Retro

Kettering Library 'Cornerstone' : Work has already taken place to remove vegetation before contractors put up scaffolding /National World

August 2026 finish date for £6.8m-budget Cornerstone roof replacement project

These were some of the most popular toys of the 1960s

14 toys you'll almost certainly remember if you were a 60s child

A trendy looking DJ Noel Edmonds is pictured here in 1974 beside his Ford Capri Mk II. The Capri was the seventh best-selling car of the 1970s, with 378,310 registered, according to startrescue.co.uk, which described how it 'fused simple mechanics with sporty styling and an affordable price tag'. It was known as a 'pony' car - like a 'muscle' car, but smaller.

The most popular cars of the 1970s in photos

Do you remember these popular children's TV shows of the 90s?

15 much-loved children's TV shows of the 90s you may remember

Midland Bank began life as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in 1836 and grew rapidly, becoming Midland Bank in 1923. Between the end of the First World War and the 1940 it was reportedly the biggest bank in the world. It was bought in 1992 by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in what was then one of the largest deals in banking history and was renamed HSBC Bank in 1999. This photo shows a Midland Bank branch on White Lane, Gleadless, Sheffield, in June 1986.

9 famous banks we've lost over the years amid latest closures

Five years since the first Covid lockdown in the UK, the impact of the pandemic is still being felt

Five remarkable ways the Covid pandemic forever changed life

Do these photos bring back any memories for you of 1980s school days?

15 surprising things you'll remember if you went to school in the 80s

Beryl McNulty worked at the Buckingham and Winslow Advertiser for nearly 30 years

Former editor who inspired generation of reporters dies aged 94

The treble bell as it is lowered to the ground for the first time in nearly a century at St John the Baptist Church in Corby Old Village. Image: Northants Telegraph

Corby church bell lowered from steeple for first time in 100 years

An artist's impression of the proposed new restaurant at West Lodge Rural Centre/West Lodge Rural Centre

West Lodge Rural Centre submits plans for new restaurant and farm shop

Kettering Central Neighbourhood Plan meeting at St Andrew's Church, Kettering/National World

Here's your chance to have your say on Kettering town centre

Kettering Cornerstone - Kettering Library and The Alfred East Art Gallery/National World

Contractor for £6.8m library and art gallery roof project named

Aurelia Owen and Peter Owen celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary, after tying the knot in St Giles Church, Desborough Monday, 07 November 2011

Retro Special - Happy couples celebrating milestone wedding anniversaries

Wellingborough Walks Action Group members Lucy Hennessy and Marion Turner-Hawes with some of the trees they are fighting to save/National World

Developers say there were a "considerable quantum of representations"

These toys were banned in many schools for a whole host of different reasons

11 toys commonly banned from schools in the 2000s

Fred Durst 'hate' reaching fever pitch and mainstream success; it's been 25 years since Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water was released.

Revisiting Limp Bizkit’s Chocolate Starfish & Hot Dog Flavored Water
The fame and infamy behind Limp Bizkit’s Chocolate Starfish… 25 years later and ahead of their UK tour 🤘🎤🎶
Benjamin Jackson

Kettering cinemas retro 41 pictures marking the end of town's movie theatres

Odeon cinema Kettering retro special of 33 pictures from the archive

The Manor House Museum, Kettering main permanent displays/ NNC The current state of the exterior and interior/ National World

Kettering museum artefacts moved to storage facility near Wellingborough

7 gadgets you may recognise if you grew up in the 1980s. Photo: Scott Gries/ImageDirect/ Getty Images

7 nostalgic gadgets you'll only remember if you grew up in the 80s

Nine video games you may have played in the 1980s - including arcade classics.

Nine retro video games you may have played in the 80s

A few memories from Wellingborough and Corby over the years

25 pictures of Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough and Rushden over the years

David Boden

Stagecoach East Then and now: Bus ticket machine technology

23 years ago this week, Whitney Houston was still reigning atop the UK single chart with “I Will Always Love You”

What songs have matched Whitney Houston's record on the UK chart?

Lost Facebook features you may remember. Photo: Juana Arias/ The Washington Post via Getty Images

9 long lost Facebook features that will bring back memories

Heritage At Risk 2024 (HAR)Rothwell Market House, Market Hill, Rothwell, Northamptonshire.General view of north elevation. 1578, built to the designs of William Grumbold for Sir Thomas Tresham. View from north east.

Iconic Rothwell building on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register 2024

An ultra-realistic animatronic orangutan climbs a 20ft Christmas Tree at Coin Street Observation Point, London to highlight the threat to the survival of the species due to deforestation caused by palm-oil production, following Iceland's Christmas advert being banned.

