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New shoe factory sited in Northampton because our skills cannot be copied

The first new shoe factory for years has been opened in Northampton by Foster and Sons. The high end boot and shoemaker of Jermyn Street, London, is aiming to create top [...]
Heritage Day takes a journey into Northampton’s past

Karin Johnstone took advantage of Heritage Open Day to discover more about a church made with stones from Northampton Castle… It’s a gloomy day in Northampton town [...]
The man who recreates Northampton’s lost landmark buildings

Many of Northampton’s lost landmark buildings have been recreated in amazing detail by a model railway enthusiast. (Pictures by Dave Ikin) The old Victorian Emporium [...]
Is this a red or white rose county? The Lancastrian connection…

The second part of Mike Ingram’s two part examination of Northamptonshire’s key role in the Wars of the Roses… In the last issue we looked at the Yorkist [...]
Northamptonshire’s hot protestants and the Great Rebellion

Mike Ingram looks at the county’s part in the English Civil War… The ‘Great Rebellion’ better known today as the English Civil War began on 22 August 1642. [...]
Cafe and community are key for Vintage Retreat

Paula of Vintage Retreat recounts the story of the emporium’s journey from idea to reality… Like Alan Moore, an elephant is a well-known resident of Spring [...]
The Empire shuts its mouth

Writer Tré Ventour asks Does Britain Really Have Historical Amnesia? as he reflects on his experience as a young black man educated in Britain. When you’re a member of [...]
Bill Urquhart – the brewer who started a micro revolution

Alaric Neville of the modern Phipps brewery tells the story of the last head brewer of the old Phipps brewery and his determination to keep beer real… In the 1950s and [...]
Open your eyes to our hidden treasures

A chance look to the left reminds the BBC’s Helen Blaby that Northampton is full of hidden treasures and some of them might not be there forever… As I was coming [...]
Civil disobedience broadened my horizons

Eric Whitehouse recalls what it was like staging a demonstration in Northampton… I’ve always taken an interest in what schools now call ‘current affairs’, [...]
Thomas Becket vs the King of England: the trial of the millennium held in Northampton

Mike Ingram takes us step by step through the trial that shook the nation when the church took on the state at Northampton Castle Northampton has always been a place of Kings [...]
The National Leather Collection: creating a museum for the whole country to enjoy

Victoria Green talks about working to turn the National Leather Collection into a fully functioning visitor attraction… I grew up visiting museums with my parents. I [...]
So that’s where it is

Helen Blaby continues her detective work on the Grosvenor Centre mural… Isn’t it funny how your mind can play tricks on you, or you only have selective memory? I was [...]
The Hog, the Dog and the Cat

Why the Rose of the Shires should be the Shire of the Roses [...]
He couldn’t get on with the posh boys

Lena Davis, of the Caring & Sharing Trust, opens her address book to tell us why she is friends with Brian Binley Writing about Brian Binley without the letters ‘MP’ [...]

Delapre’s Orangery has improved 18-months on . . . but still not for dogs

Back in August 2017 we wrote about the huge redevelopment that had been ongoing at Delapre Abbey in Northampton. One of the major changes was the removal of the much-loved [...]
Elwes lunch was a traditional treat

The search for Penda’s perfect Sunday lunch has become a bit of a quest for the family. Not organised enough to plan in advance, there are many weekends spent deciding at [...]
They have changed the menu at Buddies!

Towards the end of the last century I arrived in Northampton as a wide-eyed bumpkin from leafy Bedford and I asked the grizzled old hacks at the Chron what this dirty old [...]
Review: Posh picky bits at the Bread and Pullet

THERE’S a signature dish enjoyed at Casa Penda known as ‘Picky Bits’. This can come in premium and economy versions. The economy version is basically leftovers, some [...]
Church salvation is historic and gastronomic

Review: The Church, 67-83 Bridge Street, Northampton, NN1 1PD. Tel: 01604 603800 Penda remembers when the church on the island at the bottom of Bridge Street was pretty much [...]
Try the gin when you treat yourself at the Tolly

By Penda A perfect sunny afternoon with a visit to a country pub is the stuff of a tourism marketing executive’s dream. Thankfully in Northamptonshire we get to do it for [...]
A treat with meat but service needs stations

Review: Hops and Chops. 6 Kent Road, St Crispins, Northampton, NN5 4DR There are two high landmarks that always make Penda glad to be home: Northampton’s Express Lift Tower [...]

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New shoe factory sited in Northampton because our skills cannot be copied

Heritage Day takes a journey into Northampton’s past

The man who recreates Northampton’s lost landmark buildings

Is this a red or white rose county? The Lancastrian connection…

Northamptonshire’s hot protestants and the Great Rebellion

Cafe and community are key for Vintage Retreat

The Empire shuts its mouth

Bill Urquhart – the brewer who started a micro revolution

Open your eyes to our hidden treasures

Civil disobedience broadened my horizons

Thomas Becket vs the King of England: the trial of the millennium held in Northampton

The National Leather Collection: creating a museum for the whole country to enjoy

So that’s where it is

The Hog, the Dog and the Cat

He couldn’t get on with the posh boys

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Elwes lunch was a traditional treat

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Review: Posh picky bits at the Bread and Pullet

Church salvation is historic and gastronomic

Try the gin when you treat yourself at the Tolly

A treat with meat but service needs stations

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