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January 1973
Four of the remaining warehouses on the Sanders Lodge Industrial Estate would be converted into factories and workshops.
Rushden Rotary Club built a £200 garage for the WRVS mini-vans.
February 1973
The first programme in the “Hunters Walk” television series was expected to be broadcast in June.
March 1973
Higham Road, Rushden, which had been the scene of a fatal accident was described as a race track.
A mini shopping estate opened off Grangeway, on the Home Farm Estate.
April 1973
Parishioners of St.Peter’s and St.Mark’s Churches had spent more than two years raising money for a modern semi-detached house for a curate but were unable to find an occupant.
Rushden Town Football Club won the first U.C.L. Premier Division Trophy.
May 1973
Private Anthony Goodfellow, the Rushden soldier who was killed by a sniper’s bullet in Ulster, was given a full military funeral at Rushden St.Mary’s Church.
Mrs Maye Dicks became the last Chairman of Rushden UDC. From April 1974 the town would be controlled by the East Northants District Council.
June 1973
Mrs Margaret Ledger and her husband John, who flew Boeing 707s, had moved to Rushden only 9 months previously, but were so incensed with the traffic in the town they intended to start a petition.
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July 1973
The owners of the Ritz cinema in Rushden applied for planning permission to demolish the building and build a supermarket.
August 1973
Rushden Urban District Council were having difficulty recruiting dustmen and the effect was being felt in local homes.
Rushden’s 18 years old Barry Prime flew out to Hungary to swim for Great Britain.
September 1973
Rushden Temperance Band appealed for help to pay off their instruments debt.
October 1973
An offer of land for an adventure playground on Rushden’s Grangeway estate for a peppercorn rent of £1 per year was turned down by the town council.
A Rushden couple won £145,307 which they intended to invest.
November 1973
A busy road junction at Rushden which took the A6 traffic through the town was described as potentially dangerous.
A fuel crisis caused all kinds of problems for local people. Mr.L.Whitmore, proprietor of a Rushden taxi firm, reported he was having a job getting enough petrol to maintain his cars on the road for a 24‑hour service.
December 1973
Rushden and District had just experienced an unprecedented boom in the shoe and leather industry when it was interrupted by the threat of a three‑day week.
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