Danger Of Death - Corby's Substation Heritage
Corby Town Centre Electricity Substation (above & below), a design classic? Anyone who's spent time exploring the various housing developments, retail precincts, and industrial nooks and crannies of Corby New Town , will know that much of what we might regard as being 'new' about the town is now, in fact, getting on a bit! It might be more accurate to describe Corby as a Vintage Town given that much of its fabric is now well over 50 years old. The lesser known back side of the Town Centre Substation. So what do we mean by the term Vintage in the context of this post? When does a 'New' town become a 'Vintage' town? Well we might define 'Vintage' as ' those things we remember from our youth, but which have only recently come back into fashion '... Take the Scandinavian influenced furnishings of the 60's and 70's for example. All polished Teak and black leatherette, much derided by those of us with shiny new properties to furnish i...
