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Page last updated at 11:32 GMT, Friday, 5 February 2010

'Escape boot' helped airmen flee

A unique boot with hidden compartments and adaptations is on display at a Northampton museum.

Ten objects from Northamptonshire

A History of the World aims to tell the local and global stories behind museum objects.

Ha-ha walls: no laughing matter

Volunteers at Great Billing pocket park restore a section of the original ha-ha wall.

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Pytchley Gates bigger and better

In the Springtime of their Lives

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Caroline Chisholm never forgotten

Shoe trade's long running history

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