The Easter holidays passed very quietly in Rushden, a larger number of people than usual leaving the town. 
On Good Friday the town was bathed in glorious sunshine, but on Saturday the holiday makers found the promise of the previous day a deception, for there were several sharp showers and a regular hurricane of wind, which considerably marred the pleasure of the hundreds of cyclists who also left the town for Wellingborough and Bedford.
On Sunday morning and afternoon there were several sharp downpours of hail and rain, accompanied by distant thunder, though during the intervals the streets glistened with the reflection of the sun.   
On Easter Monday the streets were practically deserted, no less than 821 excursionists leaving by the Midland Railway Company's cheap trips, while there was an extra number of ordinary bookings. The excursion train to Kettering alone took 603  passengers from Rushden, besides which 89 booked to Northampton, 47 to Leicester, 42 to Nottingham, and 40 to London.