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Extracted from "Tennyson Road CM School 1949-1957"
by kind permission
Highlights of the School Year 1954 - 1955

September
22nd
1954
AGM of the PTA
30th
1954
20 pupils visited the Art Exhibition at Kettering
October
7th
1954
Harvest Festival Thanksgiving gifts taken to Rushden House
November
9th
1954
Mr.E.Tompkins, F.A. Coach, gave a lesson to Form 2A
15th
1954
"Christmas Leavers" visited the Tecnic Shoe Factory
18th
1954
Annual Prize Giving, guested by Mr. Dennis Brookes, captain of Northants C.C.
December
9th
1954
47 Fourth Year boys visited Sywell Reservoir
11th
1954
Form 4G visited Rushden Sewage Works, Mr.H.W.Catlin i/c
16th
1954
Annual Carol Service at St.Peter's Church
20th
1954
Meeting to discuss the plans for the new buildings, Junior School Christmas Party
21st
1954
Senior School Christmas Party
January
27th
1955
PTA Beetle Drive
February
8th
1955
Form 4T made a local study of St.Mary's Church
9th
1955
12 boys from Form 4T visited a meeting of Rushden UDC
17th
1955
Deep snow caused the PTA "Any Questions" to be cancelled
18th
1955
Form 4G visited Rushden Gas Works
25th
1955
Form 3G visited Rushden Gas Works
March
3rd
1955
Form 4G visited Irthlingborough Iron Ore Mines
4th
1955
36 boys went to the East Midlands v Barbarians rugby match at Bedford
9th
1955
The Chief Education Officer gave a talk "Education Today" to the PTA
21st
1955
17 boys from Form 4G visited Morris Motors Ltd at Wellingborough
26th
1955
PTA Annual Dinner at the Waverley Hotel
29th
1955
Form 3T visited Wellingborough Iron Co.
30th
1955
Fourth year group of boys visited Wellingborough Technical College
31st
1955
School closed for County Council elections
April
5th
1955
Staff v School Soccer Match, Staff won 2-1
27th
1955
100% attendance today, a record
May
11th
1955
Eleven boys from Form 4T commenced RSA exams in English, Maths, Trade Calculations, Technical Drawing and Science
20th
1955
A party of senior boys visited the Ministry of Supply's Aeronautical Station at Clapham
24th
1955
Rushden & District Schools' Music Festival at the Windmill Hall
25th
1955
Field Day for Form 3T down the Nene Valley from Higham Ferrers and one for Form 2A surveying Irchester
June
8th
1955
Mr.E.Tompkins, FA Coach, held a coaching session with Form 3T
9th
1955
School won "under 13's" and "over 13's" Rushden & District Schools' Athletic Championship
18th
1955
Michael Spaul (3T) won the "under 15" 880 yards and David Horsefield (4G) won the "under 15" Discus at the County Athletics Sports
July
1st
1955
Forms 4T and 4G visited Stewarts & Lloyds at Corby
4th
1955
Form 1 visited the Express Dry Cleaners, Mr.J.Hustwaite i/c
5th
1955
Form 3G visited Whitworth's Flour Mills at Wellingborough, Mr.H.Catlin i/c
Forms 4G and 4T visited Spencer Works boot and shoe factory at Rushden
Boys v Fathers Cricket Match
7th
1955
Annual visit to the Science Museum
8th
1955
Films on athletics, cricket and swimming shown to whole school.
Form 2 visited Sywell Reservoir, Mr.P.B.Smith & Mr.D.Jenkins i/c
11th
1955
Form 3T visited Unilever Bros Ltd. at Sharnbrook
12th
1955
31 boys left to visit the Royal Naval Dockyards at Chatham for 4 days
13th
1955
Form 2A visited the Locomotive Sheds at Wellingborough
19th
1955
School Athletic Championship won by Sartoris House
21st
1955
Annual Exhibition of Work
25th
1955
School v Staff Cricket Match, "won quite easily by school team"


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