Do you remember the Christmas advert that was ‘banned’ from TV?
Hands up if you remember the advert 🙋‍♀️
Matthew Mohan-Hickson

Shoppers pictured looking at a Christmas display in the window of a Marks and Spencer shop on 20th December 1976.

8 nostalgic photos of Christmas shoppers in the 1970s

Dean Thomas (left) celebrates with Trevor Quow after Northampton's 1-0 win at Rockingham Road in 1989 (Picture: Pete Norton)

FA CUP FEATURE: Thomas thunderbolt the difference as Cobblers pip Poppies

Woodford, St Mary the Virgin church, ghost, apparition, ghost at the altar June 24 1966)

Do these spine-chilling photos reveal evidence of ghosts?

Geddington Church St Mary Magdalene / volunteers from the Geddington Volunteer Fire Brigade/ the awards ceremony at Lincoln Cathedral/UGC

'Spectacular volunteer involvement' wins Geddington national conservation award

Christmas toy crazes that made parents' lives havoc

7 mega-popular Christmas toys parents struggled to buy

Ringstead Primary School: Teacher Julia Grunill - Ringstead Primary School history lead with Ismail Dale from Historic England /Ringstead Primary School

"It’s sparked a real passion for history"

L-r Tricia Neal nee Zanker (1969 - 76) , Hilary Winfield nee Andrews (1966 - 73) and Kathy Haigh nee Dawson (1964-71)/National World

Memories of Kettering High School for Girls as new book published

Raise a glass to these 15 venues in the East Midlands that have been lost over the course of time.

15 closed venues we miss in the East Midlands

Your old Silent Hill games could be worth hundreds. Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Retro horror games that are worth hundreds

Who from the '80s has had a profound influence on musicians of recent years, including Justin Timberlake, Gerard Way and Karen O?

11 musicians from the 1980s that helped shaped the charts today

Could you have a retro PlayStation game that could be worth a small fortune hidding somewhere in your house. Photo: Getty Images/ CEX

7 rare PlayStation games that could fetch over £1,000

Only a true 00s kid would remember these gadgets. How many did you own?

11 gadgets you'll only remember if you're a 00s kid

Gadgets you may remember from the 1990s. Photo: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images

The 9 nostalgic gadgets you may remember if you grew up in the 1990s

Kettering Cornerstone complex that houses Kettering Library and The Alfred East Art Gallery/National World

New roof on Kettering's £4.5m Cornerstone springs another leak

St Mary's CE VA Primary School in Fuller Street, Kettering/National World

Kettering St Mary's Primary School celebrates 125 years

Primark has turned 50 in the UK and these are the first stores it opened in Britain. Generic picture of a Primark store. Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

The first 10 Primark stores to open in Britain and where

Kettering Vintage Rally and Steam Fayre file picture/Glyn Dobbs

Kettering vintage rally and steam event returns to fields near Cranford

Desborough 1940s day file picture/Lancaster bomber/file pictures

Flypast by Second World War Lancaster bomber to mark Desborough 1940s day

Carol Fitzgerald (Chair of Chichele Management) far left with some of the group at the screening.

Movies and Medieval Backdrop: Higham Ferrers star was 602-years-old

Sam Williams, the Rural Surveyor for Althorp Estate, joined forces with PC John (Hutch) Hutchings fr

Althorp Estate strengthens security with CESAR and Datatag to deter rural crime

A lot has changed since the last time Oasis played a gig together in 2009. Photo: Getty Images

9 things that didn’t exist last time Oasis played a show

Kettering, Wicksteed Park, steam train 'Alice' July 2008

You'd be chuffed to win this golden prize from Wicksteed Park

Twinning friends group together in Lahnstein, Germany.

Twinning friends from Kettering visit Lahnstein

FA Cup runs by Corby, Kettering and Rushden & Diamonds football clubs

Cadbury My Era AI retro photo. Photo: Cadbury

Make your own Cadbury retro poster

Na’ím Paymán the entrepreneur behind the refurbishment of The Royal Hotel in Kettering Market Place/National World

'It’s got the potential to be something really out of this world'

Artist Marigold Short with one of the objects she has created for her ‘Testament’ Art Installation at Rushton Triangular Lodge. Credit: Rob Harris/English Heritage

Explore the power of three at Triangular Lodge

Lisa Lovett at the official opening of her Earthly Arts Studio

‘Green pastures’ ahead for Northampton Uni with new, environment Heritage Accele...