Steve Caple

'Look deeply into the eyes of a dog and you will see the love and adoration that lies within its soul, the dog should be able to see the same'.

The Cock Hotel, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, 1910.

An early morning winter scene, at the 'silt' pond, adjoining Harlestone Lake. Northamptonshire.🥰

Built in 1227 (800th anniversary next year) St Luke's Church, Duston Village. The grave, to the bottom right corner, depicting a chain and anchor on a granite plinth, belonged to a Mr Butlin, an iron and steel magnate who lived in Duston House.

Known to us kids and locals as the 'Bottom Shop', so named because it was the last shop at the bottom end of Duston Village. The smart young lad in the suit would later run the village Post Office.🥰

The 'motorway' of rat-runs beside an old stone wall.

Gold Street, Northampton.🥰

St James Square, Northampton, the building behind was a cafe, library, and the Nat West bank for many years also.🥰

Market Square, Northampton, the traders were always good for a bit of banter.🥰

The forerunner of the Montague Jeffery shop that now stands in St Giles Street, Northampton.❤️

Abington Street, Northampton.🥰

Gold Street, Northampton.🥰

Old 'Blueback' strutting his stuff, I'll keep my fingers crossed for him.😍

Best year I can ever remember for Hummingbird Hawk Moths in the garden, two or three most days in the summer, they loved the Salvia, Hot-Lips.🥰

A few Red-legs about down at the farm, such colourful characters.🥰

Autumns tapestry on the woodland floor 🥰

I knew this gentleman in my teen years, he used to camp outside of our village, he worked on local farms and slept beneath an upturned pram that carried his worldly goods. Of Romany stock, we chatted if I passed his camp (with my lurchers and ferrets) to drop him a rabbit off.

The wooden cabin at the lake margin, tranquillity base.🥰

I like finding these old lead toys when metal detecting farmland. No doubt a young child dropped it whilst out in the fields, with the family at harvest time.🥰

Originally The Corn Exchange, Northampton, just off the Market square. It has had a lot of guises, also The Gaumont, then Odeon, cinemas, Bingo hall, and night club in the mix too.

The Blue Anchor, 1 & 3 Castle Street, Northampton. The Blue Anchor, once stood at the end of Castle Street, by the junction of Horsemarket. It closed in 1908.