Throughout my childhood I was regularly reminded by my father that his family was the first to own a car in their street when he grew up. He was talking about Highfield Road in Rushden during the late 1940's. It was a boast that never initiated any more conversation and therefore I never knew what sort of car this was. Presumably it was...
Grendon Church of St Mary The photo shown here is of Grendon church. The date is either 1949 or 1950, with the latter year suspected as the more likely as it was against another picture from that year in a photograph album of images from 1948-1950. The foreground shows the war memorial, details of which can be found on Gordons War Memorial website....
Rushden Swimming Baths - date uncertain but thought to be circa 1950s Rushden Swimming Baths first opened in 1929 and lasted through to the mid 1980s. It was the mid 1960's when I acquired my first personal experience of the Baths when, as part of a class from Alfred Street Junior school, we would be ceremoniously marched from the school, along Duck Street...
Yarmouth Steam Drifter YH71 Waterloo built at Sandwich 1872 Easter 2016 and on a one day break to Great Yarmouth we had the fortune to visit a preserved Steam drifter that is moored on the towns river quay. The Lydia Eva, registered YH89, was built in 1930 and after acquisition by the Maritime Trust in 1971 she was restored to her original condition....
Skegness walkies photo It wasn't until I was in my early 20's that I can remember going to Skegness or Skeggy as it was colloquially known to us Rushdeners and probably sundry other holidaymakers. On that occasion, in the early 1980's, it was a group of us 20 somethings out on a daytrip to the seaside. However, it would appear my family had...
