Rockingham
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Daventry Living Memories
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Daventry Living Memories
Paperback
Wellingborough Living Memories
Paperback
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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
Grandparents house
My grandparents and family, including my father, used to live in Kelvin Grove. My dad, Joseph Gamble, married my mum Margaret Govern and moved around the corner to James Watt Avenue where I was born. I think your grandparents, the Robertsons lived next door for many a year, and was known as Granny Roberts before moving. I also remember queing up to get into the picture house - The Odeon.
My grandad and grandmother moved to the top of Occupation Road and ran the Mobil Garage, with the big white horse, before it got demolished, along with their lovely house and flats were built were they had stood.
A memory of Corby contributed by Ann Hope(nee Gamble)
Saturday morning pictures
My name is John O'Connor of the Dublin O'Connor/Kelly family. Saturday morning could not come quick enough for our family, myself and brother Marty would walk 5 miles to the morning show with a shilling between us. Looking forward to cartoons with Mickey Mouse, on-going serials with the Lone Ranger or Flash Gordon where the end finished with the hero about to come to a nasty end that you had to come back next week to see. The shows usually started with a sing-song generated by a compere, then a different game show like eating a donut on a string the fastest or, my favourite, a singing contest. The first one I won was singing "She Loves You" by the Beatles. ...read more here
A memory of Corby contributed by john o'connor
Anyone else connect to this photo?
I was born in Kelvin Grove which is the road coming out on the left of this picture. My grandparents lived on the corner of Kelvin Grove & Rockingham Road, their names were Andrew and Elsie Robertson. My grandfather was known as Mr Coke Ovens because of the years he worked at Stewart & Lloyds. I remember shopping with my grandmother on this street, going to the Odeon cinema and having the best ice cream at Tipaldis. I would love to hear from anyone else who can relate to my family or my childhood. I attended Wood Newton Way Infants School, and two friends who lived near me in Willow Brook Road were Linton Proctor and Raymond Shillitoe.
A memory of Corby contributed by Anita Becker
Extracts From Rockingham & Leicestershire books
Rockingham stands on a steep hill above the River Welland; from the summit you can look out over five counties. Many picturesque thatched cottages and flintstone houses line the street. The village general stores and post office once housed its own manual telephone exchange.
An extract from from"Northamptonshire Photographic Memories".
This photograph
was taken about five
years after R353020
(pages 62-63) and
further down the hill
towards the centre
of Rockingham. The
large gabled house on
the left of the street,
with the telephone
box outside, is the
village shop and post
office, both of which
have since closed.
Further down the hill
is the Sondes Arms
public house and the
old market cross. The
latter has a memorial
and inscription to
a member of the
Watson family, which
was set on top of the
shaft in 1894.
An extract from from"Corby Living Memories".
The earliest residence in Rockingham dates from 1670; much of the village was modernised and improved in the 19th century, and then again in the 1950s. Rockingham used to be a market town, but the market ceased long ago. The inn on the left is the Sondes Arms.
An extract from from"Northamptonshire Photographic Memories".
The opulent car has just arrived
through an impressive gateway out
of view on the left, and has entered a
courtyard reminiscent of Tudor
times with domestic rather than
military buildings. Destruction
during the Civil War was eventually
remedied after 1836 by Anthony
Salvin who renovated both interior
and exterior. The castle has
wonderful views from its escarpment
overlooking the Welland Valley,
notably from the Salvin Tower.
One can imagine the extent of
Rockingham Forest especially in
medieval times. Charles Dickens was
a frequent visitor to the castle and in
the 1980s the TV drama series By the
Sword Divided was filmed here.
An extract from from"Uppingham Photographic Memories".
A Sunbeam Talbot and a Morris Oxford Estate stand in the cobbled courtyard of Rockingham Castle
outside one of the main entrances. The 16th-century family coat of arms is visible above the triple-
based stone canopy which overhangs the main entrance.
An extract from from"Corby Living Memories".