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January 1958
Copper pipes and fittings, wantonly wrested from the walls of new public conveniences in Rushden, were exhibited in a High Street window as a spur to the prevention of hooliganism.
On a muddy site in Highfield Road, a crowd of Baptists watched corner-stones being laid for a new manse.
February 1958
Old houses in Sussex Place and Dell Place, off Park Road, Rushden, were to be cleared.
Rushden suffered its worst blizzard for years with road traffic thrown into chaos.
Three Rushden brass bands marched together to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Rushden Mission Band.
March 1958
Wrestling returned to the Rushden Windmill Club for the first time since before the war.
The Finishing Department of Harris Bros. tannery was destroyed by fire.
Pung’s Lane, the narrow branch of Duck Street which climbed to an uneasy junction with High Street, was being transformed due to recent land purchase.
April 1958
Having been formed 42 years before by the late T.W.Cox and the late C.J.Newton, the Coxton Shoe Co Ltd, Rectory Road, Rushden, went into voluntary liquidation.
The St. Cecilia Singers had encouraging success in the London Musical Competition Festival where the adjudicator said one of their performances was impeccable.
May 1958
After 36 years of steadfast resistance, women gained the right to play on the Rushden Town Bowling Club’s ground.
Newer and larger premises of the Northampton and County Trustee Saving Bank were opened by Earl Spencer.
June 1958
The road widening in Church Parade, Rushden, started with two men, a crowbar, and a mallet and chisel. The contract had been awarded to F.& R.Windsor of Rushden, at a cost of £7,150.
Members of the Royal Netherlands T.B. Association visited Rushden Sanatorium.
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July 1958
Thirty members of Rushden and District Photographic Society visited Chelveston USAAF base. They were shown the base photo hobby shop and a C47 Bomber.
About one-fifth of the Rushden street lamps were to be left on all night throughout the year.
Human remains disturbed during the A6 widening in Church Parade were committed to new graves.
August 1958
Kilburn Place in Higham Road and Woburn Place between Rectory Road and High Street, Rushden, were listed for clearance.
Signs were erected to direct southbound traffic along Rectory Road instead of along the busy High Street as part of Rushden’s one-way traffic scheme.
September 1958
Rushden Urban District Council expressed strong views on the threatened cessation of the passenger service on the Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers Branch railway.
Hot water was laid on at the public conveniences in Newton Road.
October 1958
Freehold premises in Station Road, Rushden, formerly occupied by T.Swindall & Sons, were withdrawn from sale when no bids over £1,850 were received.
Competing against 13 other Co‑operative grocery shops, the Rushden High Street branch won the championship shield.
Rushden Temperance Band was placed eighth out of 19 bands at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
November 1958
A brick wall frontage was built at St.Peter’s Church to replace the railings removed during the war.
Residents of Woodland Road united in a bid to get a properly surfaced roadway.
December 1958
Seventeen young women joined a woodworking class at Rushden Evening Institute.
An experimental mixed social was held for boys and girls of Rushden’s two Secondary Schools.
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