This year there has been a phenomenal movement of men and women who have gone above and beyond their call of duty for their town, their families and communities.
Northampton' s oldest milkman celebrated 70 years on his rounds, Harry Dunn's parents continued their fight for justice after 12 months of making international headlines, school children in the town and across the UK all reunited after six months of being home schooled and Northampton's longest-married couple celebrated 76 years of marriage.
Let's take a look back through the pictorial archives and review the best portraits of each month in 2020, all taken by photographer Kirsty Edmonds.
Let's take a look back through the pictorial archives and review the best portraits of each month in 2020, all taken by photographer Kirsty Edmonds.
![Little Houghton Primary School headteacher, Carolyn Fairbrother, pictured welcoming back a group of her 85 eager and excited pupils for the first time since lockdown in March.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/T0FLMTI3OTM0NjA1.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. September 3, 2020
Little Houghton Primary School headteacher, Carolyn Fairbrother, pictured welcoming back a group of her 85 eager and excited pupils for the first time since lockdown in March.
![Aston Smith, 8, who has ADHD and autism, sold 100 copies of his first book, The Solar System. During lockdown he found it difficult to focus so he wanted to write his thoughts down into a book which his family published.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/T0FLMTI3OTM0NjA2.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
10. October 26, 2020
Aston Smith, 8, who has ADHD and autism, sold 100 copies of his first book, The Solar System. During lockdown he found it difficult to focus so he wanted to write his thoughts down into a book which his family published.
![Northampton pubgoers brought the music back to Bill Kingston by clubbing together to replace a his stolen antique ukulele that was swiped from his car after a performance.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/T0FLMTI3OTM0NjA3.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
11. November 23, 2020
Northampton pubgoers brought the music back to Bill Kingston by clubbing together to replace a his stolen antique ukulele that was swiped from his car after a performance.
![Ted, 100, and his wife, Nancy, 99, celebrated 76 years of marriage. The childhood sweethearts from Weston Favell met in Abington Park in 1936, went on to have three sons and the rest is history.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/T0FLMTI3OTM0NjA4.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
12. December 23, 2020
Ted, 100, and his wife, Nancy, 99, celebrated 76 years of marriage. The childhood sweethearts from Weston Favell met in Abington Park in 1936, went on to have three sons and the rest is history.