Some of the ideas of those involved in its construction were loopy poopy. The Development Corporation, which strove to ensure that Milton Keynes had a cultural and socially inclusive backbone amid all the construction work, planned a sort of downtown Vegas which would include a souk, a wavepool and a rodeo. This was dismissed at the planning stage, but a proper force for good emerged in the form of the Open University, which opened its doors in 1969. Archive footage showed how local residents signed up in their hundreds, some little prepared for the required intellectual rigour. One elderly housewife rued the day she had embarked on a Physics degree: The second unit was on relativity and that really flawed me, she said. <\/p>\n
What this documentary showed was that, ultimately, we all strive to be like everyone else. Milton Keynes had started out as a massive social experiment, but those who live there now are concerned less with Nirvana and more with the earthly delights of The Centre MK, a shopping complex with a Carluccios, a Cath Kidston and a Claires Accessories. And thats a shame even though Carluccios does a super macchiato. <\/p>\n
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