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Introduction to Northampton

Your employer is relocating to Northampton. Will this film convince you it's a good idea for you too?

Documentary 1963 17 mins

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Overview

This exhaustively detailed account of Northampton in the early 1960s may lack cinematic flair but the passage of time has left us with a snapshot of a town on the up and keen to expand. This film was made for an unnamed company that was keen to relocate to Northampton - or as they tell us, to the town which has shopping facilities that compare with any London suburb and houses to rent for only 30 shillings a week. If you're a local you might even spot your own home.