You may have been born there, or given birth there, but how much do you know about the man who founded the Barratt Maternity Home at NGHnhstrust? A blue plaque has been unveiled to mark the contribution William Barratt made to Northampton 📲
The blue plaque for William Barratt has been places on the Barratt Maternity Home in NorthamptonA blue plaque has been unveiled at a maternity home which a shoe manufacturer helped fund almost 90 years ago.He founded Barratts Shoes in Northampton at the beginning of the 20th Century, with the company growing through mail-order catalogues in the 1920s.
His great-nephew, Richard Barratt, said: "This is a man that cared and I think this is the basis of why a maternity home was his target for the town."The maternity home is now part of larger birthing unit at Northampton General HospitalHe was also was involved in the planning and decoration of the building and said local authorities should contribute to the upkeep of the home.
Barratt, who was born in 1877 and died in 1939, was a Labour politician in Northampton and stood unsuccessfully for the party in Bethnal Green at the parliamentary election of 1931.Richard Barratt, pictured in front of a portrait of his great-uncle William Barratt, said he was glad a blue plaque had been put upHe said: "It was through sheer hard work and good fortune he managed to build a sizeable company.
"Having all this wealth he was looking to do something with it that would benefit the town and [the maternity home] is what he saw was needed." Mr Barratt said the blue plaque was "recognition at last for a generous donation and a dream that he had and I'm very glad it's been done".West Northamptonshire Council deputy leader Adam Brown said it would look to add to the blue plaques in the areaAdam Brown, the authority's deputy leader, said it would "look at where else in West Northamptonshire we can put up blue plaques to commemorate important figures from our history".
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