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Thursday, 18 May 2023 marked the 50th anniversary of Northampton College, which officially opened at Booth Lane in 1973!

To celebrate the landmark anniversary, four of Northampton College’s first five students – Paul Howard, Tony Metcalfe, Martin Watford and Lindon Morris, known as Taffy to his classmates – returned to Booth Lane for a tour of our Engineering department.

When Paul, Tony, Lindon and Martin first arrived in 1972, their craft engineering course was the only one to have started so there were only five students. Now – 50 years on – the College has thousands of students enrolled. 

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Looking back at 50 years

The gallery below shows key press cuttings from our 50 years as a college, along with photos of previous Booth Lane buildings and highlights of our recent 50th anniversary reunion visit.

You can click on each image to view it in full.

The College on opening day, 18 May 1973.
Coverage of the College's official opening in the Chronicle and Echo.
Coverage of the opening of our first extension at Booth Lane in 1987, from the Chronicle and Echo.
An early version of our Booth Lane campus.
Coverage of our Booth Lane campus redevelopment in 2008, from the Chronicle and Echo.
Coverage of the opening of our Lower Mounts campus in 2011, from the Chronicle and Echo.
The College's first four students pose outside our Booth Lane campus with Deputy Principal, Patrick Leavey
Photo of the first four Northampton College students, taken in 1973.

 

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