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Originally Posted by Heorot
For those that don't know. Stewarts & Lloyds were a steelworks based in Glasgow. They moved their operations to Corby in 1932 to take advantage of the large iron ore deposits and took their workforce with them, There were more than 4,000 Scots in Corby by 1939, and after World War II, more Scots arrived.
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Very nearly right. Stewarts and Lloyd’s was an amalgamation of Glasgow (Stewart and Menzies) and Birmingham (Lloyd and Lloyd) companies. The rest is right, it moved its main operation to Corby in 1932 because of the iron ore, which was close to the surface and therefore cheap to quarry.
It is said that in the early days the Main Street (Rockingham Road - still there today) had an English side and a Scottish side, although more workers seemed to have come from Glasgow than Brum over the years.
Corby still has a Scottish influence, but it is much less prominent than in the past (the town has grown a lot).
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