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Historical OU Campus Tour

A historical tour of the buildings of The Open University Walton Hall campus in Milton Keynes

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Content type	Title	Description	Date
Image	Wilson Building	External view of the Wilson Building on the Open University campus, Milton Keynes.	2018
Image	Walton Hall Campus	View of the Mulberry Lawn at the Open University Walton Hall campus.	23 August 1973
Image	Walton Hall	External view of the front of Walton Hall on the Open University Campus, Milton Keynes.	2011
Image	Venables Building	External view of the entrance to the Venables Building on the Open University campus in Milton...	2018
Image	Vaughan Harley Building	External view of the Vaughan Harley Building on the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. Named...	2018
Video	The opening of the BBC OU Production Centre	The opening of the new BBC/OUPC in the Perry building by HRH Prince Charles on July 1982. Followed...	1982
Image	The Hub	Located on the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. Built originally in 1970 the Catering...	2011
Image	Stuart Hall Building	External view of the Stuart Hall Building on the Open University campus, Milton Keynes. Named after...	2018
Image	St Michael's Church	St. Michael's Church in the snow at the Open University Walton Hall campus.
Image	St Michael's Church	St Michael's Church and graves of the Earle and Harley families on the Open University Campus in...	2015
Image	Sports Pavilion	The Sports Pavilion Building on the Open University Campus in Milton Keynes.	2018
Image	Sir Paul Chambers	Sir Paul Chambers (1904-1981). First Treasurer of The Open University from 1969 to 1975. Image...	1973
Image	Robert Hooke Building	External view of the Robert Hooke Building on the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. Named...	2011
Image	Reg Meacham	Reg Meacham was Head Porter and the first Mace Bearer of the University. Photograph taken at the...	1972
Image	Professor Stuart Hall	Portrait photograph of Stuart Hall (1932-2014), Professor of Sociology from 1979 to 1997.	1980
Image	Postcard image of Walton Hall	Historical postcard image of Walton Hall.	1906
Image	Philip Sully Building	External view of the entrance to the Philip Sully Building on the Open University east campus in...	2011
Video	Peter Venables	Peter Venables talks about his role as Pro-Chancellor and the governance of The Open University.	1973
Image	Perry Building	External view of the entrance to the Perry Building, named after the first OU Vice Chancellor...	2018
Image	Pentz Building	External view of the Pentz Building on the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. Professor...	2018
Video	Overseas visitors to the OU	Vice Chancellor John Horlock describing overseas visitors to the OU in 1982.	1983
Video	Open University fees in the early 1980s	Don Feasey asks University Secretary Joe Clinch about Open University fees.	1983
Image	Official opening of the Wilson Building at Walton Hall.	Harold Wilson visiting The Open University on the occasion of the naming of the Wilson Building on...	1990
Image	OU BBC Production Centre Ceremony	Vice-Chancellor Walter Perry at the topping out ceremony of the new BBC/OU Complex.	25 January 1979
Image	Mulberry Lawn	View of the Mulberry Lawn and Mulberry tree on the Open University Walton Hall campus, Milton...	2018
Image	Michael Young Building	External view of the Michael Young Building on the Open University Campus, Milton Keynes	2007
Image	Michael Young	Micheal Young at the OU Graduates Dinner in 1973, outside Walton Hall on the Open University campus...	1973
Image	Meacham Building	External view of the Meacham Building on the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. Reg Meacham...	2018
Image	Legacy Garden	View of the Legacy Garden at the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. On the site of a section...	2018
Video	Kenneth Berrill	Open University Pro Chancellor Sir Kenneth Berrill introducing a lecture by Vice Chancellor John...	14 December 1986
Image	Kenneth Berrill	Pro-Chancellor Sir Kenneth Berrill (1920-2009) at the naming ceremony of the new Berrill Building...	1997
Image	Julie Walters visit	Actress Julie Walters with University Secretary Joe Clinch. Julie Walters visited the OU campus on...	19 April 1983
Image	Jim Burrows Building	External view of the Jim Burrows Building on the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. Jim...	2018
Image	Jennie Lee Library	The original OU Library (The Jennie Lee Library) displaying an Open Library banner.	1999
Image	Jennie Lee Building	External view of the Jennie Lee Building. Built on the site of the original Jennie Lee Library...	2018
Video	Jennie Lee	Jennie Lee at the foundation stone ceremony for the Jennie Lee Library in 1973.	1973
Video	Introduction to D100	Michael Drake introduces D100, the foundation course in social sciences.	10 January 1971
Image	Horlock Building	External view of the Horlock Building on the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. Names after...	2011
Video	Harold Wilson	Footage from Harold Wilson's 'University of the Air' speech given at the Labour Party Conference in...	1963
Video	Gerald Gardiner	Open University Chancellor Gerald Gardiner speaks at the University Mace Ceremony in 1973.	1973
Image	George Abell Observatory	External view of the George Abell Observatory on The Open University campus in Milton Keynes.	2018
Video	George Abell	George Abell looks at the significance of a photograph of the Andromeda Nebula made by Edwin Hubble...	29 August 1979
Image	Gass Building	External view of the Gass Building on the Open University campus, Milton Keynes. Named after...	2011
Image	Gardiner Building Naming Ceremony	Lady Gardiner at the naming ceremony for the Open University Gardiner building. Also shows...	12 June 1986
Image	Gardiner Building	External view of the Gardiner Building on the Open university campus in Milton Keynes. Named after...	2008
Image	Funeral procession of Dr Edward Vaughan Harley	The funeral procession of Dr Edward Vaughan Berkeley Harley (1864-1923) outside Walton Hall, Milton...	1923
Image	Frank Henshaw Building	External view of the entrance to the Frank Henshaw Building, on the Open University's East Campus...	2011
Image	Francis Aprahamian Bust	Francis Aprahamian (1917-1991) was the OU’s first editor and senior science editor. The bust,...	2018
Video	First OU Programme	In this opening clip from the very first Open Forum programme shown on television, the University...	1971
Image	East Campus Buildings Naming Ceremony	OU Student Philip Sully, Chancellor Betty Boothroyd and Frank Henshaw at the naming ceremony of the...	2006

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