Earls Barton, The Village c.1955
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Photo of Earls Barton, The Village c.1955

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This view is taken further down West Street, with the churchyard on the left and the boundary walls of the Victorian Baptist Church on the right. The church dominates views from the south while behind it, to the north, are the remains of the Norman motte and bailey castle. Remarkably, the brutally pruned lime trees survive. Note the 1950s swan's neck concrete street lamp, now replaced.

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A Selection of Memories from Earls Barton

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Earls Barton

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Happy memories indeed. For an eight year old living in the village in the mid 1950s it was heaven. Long summer evenings and school holidays playing in woods, open fields and on building sites. Or cycling (yes at eight) to Overstone park or down to Castle Ashby station to watch the trains from Northampton and Wellingborough come past. No nanny state in those days, no parents worrying about their ...see more
Attending Primary School in Earls Barton I remember a teacher called Miss Wills very well. She drew shy pupils out of their shells and plonked them on the stage. The performance she put on included Alice in Wonderland and I remember her encouaging all to participate. Miss Wills took a small group of pupils from my year and took us, for the very first time, to the ...see more
This is a photo of Earls Barton Church in 1965, just two years after Susan Ford of Earls Barton married David Tall of Wellingborough 21 Sept 1963.