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January 1956
Demolition work started in preparation for a new housing estate between Little Street and Park Road, Rushden.
Following overwhelming support in a public poll, Sunday cinema performances started in Rushden.
February 1956
Rushden-born Police Constable, Keith Burdett, was awarded the George Medal and had received a Christmas card from the man who was jailed for trying to kill him.
A record batch of 42 garages was being built to the order of Rushden UDC at Fosse Green.
March 1956
During the last day of the Oxford Blood Transfusion Service to Rushden 232 people volunteers with only 13 being rejected.
Mr Arthur Williams of America offered £6,000 to fund a Youth Club for Rushden. His offer was rejected.
April 1956
Rushden UDC resolved to invite tenders for 38 houses and 12 one‑bedroom flats in Short Stocks and Mallory Close.
Holiday accommodation was offered on special terms to 30 Rushden veterans at three Felixstowe hotels. It would cost each visitor £4.15s. including transport.
May 1956
Dr.P.I.C.Birmingham, Minister of Health to Rushden UDC, inspected the brook at Spencer Park and was “disturbed” to find it dirty, polluted, and children playing in it.
Over 50 Sunday School scholars from the Independent Wesleyan Church travelled to Skegness by train from Irthlingborough.
After 50 years in the planning, St.Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, Rushden, was opened.
June 1956
It was announced that £92,000 would be spent on a new school building in Tennyson Road, Rushden, the first part of a new County Modern School for Boys.
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July 1956
Rushden’s new telegram service, by motor cycle, saw one from Liverpool delivered from Wellingborough in 75 minutes.
Mr Arthur J. Bignall, aged 79, and head of Bignalls Ltd, retired after 67 years’ service in the manufacturing trade.
August 1956
A resident of Rushden since 1900 and for many years proprietress of the High Street sweet shop “The Chocolate Box”, Mrs Frances Tomlinson, died aged 84.
The Ministry of Transport announced plans to widen the A6 at Church Parade, Rushden, which would mean cutting back part of St.Mary’s graveyard.
September 1956
After 46 years, Rushden’s first permanent house of entertainment, The Palace cinema, closed down.
A fall in the number of cases of Tuberculosis in Rushden was revealed in the report for 1956.
October 1956
The Succoth Strict Baptist Chapel in High Street was purchased by Rushden CWS and would be demolished to make way for new shops.
One of the oldest post boxes in Rushden, set in the wall between High Street and Station Road, was removed.
November 1956
Premium Bonds were on sale for the first time at Rushden Post Office.
The first ever Saturday morning children’s cinema show was held at the Royal Theatre featuring the serial of “Flash Gordon”.
£472 was received on the first list of donations to the Lord Mayor of London’s Hungarian and Central European Relief Fund at Rushden Council Offices.
December 1956
B.Denton & Son, Rushden boot manufacturers, announced they were forming a Quarter-Century Club for employees who had served 25 years.
H.T.Mackness Ltd opened their new factory after the disastrous fire of 1955.
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