- News 2012 - 2014 in reverse order
- 21.11.2014 - Most of this month's update is from 1914, 1919 & 1923 newsclips, giving a selection of snippets, wedding reports and obituaries, and notes about churches, people, schools and businesses.
- 16.10.2014 - Much of this update is due to 1917 & 1918 newsclips, giving a selection of snippets, as well as notes about churches, people, schools and businesses during the war. Also several additions to 'Memorial Men' pages including a few pictures, and more soldier's notes, and more on street memorials in Rushden, and the nearby villages. New wedding reports, and obituaries including several men on village war memorials. One more wall has been added to the Memorial Walls index in the cemetery in the Genealogy section. Court Estate has more on the Mission Hall, and Chelveston has 7 more wills transcribed.
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22.09.2014 - Business and Commerce, Crime, Education, Health & History have minor additions/updates, Churches has a new item on Quaker Meetings plus minor updates, Leisure has a new item 'Blue Plaque Walk', and several updates plus lots more on the Operatic Society productions. In People there are 9 obituaries, 7 weddings, some poems, more emigration items, plus minor updates; Shoetrade, Transport and War have minor updates including seven pictures added to 'Memorial Men' pages. In Villages section more obituaries and minor updates.
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22.08.2014 - Business and Commerce has 20 updates, 4 new early traders, and 2 bankruptcies, Education has new admissions book indexes, a 1964 photo and several updates, Crime has 2 new fires, Genealogy has more marriage registers, Health has 3 accident reports, History and Land have minor updates, Leisure has 24 updates. In People new family pages include Tailby, Putnam, Bridgeford, and 10 obituaries, 4 weddings, and several updates, 10 updated pages in Shoetrade, and 22 in War. In Villages section a few war memorial obituaries and lots of updates have been added.
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28.07.2014 - Business and Commerce has about 30 updated pages, and two new bankruptcy reports, Crime and Churches have minor additions, Education has 15 updated pages. More on current demolition and minor updates are in History, Land has more on the Allotment Society, and in Leisure more on cycling and a Brownie Log Book, and several updated pages. People has 12 obituaries, two weddings and more emigrants' notes; 23 updates are in Shoetrade. The War section has just minor additions, and details of a new book 'Memorial Men' we have produced. The Villages section has village histories and listings from the 1874 Whellan's directories, and several obituaries including men on some of our village war memorials, round off this update.
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11.06.2014 - Business and Commerce has a dozen updated pages, Crime has one fire, Churches, Health, History, Land and Leisure have minor updates, People has 14 obituaries, three weddings and more emigrants' notes, a dozen updates are in Shoetrade. The War section has over 50 updated pages and more on soldiers' experiences. The Villages section has the 1924 Kelly's directories, more WWI soldiers' notes, and several obituaries to round off this update.
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22.05.2014 - Business and Commerce has twenty updated pages, Churches has a Wesleyan Bazaar 1902 and Jubilee 1950, one fire in Crime, outings, concerts and teachers notes for Alfred Street are added in Education, more on current demolition and a Blue Plaque are in History and in Leisure more on the Operatic Society productions, cubs, guides and carnivals, 4 obituaries in People, and several updated pages in Shoetrade and for the railway in Transport. In the War section an index of Prisoners of War found so far, and an album of 130 pictures of serving men & women from WWII, and additions to 18 Memorial Men pages including pictures of several. Minor updates Shoetrade and for the railway in Transport.
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25.04.2014 - Churches has more on Bellringing for St Mary's Rushden.
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20.04.2014 - Business and Commerce has 19 updated pages and 2 bankruptcies, Churches, Education, Leisure have a few additions to existing pages, History has more on floods, Orchard Place, council meetings and demolition, 3 obituaries and the Perkins Family emigration diary are new in People, and notes on roads are added in Transport. 1916 newsclips have been added to several memorial men pages, and other pages in War and one photo to HF Football in Villages section rounds off this update.
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02.04.2014 - Business and Commerce has 20 updated pages, Churches has minor updates and new items for BWTA, 4 fires and long service firemen are in Crime, more on early private schools and music successes in Education and Health has more accidents and a shoe factory accident, History has more in the gallery of chairmen of councillors, 20 updated pages in Leisure and 13 obituaries and two wedding reports new in People, 17 updated pages in Shoetrade, a railway accident in Transport, and 30 updated pages in War and 50 updates in the Villages section round off this update. Much is due to newsclips from 1908/9, WWI and 1922.
- 03.03.2014 - A new item about the Bells at Higham Ferrers and bellringing there and in the whole district.
