Shoemakers at work in the hand-sewing room helping with post-war trade at Sticklands, Northampton around 1950.Shoemakers at work in the hand-sewing room helping with post-war trade at Sticklands, Northampton around 1950.
Shoemakers at work in the hand-sewing room helping with post-war trade at Sticklands, Northampton around 1950.

Northamptonshire down the decades: 21 fascinating pictures showing life across the county over the last 100 years

Our latest retro gallery takes a look at life across Northants over the last century.

There’s plenty of great pictures throwing the spotlight on Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering, Corby, Irthlingborough and plenty more.

Pictures include a talking robot amazing youngsters in 1939 and life during WW2.

There is also important industries for the whole county featured, including, of course, the iconic shoemaking industry and countywide bus and steel strikes.

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