- News 2017-2021 (reverse order)
- 14.09.2021 - New: W H Smith, Bayes - builders, Lack Family, more on Methodist Church 1890, and several Higham Park documents, a Sale in 1890, a carnival, a sale at Stanwick & one at Higham Ferrers, history of HF Library, Chichele College, King Edward VII PH, 7 obituaries, 1930 adverts, and a few 1930 notes added.
- 13.08.2021 - New: Spencer Park equipment, updated Spencer Park Art, F V Abbott, one stray marriage, A A Manning, 1897 W'boro Road, G N Harris, plus a few minor amendments/additions.
- 06.07.2021 - New: High Street Development, Sharwood, Knight, Spencer Park Art, memories, Little Street, Harboro' Road, Rushden Times, 1893 adverts, Primrose League, Barclays closure, High Street Closures, 3 council meetings, more on Railway Electrification, plus some minor amendments/additions, JW Manton Rd.
- 04.06.2021 - New: more Hewitt family pictures, more on J Enos Smith, HF 1849 & 1870s directories, E-scooters 2021, Electric trains, Council Plans WWII, 1796 Apprenticeship, plus some minor amendments/additions.
- 29.04.2021 - New: Mary Pendered, some deaths 1954-6, District Councils 2021, Hewitt Family, Smith Family, a Patent, wells in 1942, 1924 newsclips include exam successes, obituaries, a birthday and golden weddings.
- 25.03.2021 - New this time with lots of pictures: Adverts 1938, BP Garage, more on Charles Smith, Victoria Buildings, Rushden Cottage, Joe Mitchell, Henry Hanger, some early parade pictures, a VE day picture, PCC wills transcripts, some demolition and developments from the 1990s, and shops, autograph books, cows in High Street, Walker & Gunn.
- 16.02.2021 - 14 years! since this website went 'live' and still adding. Thanks to 3 people having a clear out, we have had a few items to record. Iceland Store, adverts from 1938 and more about The Rushden Players, a school concert, more on Query Club in 1950s, a health report, a threatened property, a renovation, a few council meeting reports, Allen Road, an obituary, 'PXtra 1942' and a list of serving men, a tribute by HE Bates, a short biography written in 1984, and two early cars.
- 17.01.2021 - Happy & Healthy New Year! Before the December lockdown I was able to collect lots of 1924 newsclips, now added to several pages; includes a court case, 2 wills, exams, accidents, sales, obituaries, weddings, emigration, and several village pages.
- 20.12.2020 - **Happy Christmas** and hopes for a better New Year! New - Seckington Family, Postal Service, Taxi Trade, Mrs Clark, lacemaker, Jack Dickens RAF, a wedding, an 1888 wedding with gift list, 3 wills, a letter, notes from 'In Step', and lots of 1924 newsclips include 7 obituaries, 5 weddings, plus the usual "snippets" added to exisiting pages.
With uncertain times ahead, I hope you find something of interest to browse our website. Perhaps this will encourage you to to sort out some photographs? Add names and dates? And if you have something you think could add to the website, please forward. Could YOU write an article? Work, school, home or play?
- 14.11.2020 - New - One obituary, one golden wedding, 5 council meetings, R W Birtles, Hunter's Walk gallery, a RATS production, a shoe catalogue, and a few notes added to exisiting pages.
- 24.10.2020 - New - Memories of Allen Road, Miss Scott, Home Hospital, redevelopment, Greenacre Drive, Ditchford Lane, a plaque (see 29), CWPH Wright, an extra note on wounded men (see The RDC), plus several new pictures added to exisiting pages.
- 27.09.2020 - New - A plaque and 65 years and memories, Sherwood's, Garfirth's, 1923 Shield, 1863 celebrations, working at the Ritz, a poem. Several pictures have been added to exisiting pages.
- 19.08.2020 - Two obituaries, pictures of a choir, a school class 1954, a demolition and a fire, is all that we have added this time. There will be more next time as I have some work in hand .....
- 13.07.2020 - New this time: Rushden Centre, Wicksteed Park, 1906 Kelly's Directories for all our parishes, Robinsons Garage & Athletic Club have additions.
- 03.06.2020 - New this time: added an index of PCC wills at the National Archives for 'our' parishes, 2 council meeting reports, Recycling Centre and Covid 19, Kellys Directory 1894, an index of Naturalisation certificates at N/A, plus a few minor additions to exisiting pages.
- 02.05.2020 - New this time: a c1965 Town Guide and adverts, Ainsworth Family, White Horse at Wymington, a golden wedding, an obituary, an inventory, a 1960 shoetrade directory, a note about Jack Askham, Kingsmith & Son Ltd, W A Ainsworth, plus a few notes added to other existing pages.