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26.02.2014 - Minor additions to pages in Business and Commerce and Churches, three fires in Crime, and Education and have a few additions to existing pages. History has more on council meetings, councillors, council staff and surveys, developments and demolition. Land has an article about Wymington Estate, and minor updates, Leisure has new items on the first motor cycle club, Rock Foundation as well as several updates, People has three wedding and 16 obituaries and a birthday report, and additions in Emigration, minor updates in Shoetrade, and several road reports are added in Transport. Health The index for War has been reorganised - see Soldiers Notes mainpage, and more for 1914/15 Memorial Men and prisoners, two more Rolls of Honour have been photographed and transcribed, and some 1943 notes added. Many of the pictures are of poor quality due to them coming from newspapers on microfilm, and taken by digital camera though the film viewer. In Villages more obituaries and wedding reports, and lots of 1914/15 newsclips add to several items.
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03.02.2014 - Minor additions to several pages in Business and Commerce and more on the new Heritage Chapel and a few St Mary's updates in Churches, minor updates in Crime, Education, Health and Leisure. People has three wedding and four obituary reports, and a birthday, and minor updates in Shoetrade. War has a few more awards, a pilgrimage and a few more updated pages, and in Villages more obituaries and other newsclips.
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01.01.2014 - Minor additions to pages are in Business and Commerce and Churches, one fire and one court case are new in Crime and Education has several updated pages, a workhouse treat is added in Genealogy and a few accident reports are new in Health. Minor amendments in History, and Land and in Leisure a huge works outing in 1947, more obituaries and two wedding reports are added in People and minor updates in Shoetrade. Transport and War have a Railway Roll of Honour, more WWI soldiers notes, and in Villages more obituaries and WWI soldiers notes.
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19.12.2013 - The last update of 2013 has updates in most sections, much of it from the newspapers. History section includes more demolition and development, in Leisure a few more outings, events, club news, and pictures of Spencer Park, and People has several wedding and obituary reports, and Graham Pack has sent us his memoires. A check is started through the WWI 'Memorial Men' pages and adding minor details, and more soldiers notes, and in Villages more obituaries and other newsclips.
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28.11.2013 - This time there are updates in all sections, much of it thanks to newsclips 1909, 1917, 1943/4, and some new pictures, added to existing pages. New items include History section Trafford Road, Wentworth Road and lighting, in Leisure a 1909 Cycle Parade & Gala "The biggest conglomeration of people ever seen in the town", People has a page about Rev Gadsby, a John White's outing in 1947 in Shoetrade, and several obituaries in Villages including soldiers in war.
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30.10.2013 - In Business and Commerce a few minor updates, Churches has a new page on the Heritage Church and Education has updates to school attendance medals, boot school and girls school prizegivings, a school athletics event and log books for the Intermediate, and has one will and Burketts trade directory. In Health more on anti-vaccination when 26 were prosecuted in 1887, and a few minor updates, History has items on 1960s housing, overspill, plans, developments and more Council meetings, Leisure has more on the Windmill Club, outings, operatic productions, interiors of the King Edward VII, and other minor updates, a dozen obituaries are new in People and two wedding reports, minor additions in Shoetrade, Transport, War has more updates from 1943 and 1915, with several updated pages, and Villages has a few obituaries, three Kelly's directories for Higham Ferrers, and updates to "soldiers notes" pages for Irchester, Higham, Podington, Raunds, with other minor updates.
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08.10.2013 - In Business and Commerce and Churches a few minor updates, Crime has pictures of a 1921 fire and a court case, in Genealogy 30 wills transcripts, minor additions in History. Several additional pictures added to exisiting pages, including music in the 1960s, in Leisure. Pages for Jaques, Hyde and Wallis and minor updates in People and in Villages more on Wymington, a page on Clark and a diamond wedding for Laughton in people plus a few minor updates.
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09.09.2013 - Much of this update is 1927 articles from the Echo. Business and Commerce has minor updates, Churches has more on Methodists and Spiritualists, Crime has two fires and a competition, minor amendments in Education and Genealogy, some shoe factory accidents added in Health, memories of 1850-1927 in History, some outings and minor updates in Leisure and 15 obituaries and two weddings in People and minor additions in Shoetrade, Transport, War and Villages round off this update.
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22.08.2013 - Business and Commerce, Churches and Crime have minor updates to several pages, in Education the Newton Road Infant Log Book is new, and an admission book, in Genealogy the Mission Church registers have been transcribed, several accidents have been added in Health. Query Club, Cine Club and outings have additional items in Leisure and in People a dozen obituaries, and more about Freddie Hales' family. Shoetrade, Transport and War have minor additions, and Villages section has lots of additonal obituaries inluding some from WWI.
