This week we are looking back at Kettering-area businesses from the 1970s and 1980s in our latest retro special.
From shoe factories, clothes manufacturers, engineering works to health care and high street shops, workplaces provided social ties for employees and the community.
So let’s take a walk down memory lane at the people from our area who made the headlines in the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph.

1. Archive pictures from the 1970s and 1980s of staff from businesses:Pictures of businesses from the 1970s and 1980s from the Northants Telegraph archive
1979 LOAKES SUPPORT FOR POPPIES Photo: Northants Telegraph

2. Archive pictures from the 1970s and 1980s of staff from businesses:Pictures of businesses from the 1970s and 1980s from the Northants Telegraph archive
1979 RETIREMENT AT BSC FOOTWEAR KETTERING Photo: Northants Telegraph

3. Archive pictures from the 1970s and 1980s of staff from businesses:Pictures of businesses from the 1970s and 1980s from the Northants Telegraph archive
1979 LITTLE DUKE SHOES DESBOROUGH RETIREMENT Photo: Northants Telegraph

4. Archive pictures from the 1970s and 1980s of staff from businesses:Pictures of businesses from the 1970s and 1980s from the Northants Telegraph archive
1982 SAFETY AWARD SEALED AIR KETTERING Photo: Northants Telegraph