1. The now demolished Greyfriars Bus Station was one of the ugliest buildings in Britain.
2. The mere sight of it even recently made Justin Bieber dry wretch.
3. Every trip to Abington Park was followed by a trek up the "mountain" to the ice cream van.
4. Being dragged round the Grosvenor Centre by your mum/nan/partner was equal to some kind of hell.
5. Any event would make the news, no matter how trivial.
6. The Market Square was the best place to get anything at a cut price.
7. You owned hundreds of pairs of DMs.
8. You fondly remember the swinging monkey in the window of a shoe shop.
Charlie the Chimp has retired and is going to be put in Watford Museum. Do you think he should stay in Northampton?
Who is now fighting for breath, buried in a mountain of shoes at Northampton’s shoe museum.
9. You’d snigger EVERY SINGLE TIME you passed the Bell End sign.
10. Every primary school had a trip to Kingswood Activity Centre.
11. And you had a roller disco birthday party at Benham Sports Arena.
12. Or you cameoed as James Bond at Quasar Laser.
13. You probably queued up for hours outside Toys "R" Us to buy a Tamagotchi.
14. You could spend hours in the joke shop on the Welly Road.
15. "Greebos" would hang out by the front of Spinadisc and Black Rose.
16. You’d spend hours dressing up for the nappy nights at Ritzy and Glenvilles.
17. And If you were alternative you’d head to the Soundhaus.
18. You constantly bumped into local "celebrities".
#growingupinnorthampton old jamaican man called charlie-brown who either asks you to marry him or is marrying a different woman each week
Like bus passenger Charlie, who was forever planning his nuptials.
19. The balloon festival and town show were the highlights of the year.
