Issue 122 - Spring 2012 now available

A quarterly newsletter keeps members informed of past, present and future events and is issued in January, April, July and October. Past issues are available at a small cost to include postage.

Our editor, Jane Waterfield, is always on the look-out for articles and topics about the lost industrial heritage in Northamptonshire. Regular topics are reports on the Winter lectures and the summer walks and visits, which cover a wide range of topics and places.

 

Copy date for Issue 123: 10th June.

Guidelines for articles

Articles should be no longer than about 900 words. If the subject matter is considered to be of special interest and, in the author's opinion, warrants a longer article, the author is advised to discuss the matter with the editor prior to submission.

Photographs and/or drawings are always welcome to accompany the article and should be supported with appropriate captions. If not the author's own work, the source of any graphic material should be fully referenced and acknowledged.

Submission may be either by post or by email:

  • When sending material through the post, it should be sent first class, especially if it contains photographs, slides or other graphic material. Photographs and slides will be returned after use.
  • Articles sent electronically should be sent in one of the standard formats:
    • Word™ (.doc),
    • Rich text format (.rtf) or
    • Plain text (.txt).
  • Images and other graphical data should be sent as separate individual attachments: images should be no larger that 250,000 pixels in JPEG format (.jpg); vector data should be in one of the recognised formats:
    • Adobe Illustrator™ (.ai),
    • windows metafile (.wmf), or
    • Visio™ (.vsd).

Back Issues

The contents of recent issues can be found on the Back Issues page.

 

Repainted tram shelter opposite the Cock Hotel, Kingsthorpe.

©Terry Waterfield 2012

Contents:

  • 2011/12 Winter Programme:
    • J W Evans Silver Factory
    • Thatching
    • Members' Evening:
      • Aspects of Industry in Thailand
      • Recording of unmodernised housing in Northampton
      • Olive pressing in Spain
    • Brunel's Great Eastern
  • News updates:
    • Former shoe factory at Desborough
    • Glendon & Rushton Station
    • Kingsthorpe tram shelter
  • Miscellany of Items of Interest:
    • Fishmarket 'not of historical interest'
    • Old Wolverton Canal Aqueduct
    • Brockhall Coach Works
    • Barwell haggers Eagle Foundry
    • Metal theft of a different sort!
    • London Bridge's protected roof to be demolished
    • West Coast mainline chaos after loco derails at Bletchley
    • York South turntable unearthed
    • Elsecar scraps ex-Nene Valley Avonside 0-6-0ST
    • Rushton Station
  • Of this and that including:
    • Urban explorers
    • Number crunching
    • Archive images
  • And Finally