- 01.04.2020 - With the uncertain times ahead, I hope you will find something of interest to browse our website. Perhaps this will encourage you to to sort out some photographs? Add names and dates? And if anything comes to light that you think could be put on the website, please forward them to me. I have little more to work on. Could you write an article? Work, school, home or play?
New this time: Early Registrations, Ditchford Bridge Strengthened, Jazz in the area, Two more Operatic programmes 1947 & 1953, Inquests has 179 added. History has several more council meeting reports, War section has the completed index of enlistments in WWII from 1939-1945, more soldiers notes, and prisoners returning, Higham has some added photographs on several pages, plus several additions to existing pages from newsclips. Enjoy, and keep well until we can meet again.
- 04.02.2020 - New this time: Two more Operatic programmes 1950 & 1951, notes on bandsmen, 20 obituaries, 4 weddings, a 91st birthday, wartime notes 1944, and 12 village obituaries, and Higham Library closure + poem.
- 30.12.2019 - Happy New Year. New this time - a deed from 1789, five council meetings, a 1980 cricket match and adverts, six obituaries, a golden wedding, a wedding, Tony Goodfellow, Park Avenue 1931, reopening of the A45, census Court Estate 1911, more newsclips to existing pages in war, and the villages, including the war memorials and obituaries.
- 23.11.2019 - New this time: 3 RATS productions, 1934 inquiry, an accident, 5 fires, farming, an obituary, several council meetings, the New Inn, Irchester Methodist 150 years, plus additions to several exisiting pages.
- 08.10.2019 - A picture of The Fireflies, Podington Garden Centre, R W Bass, some Ritz Posters, Old King Cole and Sleeping Beauty are new this time, plus more on 1945 WWII and more Council Meetings.
- 29.08.2019 - Updates this time: One new will, several council meetings, two health reports, two deeds, a new development and voting 1945 in history, a production by the RATS, a new commemoration, and more WWII newsclips.
- 15.07.2019 - New this time are:- more Council Meeting Reports, Health & Sanitary reports, the Independent Church at Wollaston, Street Re-numbering at Rushden and Higham, another 2 productions by the RATS, 8 obituaries, more emigration articles, and notes added to several pages under villages.
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- 03.12.2018 - This month: There are notes added to several existing pages in most sections plus the another RATS production, 9 obituaries 3 weddings, and one emigration, some 1944/45 wartime awards and wartime notes, prisoners returning, a farm arriving by train, and some obituaries and notes under the villages section. [We still have no access to the local nespapers locally.] Do you have anything to add please?
- 30.11.2018 - New this time: Digging a Round Barrow 1906, Irchester Bridge re-opens, 1872 Schools Controversy and a few obituaries. At present we don't have access to newspapers locally. We are working only on what is coming in from outside sources - do you have anything to add please?
- 29.10.2018 - New this time: Bundle of newsclips from 1860s-1940s, a 1940 school photo, Rushden Lakes part 2, a plaque to BW Vann VC, 6 more Operatic Programmes, in People 19 obituaries and 15 wedding reports, a 1941 boot found, and in War section notes of the last few months of 1918 in WWI and 1945 in WWII. Also other notes are added in most sections this time, much from 1912, 1918 and 1945. Plus several items sent in by email.
- 24.09.2018 - New this time: "Quick Turn Over" and closure of Bantin, plus a few newsclips in commerce, more demolition and memories in history, Manor Farm in land, two 1988 shows by the Operatic and a rhyme by Len Elliott in leisure, the Fett family and Bernard Smith are new in people, pictures of Eatons in shoetrade, Naval service in War, Irchester Wheelers, and other notes are added in most sections this time.
- 30.08.2018 - Missed from the last update - some Court Estate Sales and a petrol licence 1968.
- 28.08.2018 - This time we have copied some old photographs and postcards so lots of new-to-us images are added. A 1908 fairground picture, a war shrine, and we could read some of the names, the Cave family at Rushden Cottage, and some sports pictures are amongst them. Several Operatic programmes and an article about the CYA and two more Walks are new in leisure. Information and a memorial picture via email has added to Percy Steel's page.
- 23.07.2018 - Lots of pictures this time thanks to donations from 3 collectors. Lots of pages have new pictures added, and some new research is included: 38 in commerce section, 10 in churches, 5 in education, 13 in history, about 30 in leisure, 12 in people, 6 in shoetrade, with a few in most other sections. So do check the pages you have interest in, just in case.....! Some sections have "unidentified pictures" too, so please let us know if you can help with any little clues!!
