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  • Painted wooden scout trek cart used by the 1st kettering Scout Group © NMAG

    Scout Trek Cart

    Scout Trek Cart used by the 1st Kettering Scout Group for expeditions and camps, possibly since the troop's formation in 1909.

    1909 - 1940 Modern

  • old tin can and written note on paper

    A “Time Capsule” hidden in the early 1860s

    This tin can, 10.8cm tall, diameter 4.9cm, was discovered in the 1960s during the demolition of a row of houses in Burton Latimer called Wallis’s or Maycock’s Yard.

    1863 Modern

  • Wooden box made from differently woods of Jamaican trees and presented in 1838 to William Knibb © NMAG

    William Knibb's Box

    Wooden box presented to William Knibb (1803 - 1845), Baptist minister and abolition campaigner.

    Victorian 1838 Modern

  • Engine shed northampton © Univesrity of Northampton

    The Engine Shed - University of Northampton

    The Engine Shed is a Grade II listed former railway building which was restored for the building of the new Univesrity of Northampton campus at Waterside, Northampton.

    1870 Modern

  • Vinyl record and sleeve released in 1980 entitled 60 Miles by Road or Rail © NMAG

    60 Miles by Road or Rail

    Released in 1980 this "novelty record" began life as an advertising jingle intended to promote Northampton as a great place for people to move to.

    1980 Modern