Editing Corby (section)

===1940s and 1950s===

During the [[Second World War]] the Corby steelworks were expected to be a target for [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[Luftwaffe|bombers]] but in the event there were only a few bombs dropped by solitary planes and there were no casualties. This may be because the whole area was blanketed in huge dense black, low-lying clouds created artificially by the intentional burning of oil and [[latex]] to hide the glowing [[Bessemer process|Bessemer]] converter furnaces at the steelworks from German bomber crews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A2792072 |title=Memories of the Second World War |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=17 August 2009 |access-date=2 October 2013}}</ref> The only known remaining scars from German attacks can be found in the form of bullet holes visible on the front fascia of the old [[post office]] in Corby village (now known as Decades bar and restaurant). The Corby steelworks made a notable contribution to the war effort by manufacturing the steel tubes used in [[Operation Pluto]] (Pipe Line Under the Ocean) to supply fuel to Allied forces on the [[Europe]]an continent.

In 1950, with a population of 18,000, Corby was designated a [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Town]] with [[William Holford]] as its architect. By 1951, he prepared the development plan with a car oriented layout and many areas of open space and woodland. In 1952, Holford produced the town centre plan and in 1954 the layout for the first 500 houses.<ref>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31245 |title=Mervyn Miller, ''Holford, William Graham, Baron Holford (1907–1975)'', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press 2004; accessed 21 January 2012 |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31245 |access-date=2 October 2013|last1=Miller |first1=Mervyn }}</ref> The town now underwent its second wave of expansion, mainly from [[Scotland]]. Corby is famous for its Scottish heritage based on decades of incoming steel workers and was for a time known locally as "Little Scotland".