Look local: Optics at core of community

Corby was first occupied by Danish invaders, who landed on Britain in the eighth century.

Located 23 miles from Northampton, the area has been worked for iron ore since Roman times and experienced a major population boom in the late 1930s when steel firm Stewarts & Lloyds decided to build a large ironstone works in the area.

Today, Corby has one of the fastest growing populations in England and has undergone a redevelopment, resulting in reopening the railway station and the Corby Cube – a library and council chamber.

According to Julia Lesiak, resident optometrist at Asda Opticians Corby, the town has a diverse pool of residents. ‘There are a mix of cultures [in Corby] from the Scottish, who came to work in the steel works, to the more recent influx of Eastern Europeans,’ she says.