Fetes have played a large part in the life of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Green, of Rushden.

The day before Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee they were married at the Rushden Baptist Church by the Rev. J. H. Tomkins. Last Saturday, the end of the Rushden Hospital Fete Week, they celebrated their golden wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. Green spent the day after their wedding in 1897 touring the local villages in a coach and watched the townspeople roasting a bullock at Wellingborough.

Mr. Green, whose father was a miller, was born at Keysoe. lived for a time at St. Neots. and then came to Rushden to work as an office boy for Messrs. William Green and Son. He married his second cousin Miss Florence Annie Green, and then went into business as Green and Coe boot manufacturers, Rushden, retiring nine years ago to devote his time to public work as chairman of the Rushden Urban Council.

Public Work

Mr. Green had been engaged in public work for many years. He has been a member of the Council for 20 years and is a magistrate, a member of Wellingborough Assessment Committee and Guardians Committee. His wife is an active member of the W.V.S.

Mr. Green was for many years chairman of Rushden Conservative Association and is one of the oldest members of the Conservative Club. He is 72 years of age, and Mrs. Green is 70. They have one son, Mr. A. J. Green, of Griffith-street, Rushden, a grandson and a great-granddaughter.

The golden wedding was celebrated with a small party for family and friends at Mr. and Mrs. Green's residence 131 Queen-street, Rushden.