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30.07.2013 - Business and Commerce, Churches and Education have minor updates to several pages, History includes more council meetings, a housing dispute and an article about the Growth & Development of the town, Leisure has several new pictures added to existing pages and an article about early film making, People section has another batch of obituaries and diamond wedding report and a 100th birthday, Shoetrade and War have minor updates, a report of a wartime air crash at Wymington, and minor updates in the Villages section round off this update.
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27.06.2013 - Business and Commerce has minor updates to several pages, Churches has a fascinating Wesleyan Methodist History collected in 1907, and a Sunday School Centenary, Crime has a fire and 3 court cases, in Education there are more notes on early private schools, and a South End log book, in Health the Rectory Road Clinic opening and 3 health reports are new. History includes 1960s plans, Leisure has another Operatic Show and Carnival additions, People section has some memories of Fletcher Road, and 3 obituaries, minor updates in Shoetrade, Transport and War, and Villages has additions and pictures in lots of existing pages for Higham Ferrers, more obituaries, plus the usual updated pages in most sections.
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05.06.2013 - Business and Commerce has several pictures of shops added to existing pages, and the post office staff, Education and Churches have minor updates, Health has a new page about some of the first doctors, two more terriers and minor updates are in History, Leisure has more pictures on lots of pages, the Operatic Society 'Kismet' and a new carnival gallery, and People section includes several wedding reports, three obituaries, minor updates in Shoetrade and War, and Villages has lots of pages updated with postcards for Higham Ferrers, plus a few obituaries, wedding reports, fires, and wills.
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21.05.2013 - Land/History/Church sections have links to a bundle of Terriers and some of these detail the Rectory buildings in the 1700s, and some owners of land. A 1912 Bazaar links in Business and Commerce and Churches, in Health there is a report for 1900-1970, and interview with Stella Reynolds is new in People, and a list of headteachers at Wymington school, are the main updates this time. As usual there are several updated pages in most sections.
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03.05.2013 - Business and Commerce, Churches and Crime have minor updates, in Education there are new log book transcripts for South End School, Girls' School Prizes 1966, and Adult learning, 6 more wills are in Genealogy. Health has more on St John and additions to After Care, History includes an article on dovecotes, more on demolition and Queen Street Council housing, Leisure has more Operatic show programmes, Old Time Dancing memories, and several updated pages, from the 1930s, Shoetrade has minor updates, War has an interesting list of Rushden 'ghurkas', and several Villages have minor additions.
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27.03.2013 - Business and Commerce, Churches and Crime have minor updates, in Education there are new log book transcripts for Alfred Street and the Mission Hall, Health has additions for St John and Rushden Ambulance Station. There are minor updates to exisiting pages in History, Land, and Leisure has more Operatic show programmes and several updated pages, 4 obitiuaries and a golden wedding, and John Harley are new in People. Shoetrade, War and Villages have minor amendments.
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06.03.2013 - Business and Commerce has a page about the old Theatre as a garage, as well as minor updates, St Mary's has 3 updated pages in Churches, minor updates and two fires in Crime, Education has minor amendments, a will and an apprenticeship document are new in Genealogy. Health has a few updates, and History includes several more Council Meeting reports from 1915, 1919, 1922, 1927, 1961, more on demolition and the one-way sytem, Genealogy has minor updates, Leisure has more Operatic show programmes, Global Footprint, and more on poular music, 3 obituaries and updated pages in People. Shoetrade has an item on conveyor systems and a few updates, and Transport has minor updates, and notes on the A6. War has Wartime in Rushden Nov-Dec 1942 and more enlistments, in Villages two wills are now transcribed for Wollaston.
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19.02.2013 Most sections have minor updates. In Churches there is a new item about bell ringing in the villages and at St Mary's in 2008, Education has two new Log Books for Alfred Street Mixed school, and more on scholarships and music successes, Health has an item about Typhoid in 1892, History has more deeds transcribed and a survey of High Street, Leisure has several Operatic show programmes and RADS members 1960, 'Red Cats', cubs and Rushden Sports prospectus. People section includes several obituaries, a golden wedding, and more on Doris Shrive as a councillor, Shoetrade has the 1938 Statement of clickers' rates, War has another Home Guard picture and more Territorial Army notes. Villages has several obituaries, an item on bell ringing, more on Stanwick School and several newsclip additions.
- 13.01.2013 Happy New Year. There are updates to exisiting pages in all sections this time, much from 1910 & 1915 newsclips. Most were found whilst researching other items; obituaries, accidents, outings, company suppers, emigration, soldiers notes, and several interesting "snippets". Several of the team have been away!
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