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Spring Lane School and The Boroughs - Images of the last 130 Years
Northampton Castle and the Boroughs
Visit to Imperial War Museum Duxford
Spring Lane School Log Books in the Nineteenth Century
An Education at Spring Lane School, 1928
A New School - A New Start
Cloisters Pocket Park Tidy Up
Cloisters Pocket Park - Official Opening
A Trip to London
Central Area School Buildings Reborn !
The Boroughs 1831
The Boroughs 1610
The Boroughs - Celebrating the Coronation 1937
Memories of the Boroughs
Now and Then - The Boroughs
Vanished Streets of the Boroughs
The Mayorhold
The Boroughs in 1851
Multi-Cultural Event at Spring Lane School, February 26th 2005
Pubs in the Boroughs 1901
A Cache of Photographs from the 1960s
Shoemaking and the Boroughs - the First Shoe Manufactory
Caught in Time - Past Views of the Boroughs
Fun Day, the Boroughs July 22nd 2006
Fun Day Continued
"The Burrows"
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"The Burrows"
Location: Northamptonshire
One of the reasons given for the naming of the Boroughs was because it was a maze of interconnecting streets much like rabbit burrows
Fort Street was a cul-de-sac off Bristol Street
Bristol Street ran uphill from Bath Street to meet Little Cross Street, Castle Street, Castle Terrace and Fitzroy Street
St Mary's Street ran from Horsemarket to Doddridge Street. The view here is east towards Horsemarket with St Katherine's Church in the background
Bath Street on a winter's day in 1959 looking uphill from Little and Lower Cross Street towards the Mayorhold; this is one of the only tree-lined streets in the Boroughs
Bath Street had its share of corner shops essential for the residents of the Boroughs who often purchase goods "on the slate"
Herbert Street joined Crispin Street directly opposite Spring Lane School, here with air raid shelters under construction (1939)
This view of the north part of the Boroughs gives an excellent impression of the built-up nature of the area. In the foreground is Cooper Street with its characteristic "dog-leg" bend. To the right, St Andrew's Church survives into the 1960s and opposite the church are the art deco 1930s flats in Bell Barn Street. These flats can be seen better in the picture below
Below, an evocative view of the pre-war Boroughs; it brings back an age with few cars and a slower pace of life. The "modern" flats in Bell Barn Street are very clear here with their balconies and smooth white surfaces. "C H Masters" store provides the local people with a wide range of goods.
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