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GLANCE AT
THE PAST
Eric Franklin looks back
This month I am showing eight views of old Thrapston, all from my archives except one old family postcard loaned by Ian Coleman. Apart from Johnson’s butchers’ shop, which stood
on the corner of Bridge Street and Cosy Nook, and the train which has just been over the viaduct, all should be familiar today.
My archive of old pictures of Thrapston and district, including many of the surrounding villages, is now well over 1000 in number. I am happy to include any requests for specific locations/ communities, in future ‘Glances’.
Finally, thanks to everyone who commented on my article last month on Slipton Treacle Mine. For those who doubted whether this was a real industry, I confess that it was all made up as was the famous spaghetti tree story shown on the BBC in 1957.
Please email me: ericfranklin2@hotmail.com
High Street circa 1905
Johnson’s Butchers on the corner of Cosy Nook, Christmas 1965. Photographer Cyril Diamond
Corner of Midland Road circa 1905
St John Ambulance annual inspection 1954. From the Barbara Knight archive
Market Road circa 1905
Photographer Frederick Knighton from Woodford
Steam engine no 65457 approaching Midland Road Station from Kettering on 18th July 1958 (EDF Archive)
Thrapston High Street on a card postmarked 1935 with thanks to Ian Coleman
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