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Northampton ‘golden age’ subject of museum lecture

04/04/2023
Northampton ‘golden age’ subject of museum lecture

US-based currier, cordwainer and calceologist Brett Walker is to discuss the role skilled shoemakers in and around the English town of Northampton played in deepening Britain’s global industrial footprint between the years 1660 and 1820 during a talk at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery on April 27.  Artisan-historian Mr Walker is himself...

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