Rushden Research Group: Old shops of the High Street

Old Shops of the High Street

1960s - 1980s

Some of the photographs of High Street shops that we have copied.
We have little information - often just what is found in the Trade Directories.


High Street 1960s Fine Fare had recently been built, the first supermarket in Rushden. Left: Jan's Floral Boutique and Boots The Chemist.	Thomas Ltd - Hair Artist In the 1960s Mr Thomas opened his hairdressing salon upstairs in this property. His son later used the ground floor as a newsagents. Formerly Nattrass, Carter, Alfred Gray.

Midland Bank and International Stores on a Parade Day c1970

Hepworths, R C Forcey & Sons, Woolworths & Carnival Queen

These four photographs were taken at a carnival c1970.

Next door to Midland Bank is International Stores a supermarket, and then Anglia Building Society.

In the next picture with the Carnival Queen’s float, going north, there is Hepworth Tailoring, R C Forcey & Sons Ltd, Woolworths, Maypole, Jones’ greengrocery, and The Feathers.

Stitcher’s supermarket was in central High Street between the two pictures above.

The window adverts include “Pink Stamps” (a savings scheme), Oven Ready Chickens 2/6, Leg of Lamb at 5/-, Pork Chops 5/10, Topside of Beef 6/6 per pound, Beans for 11d, Nescafe at 4/3, Golden Shred 1/7, Harpic at 1/9, tins of Fruit Cocktail 1/9 so before decimalisation on Feb 15^th 1971.

Stitcher’s later became Downsway an indoor market with several traders selling an aray of products.

Then John Whittington opened a dispensing chemist’s shop, now Mistry's.

Behind the bus stop, Anglia Building Society and Stitchers on Parade Day c1970. The window has lots of offer posters

1960 Currys,
Evening Telegraph & Saxby's Pork Butchers


Above: Sketchley at 111 High Street c1970, His Clothes. People are peering in the window of James Brothers supermarket. Right: Sketchley Dry Cleaners at 23 High Street, with the WRVS office above pictured in 1977 when the town celebrated the Queen's Silver Jubilee

High Street Traders - news

1900-1909 Adverts

Old shops c1910 High Street

1930s - 1950s