From evacuees being reunited with their families in Northampton to horse-drawn skiing, these images give fascinating glimpse at our past
Photographs from archives of Getty Images are simply delightful
By David Summers
Published 5th Nov 2021, 13:08 BST
Updated 5th Nov 2021, 16:18 BST
These incredible images from Northampton in the past come from the archives of Getty Images.
There are some enchanting photographs that capture moments in time and examples of the social history of our town.
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Parents and relatives of evacuees waiting for the arrival of the London Midland and Scottish Railway's Evacuation Special at Northampton railway station, 3rd December 1939. Special cheap excursions have been arranged to enable parents to visit evacuated children in the reception areas. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
3rd December 1939: Happy evacuee children rush to greet their parents off the special London Midland and Scottish train in Northampton. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
And finally...a very tenuous link to Northampton but a great picture! Four elderly women wearing Jacobean dress taking their afternoon tea at the Hospital of Holy and Undivided Trinity at Castle Rising, Norfolk. The Hospital was founded by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, in 1610 and provides for a governess and twelve sisters. It is a quiet retreat for quaintly garbed old ladies to spend the eventide of life. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)