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Page last updated at 10:47 GMT, Monday, 16 November 2009

Some of the old newspapers found in the wall
Papers show a glimpse in history
A discovery into the past as the Rogers family find newspapers from the 1920s

The bombed-out Alfred Street School. Bombing of school is remembered
People from Rushden recall the day a German bomb dropped on their school killing seven children.

The restored Pytchley Gates Pytchley Gates bigger and better
An important county landmark, that was damaged in an accident, has been restored to its former glory.


MORE HISTORY
The search for the Black Soldiers
Historic transport museum
Shoe trade's long running history

Airliner lies below a cake shop
Caroline Chisholm never forgotten
A big campaign for human rights

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