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January 1937
It was expected that crowds of young people would support Rushden’s Social Hygiene Campaign when Dr Herbert Gray, well known writer and speaker, was due to speak at the Palace Cinema on the subject “The relations of Men and Women”.
February 1937
All Souls College Oxford, founded by Henry Chichele, purchased the site of the estate of the late Mr Owen Parker which included the site of the moat of Ferrers Castle.
March 1937
School children “went to the talkies” after the Coronation rather than a planned tea by the Rushden Coronation Committee. The children had expressed a preference for this and since no tenders had been submitted for the proposed tea, it was readily agreed.
April 1937
Coronation contests for Rushden school-children included map-making, embroidery, modelling, painting or pastel sketches and hand writing. Prize winners were to have the chance to see “the wonderful London Coronation decorations”.
May 1937
Coronation Day Programme: Carnival parade, judging decorated streets, sports, band concert, athletic and dancing displays, country dancing, relay of the King’s speech, rounded off with a pageant play “Saint George”, torchlight procession, firework display, bonfire and dancing.
June 1937
The Rotary Club assisted with the provision of P.T. equipment for about 30 boys from depressed areas, on an enclosed lawn at Rushden Hall as part of the National Physical Training Campaign.
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July 1937
Based on the present birth-rate, Dr.Muriset forecast that Rushden’s population for 2035 will be 14,000.
Residents in King’s Road spoke of a fireball during a thunderstorm travelling along the row of houses. This was thought to be the cause of a mysterious explosion at No.89.
August 1937
Following the drought of 1935, plans went ahead for laying 900 yards of pipework from Hardwater Crossing to the Rushden and Higham Ferrers Water Board junction.
September 1937
Higham Ferrers Market Day set a target to raise 1,000 guineas to endow a bed at Northampton General Hospital. 10 guineas had already been donated anonymously.
October 1937
The Full Gospel Church opened on 2nd October. The movement had begun in 1933.
Dr.B.W.Paine, in a talk to the Rotary Club, maintained that local youths preferred a cigarette, a box of chocolates and holding hands with a girl at the cinema to any other form of mental or physical enjoyment.
November 1937
Mr A.J.Holland, blinded in the 1914–18 war, won prizes for his chrysanthemums at the Higham Ferrers Show. He said he enjoyed “feeling the light on his face and warmth of the sun”.
Mr Bernard Perkins received £25 from Park Road Baptist Church in recognition of 20 years loyal service as choirmaster.
December 1937
Rushden UDC members were given a vivid account of what measures would be employed in the event of an air attack. The location of first aid and decontamination posts were stated, and how casualties would be transported and debris cleared.
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