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The first shop on the right belonged to Mr Strutt, who sold many things; he also ran a taxi business.

Although the smithy is now a private house, older villagers recall the First World War and how the blacksmith was recruited on one day a week to make horse shoes for the war effort.

This building survives because it is thought to be the premises of Little Nell's grandfather in Charles Dickens's novel 'The Old Curiosity Shop'.

Looking from the Hall (or the Palace Avenue Theatre) through the gardens, we can see Norton's and Welton's shoe shops.

On the right, we have W J Roberts, a shoe repairer, and next to him is Philpott's, the house furnisher.

Boot and shoe manufacturing led to the expansion of the village in the late 19th century, as it did in many Northamptonshire villages in this area.

The Chequers Hotel (left) is still in business, but the Freeman, Hardy & Willis shoe shop next door has gone - the building is now used by Eastern Delight.

The first shop on the right belonged to Mr Strutt, who sold many things; he also ran a taxi business.

We see sandcastles, deck chairs, gentlemen paddling with their trousers tucked up, and ladies doing the same whilst carrying their shoes.

The Midland Bank is on the left, with Stead & Simpson's shoe shop next door. Wide streets denote a planned town.

On the left side of the High Street we have a K shoe shop, then Timothy Whites the Chemist, Hepworths, the Congregational Church and Lloyd's Bank.

Next door to Murrays was Olivers' shoe shop, today T M Taylor & Sons, jewellers. Their previous shop is now the Shoreline Picture Gallery; next door is the Mantrap boutique.

Note the young lad on the right; he has no shoes. Over on the left outside Harkers are two large hampers on a barrow. Harkers might be getting a visit from a salesman.

In the 1950s Kettering was still an important boot and shoe town, specialising in heavy work boots. It also had a significant engineering and clothing industry.

In the foreground, Parker's store is advertising Brasso, Silver Shred marmalade and Cherry Blossom shoe polish.

Providing boots and shoes for the children was a major problem for parents, and there was a special charity for this purpose to assist them.

In front is a row of modern shops, including a Co-operative store at the end by the truck, which had replaced a row of terraced houses.

The plainer frontage of Roberts' shoe shop is followed by the protruding shop windows of Hancock and Wood, shielded by sun awnings. Next comes the National Provincial Bank (now demolished).

Hancock & Wood and Roberts shoe shop are almost all that remain of this 1950s scene.

The shop on the right is occupied by Finlay's shoe shop, as is attested by the display outside — today it is the HSBC Bank.

Here, shopping expedition completed, mother and son walk down Horsemarket Street, passing Sterlings shoe shop on the corner of Lyme Street (right.)

The shop extension filled with shoes and boots is now filled with all manner of things for pets. On the other side of the road was a garage, which is now the Job Centre and the Sue Ryder shop.

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).

The shops on the right are Thompson Bros, clothiers, at number 16, followed by Wild`s Hat Manufactory, established in 1850, then Freeman, Hardy & Willis (boots and shoes) at number 20, Thomas Davies