Collarette
Mrs Mavis Perkins has donated a Free Gardeners collarette to the Society Archive – many thanks Mavis.
Read more70 Years on the High Street
I thought a record of how I remember the High Street in the 1950s and 1960s, building by building, would be a project during this difficult period of lock-down (and a good sleeping pill to anyone foolish enough to read it!!)
Read moreEarly years of the Salvation Army
As many of you will know, we have quite a lot of info re the Sally Army starting up in the town and the problems it faced in those early days. Using the time […]
Read moreNewsletter March 2017
This newsletter delivered a full and fascinating account of the chapels, churches and the Salvation Army in Irthlingborough, too much to keep in our “posts”
Read moreNewsletter April 2015
From Northampton Mercury. June 1935 – At the well attended Carnival Dance in the Harmonic Hall in aid of the Hospital Fete Committee the Waltz Competition was won by Miss Florence Inward and Mr Charlie Ager.
Read moreNewsletter October 2014
We are on the move Earlier this year, due to the refurbishment of the Chapel Schoolrooms, the Society had the mammoth task of moving our computer and archive material from its usual place, behind […]
Read moreNewsletter April 2014
Nowadays very few households enjoy the daily delivery of their milk, certainly not by a man with a horse drawn cart. Ken Ingram, a former Co-op worker, describes to Jean Rowland, the work expected […]
Read moreNewsletter December 2013
The threat / promise of a hard winter ahead, prompted a couple of our members to relate talesof their experiences in the winter of 1963, both relating to cars and snow… The long way […]
Read moreNewsletter July 2013
Gold Watch Anyone?At one time it was common practice to reward any employees who had worked for a company for 50 years and Wearra Shoes was no exception. They would be presented with a […]
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