Introduction to Northampton film

Interesting that the M1 was built with no safety barriers

Having recently spent a week in Northampton, the town centre is so different than it was then. The Guildhall has more than a list of mayors at its entrance. No mention of the shoe museum or any shoe manufacturing which much have been booming when this film was made. And the only sports are dog and horse racing? What about the county cricket, rugby and football clubs

It would be great if Northampton had that civic buzz about it in 2023.

When I was last in Northampton, met a great chap walking his Doberman. He let me feed it a whole can of tuna that I had from getting groceries. Thought he was lovely until he grabbed my tits and had his dog bark at me, reported it to the police but they did nothing! Sick place. I'll never return!

Northampton today is a very run down sad place. But in British history it was a site of important battles, parliaments, ecclesiastical establishments and families, and even an early university that was in the same league as Oxford and Cambridge. All gone, replaced by nail parlours and vape shops. Yet the county outside the town remains rich.

love how it starts with how long it takes you to get to LDN...

Shame to see Northampton now.

What year was this film made?