Moulton, West Street c.1950
Photo ref: M295001
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Photo ref: M295001
Photo of Moulton, West Street c.1950

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Moulton is only a stone's throw from the centre of Northampton; when the town thrived on shoe manufacture, many men and women walked from this village to work in the shoe factories. On the left in this picture are the premises of a high class boot and shoe repairer. Note the advert for Cherry Blossom.

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Memories of Moulton, West Street c1950

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My memories of West St, opposite Sid Smith's cobblers shop in the photo, Mr Tite's shop - he used to come down 3 or 4 steps from his living room, he sold lots of halfpenny and penny sweets - the best buy was 1 penny packet of broken crisps. Then the Blue Bell Pub that had a tennis court up the yard behind the pub. My mother used to help there, known to me as Uncle Arch, Aunt Mag, (Mr+Mrs Walker). Uncle Arch was the ...see more