Rushden Research Group: Help wanted

This circular piece of embroidery has been given to Rushden Museum. Nothing is known of its origins.

Around the edge and in a pattern between the embroidery there are school name tapes from the 1960s. They are all boys' names.

If you can help to identify the reason for it being made or the person who assembled the name tapes and stitched them in place, we'd be pleased to hear from you.

Do you recognise the names?

Was it a youth group?

Were they sportsmen?

Were they a school class?

Names around the Edge
Ian	Callas
Raymond	Bwye
Trevor	Blanchard
David	Barrow
Adrian	Barnes
Stephen	Bailey
John	May
Brian	Hill
John	Tehan
James	Hall
Keith	Gurney
Patrick	Giles
William	Gadd
Hugh	Farrow
Bernard	Denton
Raymond	Cottle
David	Cleland
Howard	Chapman
Keith	Carpenter
Stephen	Cann
Brian	Calvert

Names in the Centre
Antony	Pipe
Peter	Taylor
Peter	Ward
Brian	Whiddett
Roy	Hamilton
David	Jones
Harry	Waterhouse
David	Shaver
Melvyn	Owens
Peter	Suter
Richard	Sellars
Gordon	Sutton
Dennis	Riley
Graham	Negus
Raymond	Thebault
Victor	Rawlins
Michael	Searle
Peter	Lowe
Mark	Hawkins
Kenneth	Smith
Malcolm	Ramage
John	Walters
Alan	Thompson
Douglas	Wells

Alphabetical List B-J		Alphabetical List L-W
Stephen	Bailey	Peter	Lowe
Adrian	Barnes	John	May
David	Barrow	Graham	Negus
Trevor	Blanchard	Melvyn	Owens
Raymond	Bwye	Antony	Pipe
Ian	Callas	Malcolm	Ramage
Brian	Calvert	Victor	Rawlins
Stephen	Cann	Dennis	Riley
Keith	Carpenter	Michael	Searle
Howard	Chapman	Richard	Sellars
David	Cleland	David	Shaver
Raymond	Cottle	Kenneth	Smith
Bernard	Denton	Peter	Suter
Hugh	Farrow	Gordon	Sutton
William	Gadd	Peter	Taylor
Patrick	Giles	John	Tehan
Keith	Gurney	Raymond	Thebault
James	Hall	Alan	Thompson
Roy	Hamilton	John	Walters
Mark	Hawkins	Peter	Ward
Brian	Hill	Harry	Waterhouse
David	Jones	Douglas	Wells
		Brian	Whiddett