugby Club winning County Cup 1996; - Ampthill Rugby Club Ladies versus Men for Charity 1992; - Ossory Arms Football Club winning Brian Craddock Cup 1991; - naming of lifeboat after Ampthill resident Doris M.Munn at Wells [Norfolk] by Duchess of Kent; - television news items on such subjects as: Kit Williams book "Masquerade" and burial of the treasure in Ampthill Park; demolishing chimneys (1980); Feofee Almshouses (1997); weather etc.; - Aspley Guise World War Two television programme on cine films of the village shot during the war; - television programme on R101

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Queensmen Football Club,
Park Eagles Football Club,
Ingle, Guy,
Rehoming Animals Telephone Service,
English School of Falconry,
Bedfordshire Youth Theatre,
Romford Drum & Trumpet Band,
Ampthill Cricket Club,
Ampthill Rugby Club,
Hasbeens,
Sunbeams,
Cheeseman, David,
Ampthill Choral Society,
Ampthill Allotments Association,
Harrison, Trevor,
Ampthill & District Angling Club,
Luton Town Football Club,
Football Association,
Cheshire Homes,
Red Feather Club,
Ampthill Town Band,
Redbornestoke Morris,
Three Counties Radio,
Pilgrim, John,
Citizens Advice Bureau,
Reeve, Hugh,
Underwood, Andrew Grimmer,
Dackombe, Barry,
Elizabeth (Queen of George VI),
Ampthill Carpet Bowls Club,
Ampthill Camera Club,
Premier Jazzmen,
Roberts, Paul,
Broom, Tony,
McAneny, Michael,
Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands Golf Club,
Cotton, Henry,
Whaddon Chase Hunt,
Aspley Guise Cricket Club,
Copperwheat, John,
Ampthill & District Rotary Club & Inner Wheel,
Charles, Prince,
Craddock, Brian,
Kent, HRH Duchess of,
Munn, Doris M.,
Williams, Kit

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