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January 1971
The much-discussed plan of a market for Rushden moved a step nearer as traders and townspeople believed that such a market could bring more shoppers into Rushden.
February 1971
The future of Rushden hung in the balance as there was a suggestion that it could be swallowed up in the expansion of Wellingborough and be reduced to the status of a second rate town.
March 1971
The Duchess of Kent visited Arkwright School, Knuston.
It was announced that meetings addressed by top speakers attracted an average attendance of only 12 members of the Rushden Branch of the British Boot & Shoe Institution during 1970.
April 1971
The first completely new public house to be built in Rushden since the war was going to be built by Charles Wells Ltd. It would be known as “The Viking”.
May 1971
Rushden youngsters ran onto the pitch at the end of a football game between South End School and a Fathers’ team to get the autograph of the referee. He was Mr John Jackson, one of the linesmen at the 1970 Cup Final.
June 1971
The Robert Marriott building group announced that J.C.Keir, contracting company, had acquired 85% of their equity.
EMI released the first LP of Rushden pop singer Michael Cox, professional name Matthew Ellis.
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July 1971
All 40+ boys who left Rushden Secondary Modern School for Boys had already found jobs.
A wave of vandalism at Rushden Hall Park angered many local residents and worried the park warden.
August 1971
The Holiday Club run by Rushden Council of Churches ended having earned the gratitude of the parents of 350 children.
An even greater concentration of interesting features had been unearthed by archaeologists working on the Iron Age site off Boundary Avenue, Rushden.
September 1971
Rushden and Higham Ferrers Institute opened its winter season offering a bigger and better selection of classes.
Coachloads of people from the Rushden area went to London to take part in the nationwide “Festival of Light” which had been organised to fight pornography.
October 1971
H.E.Bates, the Rushden-born author, returned to celebrate the publication of the second volume of his autobiography, “The Blossoming World”.
The public were urged to celebrate Bonfire Night in safety at the Cub Scouts Bonfire in Rushden Hall Park.
November 1971
The Government gave new hope to hundreds of people in the Rushden and Higham Ferrers area who complained of smells from animal waste processors such as Chettles and local tanners.
It was feared that swimming could disappear from Rushden if a roof was not put on the town’s pool.
December 1971
Reluctantly, Rushden Chamber of Trade decided not to furnish the town’s High Street with Christmas lights. Spokesman Mr Len Cherry said it would cost each shop between £10 and £15 to put the lights up and only half were prepared to pay that amount.
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