Rushden Research Group: Posters advertising events

Posters Advertising Events

The first batch are posters are taken from photographs that we have been allowed to copy.
The photos show the delicate state of the posters. One was printed on both sides.
They announce several events in the 1870's.

A poster for a Sermon by Miss Hart at the Wesleyan Chapel - it was printed on both sides. The poster only gives the date as Tuesday November 12th, with no year stated, but a check shows that in 1878 it fell on a Tuesday.

Above is detail from the back of the same poster, showing a stamp and post office cancellation in October 1878. The address written is:- Mr Hewitt, Rushden, Higham Ferrers.

Mr Hewitt printed the posters; perhaps he used an old poster to print a proof copy to send his client? Charles Hewitt was postmaster and printer and traded in High Street.


These posters advertise events at the Temperance Hall but the year is not given - 1878.


Two posters for events with the National School Band providing the music. Both date from 1879 - and were printed by Hewitt Printer, Rushden. Notice the printing error! Charles Hewitt was also the town postmaster and his premises were in Rushden High Street. The National Band was formed by Mr William Bridgeford.

Another bundle of Posters printed by Charles Hewitt came to light in 2011.
The dates show just how many events were taking place in the village, and
for several we have newspaper reports describing the occasion.
The posters we think may have been printers' proofs, as some are printed on the backs of old posters.

Posters
Latter-day Saints	at the Temperance Hall	Sunday Oct 6 1878
Rushden Evening Concert	Crystal Palace Choir	Nov 6th 1878
Wesleyan Chapel	Sermons - Miss H Hart	10th Nov 1878
Temperance Society	An Appeal	Mon/Tues Nov 18/19 1878
Two open-air meetings	Temperance Society	July 3rd/4th 1879
Liberal Association	Address by Mr R G Roe	Friday March 21st 1879
Wesleyan Band of Hope	Entertainment	Monday March 31st 1879
Easter Bank Holiday	Tea	14th Apr – 1879
Rushden Liberal Association	Lecture by E F A Briggs Esq	Friday 25th April 1879
Entertainment	at Temperance Hall	Wednesday May 7th 1879
Succoth Baptist	Sermons - Mr T Stringer	Tuesday Aug 19th 1879
National School	Public Tea - provided by Britons Cricket Club	Tues Sep 23rd 1879
Rushden Star Cricket Club	...ington House School	Tues 23rd Sep 1879
Co-operation	Public Tea	Saturday Oct 25th 1879
Old Baptist Church	various meetings	Monday Oct 27th 1879
Wymington Wesleyan	Anniversary Sermons	2nd Nov 1879
Rushden Liberal Association	Board Schools Open - Tea meeting	Wednesday Nov 5th 1879
UK Alliance	Addresses	Wednesday Dec 3rd 1879
Coffee Public House Movement	Meeting in the Vestry Hall	Wednesday May 12 1880
National School and Church Sunday School	Festival	August 1880

The posters below came to light when lino was taken up in a bungalow in St Mary's Avenue
in the early 1960s. They were then put into a loft and have only recently been found again.
One is dated 1939, so we assume they are all about the same date.


Palace 1939	Pantos at St Peter's	Royal Variety Theatre	The Ritz