News from Rushden Museum for September 2025

Our Thursday work days have continued during September with the routine occupations of cataloguing and sorting photos and paperwork. The material bequeathed to us is gradually being thinned out and passed on for cataloguing but there is still a long way to go. It seems to be never-ending. A lot of the material sorted was connected to transport and some of the invoices were very interesting.

16 gallons of petrol for 12 shillings in 1916

A Morris Cowley Saloon car for £560 in 1956

We had a committee meeting on 11 September just to generally catch up with things, then had another meeting later in the month to start making plans for next year.

This printer’s block depicting the Coach and Horses in High Street South is one of the items catalogued during September

A work-experience student joined us, starting on the 18 September. He attends the Isebrook (SEND) School in Kettering and is helped by a work coach. He spends about 4 hours with us on Thursdays and seems to be enjoying the work.

We had group visits by the 4th Rushden Cubs on the 24 September, and the 1st Rushden Beavers on the 29 September. Both were noisy but fun evenings.

Our touch screen showing items in our collection has been updated and is still a work in progress. Hopefully a lot more will be added to it during the winter.

This certificate awarded to Mr. Benjamin V. Page can been seen on our touch screen

A few items were donated to us during September, mostly being programmes for various events. Included in the collection was a small poster for the Ritz for an Old Tyme Music Hall in May 1974, featuring Clinton Ford, which has several autographs on the back. One other item is a gift set of three small jars of jam from Peter Crisp which was still in the Peter Crisp bag.