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Issue 157 - Winter 2021 now available
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Copy material
Our Editor 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 159: 31st May
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Articles should be no longer than about 1200 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.
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Contents

Issue 157, Winter 2021
- Obituaries
- Jane Waterfield
- Peter Acres
- Articles:
- Construction of Kilsby Tunnel: Part 2
- History of Roundhouses
- Steam Mill at Old
- Northampton Castle Station Model
- Travel on the Railway 1961–72
- Updates:
- Electrification of the Midland main Line
- Locomotion No 1
- Northamptonshire Miscellany:
- Gretton Parchment Works
- Thornton Park, Kingsthorpe
- WW2 ARP Lantern
- Kingsthorpe Hall
- Dirft expands
- Nene Valley Railway
- Wicksteed Park
- Catesby Tunnel
- Miscellany of Items of Interest:
- Willersley Castle
- Bletchley flyover work
- Conwy Valley Railway Line
- German industry still using fireless locos
- Nunckley Hill gets a steam loco
- 'Ugly Sisters' for sale
- UK imports coal
- Of This and That:
- Facts about the Navy
- Dates for the Diary
- And Finally