Standing between the John Cave factory and shops and the Rose & Crown, in March 1901, and the Hotel was above two shops. The central doorway clearly marked with a large lamp above the steps. [we are unable to read the wording]
Built in 1889 for A C Ashby and in 1895 he moved and let out the two shops to Cash & Co and barber W Howard, later Dunkley's.
Note the two boot scrappers below the shop windows.
After the fire c1905 - Desborough's now rebuilt at 38 and Gramshaw at 40
Note all types of transport within this one postcard - cycle, car,
horse & cart, motor cycle and side car.
Succoth Church is between the Co-op Hall and 38 & 40 High Street
Rushden Argus, 21st August 1891
Rushden Echo, 30th October 1908
T E Tinkler, practical watchmaker and jeweller, removed to the Old Restaurant, opposite the Succoth Chapel.
Rushden Echo, 1909 Advert
A Wanklyn, Practical Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Optician. Opposite Succoth Chapel, High-street, Rushden.
From these two adverts, it is likely this was the hotel and resaurant he was running. It was at 69 High Street, but we don't have a photograph. see Barwick/Tinkler/Wanklyn in 1909
In 1901 Harry Addison and his wife Minnie were living in Portland Road. He was a grocer’s manager, born at Deptford LND in 1873 and his wife Minnie was born in Rushden in 1871.
They had two daughters, Edith Marjory baptised in 1903 at St Mary’s Church, and Kathleen Mary baptised in 1906.
The restaurant must have closed down before 1908 and converted to a grocers, and then that also closed when Thomas Tinkler came here in 1908.
In 1924 Harry is manager of the Co-op Store No 5 in Queen Street. Perhaps he was the first manager as this store opened in 1906.
