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Rushden
Business, Commerce & Public Utilities

An early photograph of the Co-op delivery wagon Shop at No 2 Kings Road in 1935
Early photograph of the Co-op delivery wagon
No 2 Kings Road 1935

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Business Retail
Overview Brief history of shops & shopping
Banks Boots the Chemist
Market Plans 1899 Mr Bye - Grocer
R H Carter 1908
H Cartwright's Store
Rushden Market 1899 Fairey Bros, Ironmongers
Craft & Trade Patterns 1840-1940 Harris's Stores
Trade Distribution 1847-1940 House, Jewellers
Newspapers 1908 Iliffe's
Advertisers in the 1911 Rushden Guide Margaret's
New Post Office Open 1940 Neville's Tobacconist, Printing and Stationery
W P Orrell - M.P.S.
Poole's - Vacuum Cleaners
Telephone Numbers 1-300 Robinson's
Elizabeth Shorley - general store
Rushden Co-operative Society Florence Simpson
Alfred Smeathers 1908
Stimpson - Tailor 1897
Stricklands Butchers
Tailby & Putnam - Grocers
Trade Directories - in Genealogy Traders - Xmas 1898
Wanklyn Jewellers
Bankruptcies Bert Wells
Hugh Willmott - grocer
Index Wills' Department Store
Horace Wills' Electrical Store

Commerce Public Utilities
Thomas Britton - charcoal seller Water Board Works Open 1906
Calor Gas
Chamber of Trade Dinner 1955 Electricity
Central Electrical Company Rushden Sewer Authority 1870 - 1872
J S Clipson - Engineer
Express Dry Cleaners Watsons of the Gas Works
George Farey - Musician
Fleckner's - 1920s
Ginns - Blacksmith Banks & Post Office
Horse & Rider - riding supplies Northamptonshire Union Bank 1889
Samuel Knight - undertaker Nat West Bank
Henry Knighton Carrier - Retires 1827 Memories of Mr. J. Seckington, Postman 1873-1907
Lightstrung Garage 1954 Building Society Opens 1929
Mike Neville Estate Agents
Palace Motors Memories
J Robinson - Tin Plate Worker 1890 High Street 1905 - Doris Watts
Rushden Electric Supply Co. Court Case 1926 Dorothy Rollings -1930s
J Seckington - Florist Dubiliers - Jean Hunt
J G Swart - Optician Chapmans - Jean Hunt
Swindall's GPO Telephonist - 1947-51
Waterwise Plumbing High Street in 1930's - M. Cox
Frank Wills - Beer House Harry Green - icecream man
George Winters - tailor Working at the Co-op
Clive Wood - Signwriter (inc. 5 Galleries) John Lewis - Electric Company
Marriots - Builders Brian Hill - Marriott's

Photographers Public Houses & Hotels & Cafes
S Powell Queen Victoria Hotel
A J George Rollie Cox's Cafe
Vic Childs - & 3 galleries Coffee Tavern & Public Hall Co. Ltd
Willmott - Photographic

Advertisements Mineral Water & Brewers
Adverts 1897 Mineral Water Companies 1900s
Wanted - Old Teeth - 1899
Adverts 1911

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