Desborough
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Desborough books (10 available)
- 8 photos on Desborough appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Desborough
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Desborough memories
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Summer hols
In our school holidays I used to go fishing and swimming down the brook below Pioneer Ave, that's where I lived, number 19 Pioneer. We moved to Windsor Ave in 1978. I used to knock about with Simon Loake, Barry Goodman, Dean Underwood, John and James Twelvetree. We also used to roam the allotments and the surrounding fields, armed with catapaults and our pockets full of stones. Towards the end of the 6 week hols the allotments were full of trees full of fruit calling out to us, waiting for us to go scrumping and try and not get caught by the allotment owner. Them words I used to dread to hear, 'Young Oram, I know it's you, wait till I ...read more here
Contributed by SEAN ORAM
Northamptonshire memories
Summer hols
In our school holidays I used to go fishing and swimming down the brook below Pioneer Ave, that's where I lived, number 19 Pioneer. We moved to Windsor Ave in 1978. I used to knock about with Simon Loake, Barry Goodman, Dean Underwood, John and James Twelvetree. We also used to roam the allotments and the surrounding fields, armed with catapaults and our pockets full of stones. Towards the end of the 6 week hols the allotments were full of trees full of fruit calling out to us, waiting for us to go scrumping and try and not get caught by the allotment owner. Them words I used to dread to hear, 'Young Oram, I know it's you, wait till I ...read more here
A memory of Desborough contributed by SEAN ORAM
Hairdressers/Barbers
Would anyone remember the name and exact location of a hairdressers/barbers shop in Kettering Regent Street area? Looking at late 1920's onwards.
A memory of Kettering contributed by Margaret Laurance
Stocks Lane
My family and I lived in Stocks Lane, Drury's Garage was next to us at the top on the corner. The house we lived in still looks exactly the same today as it did so many years ago. Sadly Drury's house, which is shown in the picture, is in a dreadful state and new flats are in place of the garage. My friend lived above the shop John Manners and we often fought for a turn to ride the big rocking horse. Horace called the "Pinkun" on a Saturday night. I fetched hot water in a thermos flask from the chip shop across the road for the lady who kept the chemist shop and was paid 3d a week which I ...read more here
Extracts From Desborough & Northamptonshire books
The brick-built
Congregational
church on the corner
of Union Street and
King Street was
opened in 1912 and
still flourishes, now as
the United Reformed
Church.
An extract from from"Corby Living Memories".
Taken from the corner of
Pioneer Avenue and the
Rothwell Road (A6), and
looking towards the town,
the photograph shows
the five-storey
Co-operative Wholesale
Corset Factory on the
left and its associated
buildings to the right
of the building. Now
operated by Eveden, it is
still associated with the
manufacture of ladies
underclothes, albeit of a
more modern kind, such
as bras and swimwear.
An extract from from"Corby Living Memories".
We are looking south towards the church of St Giles, which dates from the early 13th century; the
war memorial stands behind aptly named Dunkirk Avenue on the left. Behind it is Church House,
which was built in the 18th century. The church-like building on the corner of Kettering Road (now
Lower Street) has since been demolished, and a modern community centre stands on its site.
An extract from from"Corby Living Memories".
Rushton Road, at the east end of Station Road, is a mix of Victorian terrace housing and factories. Cheaney’s, on the right, is a 1930s rebuild of a shoe manufacturer established in 1886 and still in business today. Desborough’s character as a workaday town is illustrated rather well here.
An extract from from"Northamptonshire Living Memories".
The scene on the right of
the photograph is virtually
unrecognisable today. All
the buildings have been
demolished on that side,
and the road curving round
(Buckwell Street) is now a
cul-de-sac. The old Town
Cross/milestone still stands
on its original site, and a
row of shops has been built
behind it. The left-hand side
of the High Street, however, is
virtually the same as it is here,
with the George Hotel on the
corner of Station Road.
An extract from from"Corby Living Memories".