Showing posts with label Desborough. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Desborough. Show all posts
Saturday, May 23, 2026

The lesser known parks of Desborough 2: The Pocket Park

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Yesterday I discovered another park in Desborough. A couple of years ago it was  Millennium Green : this time it was the town's Pocket P...
Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Three Catholic churches have closed in Northamptonshire

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Holy Trinity, Desborough Opponents of the moved vowed to "take this fight to the Vatican" , but as far as I know the closure of th...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Mayor of Desborough called opponent a "prick" and a "sad wanker"

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It's all kicking off in Desborough. The excellent NN Journal reports a walk out at last night's meeting of the town council after t...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

The end is near for Desborough's Lawrence Shoe Factory

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The former Lawrence Shoe Factory in Desborough is likely to be demolished later this year, reports BBC News . As I can catch a bus to Desbor...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Redevelopment scheme for derelict Desborough factory site falls through – again

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It comes as no great shock to anyone who has followed the site's history, but the Central Co-op has pulled out of a deal that would have...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Market Harborough's British heavyweight champion Jack Gardner

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Before Martin Johnson came along, the boxer Jack Gardner was Market Harborough's most famous sporting son. He beat Bruce Woodcock in 195...
Sunday, September 22, 2024

Where have all the wasps gone and should we worry?

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Desborough continues to open new vistas to me. This time I discovered its Millennium Green , tucked away behind the church: Desborough's...
Sunday, April 07, 2024

More photographs of what Desborough lost when it demolished its own high street

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This slideshow gives a clear sense of what Desborough lost when the town's urban district council 'redeveloped' - i.e. demolish...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

I owe Earl Shilton an apology

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Not Earl Stilton, who is probably an old friend of Lord Bonkers, the father of the Rutland heiress Paris Stilton and quite capable of being ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Our problem is landlordism not a shortage of housing

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The conventional wisdom is that house prices are so high in Britain because we do not build enough new houses. It also holds that this is be...
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Sunday, February 18, 2024

The River Jordan in spate this afternoon

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The Jordan is Market Harborough's second river. It rises near Desborough, flows through Braybrooke and Little Bowden, and joins the Well...
Saturday, February 17, 2024

What replaced Desborough High Street? Nothing

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Back to one of my current rabbit holes: the demolition of Desborough ironstone high street in 1970, which seems inexplicable to us today. Th...
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Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Deeper into the destruction of Desborough's high street

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I've been looking deeper into the destruction wrought upon Desborough in 1970, both online and at the town's heritage centre . It t...