We’ve got some cracking pictures of Northampton’s shoe industry, including a visit from Prince Charles to a local factory.
Who can forget the iconic moment when George Best netted a double hat-trick to help Manchester United beat Northampton Town 8-2 in the fifth round of the FA Cup?
There’s also some great pics of residents celebrating Royal occasions with street parties and a very touching moment when child evacuees are reuinted with their parents during a special meeting at the start of WW2.
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1. Families reunited
Happy evacuee children rush to greet their parents off the special London Midland and Scottish train in Northampton as part of a scheme to reunite families on 3rd December 1939: Photo: J. A. Hampton
2. Northampton Aero Club
The Honourable Mrs Chesterman retrieves the toy animals dropped by a parachute at a Northampton Aero Club meet in November 1929. Photo: Puttnam
3. Ski-ing in Northampton
A woman having a little difficulty controlling her skis in the snow at Northampton back on 1st December 1908: Photo: Topical Press Agency:
4. William Albert Tuckley
Northampton schoolboy William Albert Tuckley raises a dumb-bell weighing 110 pounds above his head, to the amazement of his classmates. Eleven-year-old Tuckley is being trained by Mr French, weightlifting champion of Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. The pic was taken on 22nd October 1931. Photo: Fox Photos