Fame at last. Kind of.

As the few shops we have left in Kettering are starting to reopen we could all find ourselves in the Newland Centre more often.

When moving between HMV and, er, another store, you might very well come across a display case decked out with Poppies memorabilia from past decades.

It was heartening for us to see, among the treasured items from our, ahem, illustrious past, an old issue of Patgod, proudly front and centre to catch the eye of the shopping public.

Dated from the very early 1990's when we had literally just watched, goggle-eyed, Mark English being driven away by the Old Bill, any glow of pride at seeing this blast from our past was tempered by the thought that this issue was almost 30 years ago.  Suddenly the inclusion of an issue of Patgod seemed to fit in with the historical aesthetic the Newland Centre was aiming for.  An oldie, but a goldie.

Original issues from this period rarely change hands.  If you were lucky enough to stumble a collector willing to sell a copy you may well have to shell out up to the original purchase price of 80p add this artifact to your collection of prized possessions.

Coming soon, to a particularly moderate episode of Antiques Roadshow near you.....