Rushden Research Group: Newton Rd Infant School Gallery


This picture came to us as c1894 Newton Road School. All around the walls are pictures painted by the children: Animals, a castle, a flower, teapot, kettle, saucepan, ducks. Each child has a windmill on their desk (see right for more detail), and some doll's house funiture is laying along the window ledges.

Class No I c1900
A rather poor photograph but the board is clearly readable

Newton Road Infants in 1903
Back row: 2nd Ada Cave (Penny Bazaar) 3rd row: 2nd Witcie Smith, 9th Nellie Carr (b1895), 13th Marshall Bailey, 14th Harry Plummer 1st row: 8th Frank Smith, 11th Frank Percival

Another copy photograph - Class B12 but no year

c1905
This is a copy of a photograph with no caption, but numbers written on five children indicate
there was perhaps a list of their names on the back of the original! Perhaps siblings - may be Class XI

1914

Newton Road Infant School c1925
Extreme left front row is Ken Ambridge

Mrs Lumbers loaned us this photograph. She recalls some of the names: Rene Evans, Eric Sturgeon, Bernard Wadsworth, Peg Hopper, Dick Penn, Rene Knight, Ella Denton, Rene Meadows, Doreen Smith, & Bert Catlin.

c1928 School Sports at Rushden Town Football Club ground


1963 Class I Maypole Dancing	1966 Mrs Kirk, Enid Turner, K March, Margaret Miller (sec), Mrs Smith, Beryl Jays, Sheila Sanders, Maureen ... and Ruth Webster


1965/67 Playtime	1974 Class 5 Christmas Party


1981 Ruth Webster returns after 21 years! Shattering! Reception class - with Marion Nichiolson "a gem if ever there was one"	1982 Reception class with Ruth Webster

1984 Back row: Kathie Moulton, Gerry Mason, Rose Dellow,
Eileen Blencowe, Dave Stephenson (caretaker).
Front row: Ann Wix, Ruth Almond, Ruth Webster, Joan Hill.

Painting by Don Aspinall 2001