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Historic maps of Potterspury and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Potterspury maps
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Displaying 3 of 8 books about Potterspury and the local area. View all Potterspury books
Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Northamptonshire Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Corby Living Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Potterspury
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My father: Italian prisoner during the last world war
Hello, I am the son of an Italian prisoner who spent a long period in Pottersbury (according to my father's memory); I am in search of information on that period; my father worked there as a labourer on a farm, I don't know the name of that family, but I would like to thank those people and in particular the owner... [more]
Shared on 28 March 2009
Northamptonshire memories
Mr Thurston, music master. Mr Meager, Major Meager's father, also music teacher, remember him as a very old man, another master, Mr Pepper, I believe at the end of term whilst going home had a car accident, collided into a bus in thick fog. Do you remember Wells pupil, also John Luston. Jeffrey Watts, Pen A Pen B. Morris I can... [more]
Shared on 25 June 2009
I can remember pupils attending: Malcolm Airey, Clive/Bill Needham, Christopher Strother, Antony Meager, Pinkerton, Baxter, Kimberley, George Wallace, Ward, Philip Lacey, my brothers Stephen and Mark Pink. I am John Pink. Staff I can remember are Major Meager, Mr Rhodes, Mr Smith, Mr Burr, Mr Thurston, Mr Ryan, Major Hyde-Upward. The Matrons Mrs Smith, Miss Brooks. Mr Smith, master. Philip Sproughton,... [more]
Shared on 22 June 2009
I was a pupil at Whittlebury College 1962-1964 . The school was run by Major Meager and his wife as a sort of "crammer" for those of us who needed to get more help for O and A levels.
The teachers were perhaps not the best in the county but did help many to get the O and A levels that... [more]
Shared on 18 August 2008
Extracts From Potterspury & Northamptonshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Potterspury, inspired by Frith photos.
Some of the earthworks of the medieval fishponds opposite the Manor House can be seen in the foreground. The remarkable 173ft- long church stands to the right, but it is partly obscured from view today by a high wire fence covered with foliage which encloses a putting and bowling green.
This is an extract from Corby Living Memories.
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The boundary wall of Manor Park lies to the right, with the manor house and vicarage, out of view behind the trees, on the opposite side of the road. The tower of the parish church with its spire alongside, rather than above, lies ahead, with a path leading to the market square to its left.
This is an extract from Corby Living Memories.
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The scene on the right of the photograph is virtually unrecognisable today. All the buildings have been demolished on that side, and the road curving round (Buckwell Street) is now a cul-de-sac. The old Town Cross/milestone still stands on its original site, and a row of shops has been built behind it. The left-hand side of the High Street, however, is virtually the same as it is here, with the George Hotel on the corner of... [more]
This is an extract from Corby Living Memories.
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