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Spratton, Northamptonshire
Spratton maps
Historic maps of Spratton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Spratton maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Northamptonshire
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Spratton books
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Northamptonshire Photographic Memories
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Northamptonshire Living Memories
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Corby Living Memories
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Memories of Spratton
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Hi, name Theobald, we - mother Ivy, 3 kids (Mavis, Fred, Ivy) lived in North Bank House in 1939, we were evacuated from London with Aunt Ada Smith, Uncle Vic and Aunt May. We went to the village school, went back to London in 1949 or 1948. We had a big goat called Mary, she butted all who came to the... [more]
Shared on 29 July 2009
Sandhills/Middle Turn (commonly known)
To the left of this picture was a cul-de-sac called Sandhills. My Aunty Grace and uncle and family lived here, so did my mother Margaret Anderson at some stage and later various cousins. Down the bottom to the right was the original local shop (known Gammidges? when my Mother was small) owned by Greenwood for many years later (and when I... [more]
Shared on 05 July 2007
Margaret Anderson and Edward Gill married 8th October 1949 last to be married by the 'blind' vicar (does anyone remember his name I think it was Pettit) while it was named St Luke's. The name of the church was changed from that year.
Julie Gill-Frisby - I walked past this church many times when my Nana Anderson walked to work... [more]
Shared on 05 July 2007
I was born in 1953 in Northampton. Later my family moved and settled in Essex but my childhood was spent in Spratton with my Nana Anderson. She worked at Mr Tattersall's as a housekeeper and during the holidays I would go down with her. Tattersall's house was situated a little further down from Saul's butchers which is seen here on the... [more]
Shared on 05 July 2007
Northamptonshire memories
The Morris car depicted in the photograph was overhauled and bodied by my late father, Arthur Parker, in 1951-2. He had removed the body from a c1937 Morris 8 van, overhauled the mechanics and the chassis, and built from scratch a new shooting brake style body. As a 7-year old I was thrilled to be able to help with... [more]
Shared on 06 April 2006
Twentieth Century Club and Memories of bygone times
I was born in Northampton in 1940, and lived there until December 1953. Both my dad and mum were Northampton born and bred, but while my mum's family go way back in time in the area, my dad's family mostly originated from London. However, dad was fairly well known due to being in the local boxing club, and playing in the... [more]
Shared on 18 November 2008
It is as if my grandmother Gwendoline Edith Hunt, nee Hodges, has ceased to exist. For years and through various forums I have searched for information about her and her family (Wooton locals....Horace and Ethel Hodges who lived at Resthaven Road for many years) yet have had no luck. She is listed as having died at the age of 30 in... [more]
Shared on 26 September 2008
Memories of War - The Forgotten Casualties (1) - by Patricia Bolter
I am entering these memories on behalf of my mother in law - Patricia Ross (nee Bolter)
Running to meet Dad, just a young man, in uniform for the first time coming home to show us in pride. Providing for the family had been difficult, even tried sweeping snow. I have listened to "The Little Boy That Santa Clause Forgot",... [more]
Shared on 22 August 2008
Extracts From Spratton & Northamptonshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Spratton, inspired by Frith photos.
Northampton Town and City Memories
The buildings on the left, the west side of the Market Place, mostly survive today, apart from the two at the far left. Unlike a French market square, the south and west side of Northampton's market place in particular have a delightful informality and physical variety, with no building the same as its neighbour.
This is an extract from Northampton Town and City Memories.
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Northampton Town and City Memories
10th-century Anglo-Saxon church tower at Earls Barton. The place also had a Norman earthwork castle, a motte and bailey type; in later years it was a boot and shoe making town, one of several that thrived around Northampton.
This is an extract from Northampton Town and City Memories.
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Northampton Town and City Memories
Just east of the village, where Main Road curves towards Bants Lane, stands this large factory, which employed over 3,000 people in the 1960s. The two-storey office ranges screen the vast factory behind, in which bearings and specialist steel castings and fabrications are made (Northampton was not just boot and shoe facto- ries). British Timken is, in the modern way of things, now just known... [more]
This is an extract from Northampton Town and City Memories.
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