Yet the trouser press is a great unsung British success story. Latest News in Corby in Northamptonshire, England, UK Sorry, no headlines or news topics were found. Foul-mouthed boss who called worker a 'f---ing idiot' forced colleague out of his job. New not-for-profit restaurant to open in Corby Northamptonshire Telegraph 07:08 2-Mar-23. Corby Latest News | Northamptonshire Telegraph Corby Main road remains closed as Anglian Water work continues There's little room for error as Steelmen seek a fourth win in a row Corby. Before the trouser press coat-hangerswere made from plastic, Corby set up a small workshop in Windsor paying pensioners to carve them out of solid wood with a spokeshave. Coughlan. MARK CORNELIUS BALSHAW Published on18/12/2021. Families can raise charitable donations in memory of their loved one with payments made directly to the charities. The paper also has district offices in Wellingborough, Rushden and Corby. [6] The separate Peterborough Evening Telegraph, owned by another Johnston subsidiary, began as localised edition with four change pages in 1948. Funeral: 8 Jul 2020, Corby. The device gained an indelible place in British culture; in 2000 for Telegraph Weekend Jane Furnival tried cooking two whole plaice in one. Peter Corby, who has died aged 97, was the inventor of the eponymous electric trouser press, a gadget which was once affectionately described in The Daily Telegraph as faintly redolent of three-star hotels along with shortbread and coffee creamer. At the time they were launched, the electric presses, equipped with jacket hanger and a tray for pocket change, were seen as cutting-edge and aspirational, company ads promising no more baggy knees or wrinkles and adding that the device was perfect for womens slacks too. Phillips & Son Add a photo free Doris LANE (Nee Tidd) Passed away peacefully at Kettering General Hospital on 17th January 2019. Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2023. Hancock hit out at Sunak amid concerns over Eat Out to Help Out scheme Evening Standard 09:58 Rishi Sunak Matt Hancock Health. In 1980 he retired to the Isle of Wight, where his house was always full of inventions and experimental gadgets, including various tie press machines; a train set which lowered from the garage roof on an electric motor with a table tennis lid on it; a dumb waiter from the kitchen to the first floor; and a neat toy storage trolley with stacking compartmentalised drawers for Lego and Meccano.