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January 1936
Efforts to keep buses running during the bus strike meant volunteers, including unemployed men from Devon, sleeping on their buses and being guaranteed between £2 and £8 per week. There had been 1,000 Nottinghamshire applicants for the jobs.
The Empire mourned the death of a beloved monarch, King George V, who died on the 20th of the month.
February 1936
A Rushden farmer who was fined 10 shillings for owning a dog without a name collar said, “Take my body, it’s all I’ve got.” He was ordered to pay at a rate of 2/6d per week.
March 1936
The new doctor in town, Dr.B.W.Paine, gave an astonishing review of Rushden’s health and habits. Poor physique and illnesses were attributed to past inter-marriage.
April 1936
Great Doddington followed Chelveston in applying to the Higham Ferrers and Rushden Water Board for supplies. Water at Sywell reservoir was overflowing after 1.2 inches of rain at Sywell and 1.16 at Rushden during March.
May 1936
Rushden Industrial Co-op claimed a membership of 5,000 and for the first time the share capital was in excess of £200,000.
Details and plans were confirmed by Mr C.H.Cunnington, Postmaster at Rushden, for the new Post Office near to the old one that had served the town for forty years.
June 1936
Mr Darnell of Canada, who brought his own car with him and drove from Liverpool to Rushden, said that when he left 25 years previously it was a sleepy town with narrow roads.
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July 1936
Prolonged silence followed the reading of a request from the County Council to send a representative from Rushden Urban District Council to a conference of Local Authorities on the subject of Air-Raid Precaution.
August 1936
Rollie Cox opened a new café at 45 High Street, between Countryside Library and Rapido Cleaners, after the closure of the one at 107 High Street in July.
September 1936
Newton Road School lead the way in the town by installing radio apparatus for regular use. The £25 radio-gramophone was switched on by Councillor Fred Green, Chairman of the School Managers. Because the school used gas lighting it had to be specially connected to the mains.
October 1936
Irthlingborough viaduct was opened by Mr Leslie Hore-Belisha MP. It had taken two years to build and thirty of the workforce were under direct control. It was one of the most notable engineering achievements undertaken by the County Council.
November 1936
Jubilee Impregnable Boots’ magnificent headquarters building was opened by the Mayor of Higham Ferrers. It was intended to deal with the annual production of two million boots and shoes.
December 1936
Rushden’s newest addition to the Co-operative enterprise was a £7,000 abattoir.
The Bishop of Peterborough opened St.Peter’s Church Hall in Highfield Road.
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