Old pictures of Corby from when the new town was just starting out in the 1950s, 60s and 70s

A hundred years ago, Corby was just a little village on the precipice of becoming an industrial giant.

Over the coming decades, the town would grow faster than any other in the country, with houses being put up at a rate unlike anywhere else.

Here’s a look back at some pictures we found in tenants’ handbooks that were given to everyone who came to live here by the Corby Development Corporation that was the driver of much of the town’s modern growth.

Sit back and take a look at how Corby used to be.