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Rushden Sanatorium - staff notes

Rushden Echo & Argus, 19th October, 1951, transcribed by Jim Hollis

New additions to Rushden Sanatorium are a pair of cottages, built to house Mr. W. A. Wicks, superintendent gardener, who tends the gardens of all hospitals administered by the management committee, and Mr. T. P. Duffy, stoker. [part of a longer article]

Rushden Echo & Argus, 28th August 1953, transcribed by Kay Collins

A Rushden character, affectionately known as "Matey" - his real name, Charles Andrews Brown - died on Wednesday at 79 Avenue Road, Court Estate, Rushden. He was 87. For many years he had been a familiar figure in a peaked naval cap, and was known personally to every conductor on the Bedford Road bus route. He lived in Rushden for many years, worked as a gardener at Rushden House Sanatorium, and was interested in the Spiritualist Church. The funeral is tomorrow (Saturday).


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