Extract from a 1901 article: Profits of the Rushden and Higham Ferrers Gas Company amounted to £3,549. In all departments of the business there was an improvement, the most paying branch being the cookers and prepayment meters, which had become very popular.
In the case of William Church 42, of Wymington B2 ....ourer at the Rushden gas works, a protection certificate was produced. Conditions exemption certificate withdrawn in view of the protection certificate. V.T.C. condition not imposed, being a Special constable.
