Desborough, Station Road And Havelock Street c.1965
Photo ref: D200038
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This view of Station Road looks south-west past the junction to Havelock Street, with the imposing clock tower of the 1903 Co-op store. Havelock Street is a terrace of Victorian artisan cottages, while Station Road remains the principal shopping street. The Co-op is still the Co-op but with a less attractive modern shopfront.

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In our school holidays I used to go fishing and swimming down the brook below Pioneer Ave, that's where I lived, number 19 Pioneer. We moved to Windsor Ave in 1978. I used to knock about with Simon Loake, Barry Goodman, Dean Underwood, John and James Twelvetree. We also used to roam the allotments and the surrounding fields, armed with catapaults and our pockets full of stones. Towards the end of the 6 week hols the ...see more