- 19.06.2018 - Much of this update is from 1918 or 1944 - Tribunals, a prisoner's experiences, in war soldiers', prisoners' notes, and 23 pages in commerce have additions. New pages include 28 obituaries, 3 fires, 4 accidents, a health report, 10 council meeting reports, housing, and some demolition, a street party in 2018, 2 new pages on village war memorials, plus notes added to lots of exisiting pages. Also a Patriotic Orchestra picture and John White's 1948 outing.
- 29.05.2018 - Most of this update concentrates on 1912. Many pages have new notes added. As well as accidents, adverts, bankruptcies, obituaries, weddings, emigration, sales, fires and leisure events. New pages about Drabble builders, a Station Road demolition, the Mission Church Organ and two street surveys.
- 17.04.2018 - New this time: An interesting interview in 1990 with Francis Leech, an article about the Oakley Arms, an article about Irchester Railway Bridge, additional pictures of 1960s carnival floats, more developments and the usual notes and additions to other pages.
- 04.03.2018 - New this time: a photograph of staff in 1968 at Rushden 'San' - 6 council meeting reports - snow in 1918 - 10 obituaries and 2 wedding reports - 20 additional notes to pages in the War section - an article about Snowdrop Weekend at Chelveston.
- 16.02.2018 - More newsclips, this time 1937 and 1901, giving updates to lots of existing pages in most sections. Also a new article about Typhoid at Higham and a page about the Jolley family and a page about Lego being 60.
- 01.01.2018 - Happy New Year! This time newsclips from 1917/18 have updated several pages for Village War Memorial Men, as well as news items, obituaries and wedding reports in Rushden and the villages. 1937 newsclips include an accident, some memories from 1850s, and an item on the closure of the old Red Lion or 19th Hole at Irchester make interesting reading.
- News 2017
- 12.12.2017 - Our team is somewhat depleted at present but two of us are still working! Not too much this update, but includes a family history on W B Skinner's Family, some new developments, and several new pages connected to Irchester War Memorial. Several notes from the newspapers are added to wartime 1917/18 and 1944, Tribunals 1917, plus the usual obituaries, weddings, and snippets added to exisiting pages.
- 02.11.2017 - An article on Electrification of the Railway, 6 more council meetings, 2 health reports, 4 obituaries, and 2 golden weddings make the bulk of this update. Minor additions to other pages include another bankruptcy, pictures of the guides, and various notes and snippets. [our team is somewhat depleted at present, owing to illnesses]
- 12.09.2017 - An article on AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Chemists are the main additions this time, plus a few snippets added to other pages. Next update is likely to be in November.
- 25.08.2017 - Some more interesting notes on Tollgates, and Rushden brook, and Bedford Road have been transcribed from J Enos Smith's note books. More news reports from 19217, 1933, 1944, includes council meeting, accidents, wedding reports, and WWII soldiers and war memorial men, obituaries etc.
- 19.07.2017 - Snippets and Tribunals from 1917, news reports from 1921, 1923, 1933, 1944, including more council meeting reports, accidents, leisure groups, wedding reports, 19 obituaries etc., and many notes for villages.
- 10.06.2017 - More snippets this time from 1921: accidents, fires, wedding reports, obituaries etc. A few new pictures of patients in 1955 at the 'San' have come to light, also photos added to the gallery for Court Estate Players, with names on several, and extra photos in leisure. Little else at present due to illness and house move, but we will resume hopefully in August!
- 01.05.2017 - Again mostly snippets added to exisiting pages, much from 1919. (see note below 08.04.2017)
- 08.04.2017 - This time there is little of note - mostly snippets added to exisiting pages, and additional obituaries etc. One of our team has been off ill for a long time, another is currently away ill, one is awaiting an operation, and one is about to move house, so we are depleted. BUT WORK will continue........ Our two typists are still busy, but processing into web pages may be delayed.
- 23.02.2017 - A second copy of 1933 Intermediate School photo came to us with caption - the first one we had was damaged at the edge and 4 girls were missing, so it has been overwritten. Nothing else of note this time, but lots more newsclips have added to knowledge, including 4 more council meeting reports, 8 obituaries, accidents, court reports, fires, and 4 weddings in the Rushden section, and 16 obituaries for village residents.
- 16.01.2017 - Happy New Year! Yet again thanks to newsclips, 1917, 1944, 1933, updates are in several sections and include 6 more council meeting reports, 11 obituaries, some accidents, and court reports. Some new pictures, also spread across the website, are from the late Colin Bryant's collection, which we have copied courtesty of Rushden Museum.
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