For the month of October 2024, the Chronicle & Echo collaborated with Weston Favell Shopping Centre to celebrate its 50th anniversary. We spoke to new and long-standing team members and business owners about the impact the centre continues to have after five decades - as well as looking back on some nostalgic images.

50 years of Favell: Take a trip down memory lane with these 50 pictures to celebrate five decades

Take a trip down memory lane with these 50 pictures, to celebrate five decades of Weston Favell Shopping Centre. We kickstarted our coverage of the impressive milestone on Monday (October 7), with an interview with long-standing centre manager Kevin Legg.
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50 years of Favell: Take a look at these 20 photos from Weston Favell Shopping Centre’s celebration of five decades

Tuesday (October 29) marked 50 years since the opening of Weston Favell Shopping Centre to the day, and the team brought the community together to celebrate the five-decade milestone. Situated outside Tesco, there were silent disco and karaoke areas, speeches were made and awards given out, and the original Wombles paid the centre a visit 50 years on.
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50 years of Favell: Major bank pleased to confirm shopping centre presence until at least 2028

A branch of a major bank and building society is pleased that they will remain located in Weston Favell Shopping Centre until at least 2028, as the community hub celebrates its 50th anniversary. Gareth Francoise has been the senior branch manager at Weston Favell’s Nationwide for almost seven years – with another four years in a different role prior to that.
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50 years of Favell: ‘I grew up visiting the shopping centre and it holds a special place in people’s memories’

Having grown up visiting Weston Favell Shopping Centre, covering the upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations has highlighted that it holds a special place in many people’s memories. Though I may not have even visited for half the time the centre has been open in Northampton, I have still seen many notable and positive changes over the past two decades.
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50 years of Favell: Take a look back at when Weston Favell Shopping Centre hit the headlines

Take a look back at when Weston Favell Shopping Centre hit the headlines, as the community hub approaches five decades open. The shopping centre has featured many times in the Chronicle & Echo print newspapers over the years. The team looks back fondly on when they made the local headlines for positive reasons, and have proudly kept hold of these nostalgic newspaper cuttings.
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50 years of Favell: Latest business addition praises shopping centre as home from home as she grew up visiting

The owner of one of the latest businesses to join Weston Favell Shopping Centre has praised it for being a home from home, as she vividly remembers visiting while growing up. The shopping centre is set to celebrate its historic 50th anniversary later this month, and Lindsey Scott-Walker from Feather Robins Gifts is the next to share her fond memories.
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50 years of Favell: Longest-serving staff member says he has to ‘pinch himself’ at the achievement

The longest-serving staff member at Weston Favell Shopping Centre says he has to “pinch himself” when he thinks about his career achievement, and praised his workplace ahead of its 50-year milestone. Cliff Ebanks joined the centre team as security in November 1998 and was headhunted for the role after being out of a similar type of work for just two weeks.