In the 1930's Miss Phyllis Robinson and later with Miss Ivy Pryor opened a dance school in Queen Street. They put on many performances during this time and sometime later opened another school in Bedford.

Young dancers rehearsing for a performance

Pupils at the Young Leaguer's Union (Rushden Branch) Garden Fete at 'The Laurels', the home of Alderman & Mrs. C.W. Horrell.

Rushden Echo, 17th July 1931 Miss Peggy Webb (right), a student at the Misses Robinson and Pryor's Dancing Studio, Rushden, has been successful in passing the Elementary Examination of the Association of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain.