Rushden Research Group: Leisure Index

Leisure, Clubs & Societies


Rushden Tennis Club c1960	Rushden Amateurs c1960

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Sports Clubs (see also Recreation)		Societies
	Cup Winners		Allotments 1878
	Rushden 'Britons'		Allotment Society 1889
	Local Football		Allotment Society Prizes 1914
	Adult School Football		Allotment Society Prizes 1916
	Rushden Wanderers		Allotments - Talk in 1921
	Various Rushden Football Teams (includes interactive e-book feature)		Allotments Society 1986
	Fosse Football Club		Amateur Dramatic Society 1899 & Newsclips
	Fosse & Windmill 1910		Amenities Society
	Minor League		Millennium Tapestries
	Baptist Football		Illustrated Brief History of Rushden
	Rushden Amateurs		Caledonian Society Dinners 1955
	Rushden Crusaders
	Rushden Juniors		Rushden and District Amateur Cine Club
	Rushden Park Football Club		Collectors Circle
	Richard Green - Footballer		Family History Society
	Rushden Football Club - The early years		Heritage Centre
	Rushden Football Club c1920s		History Society
	Rushden & Diamonds Football Club		Outing 2008
	Football Medals 1920s - B. Clark		Events & exhibitions
	St Mary's F C 1948-1951		Further Information
	Walter Tull - Footballer for 'Cobblers'		Mothers Club
	Local Cricket		Rushden Museum
	Cricket Club		Museum Competition Winner
	Star Cricket Club 1878		Museum 2009
	Britons' Cricket Club 1880s		Operatic Society
	Cricket Club Sports 1882
	Mission Cricket 1919		Ornithological Society 1889
	Mission Cricket 1928		Pigeon Homing Society 1898
	Baptist Cricket 1930		Poultry & Rabbit Club - 1945
	Mission Cricket 1919-1933 (an e-book)		Rushden Amateur Dramatic Society - RADS
	Town Cricket 1930		Rushden & District Photographic Society
	Cricket KO Cup 1951		Rushden Women's Business & Professional Club
	Thursday Cricket Club 1955		Theatrical - R.A.T.S.
	Interview with Arnold Maddams		Townswomens' Guild
	Air Gun League - 1930
	Bowls
	At The Beeches	Charitable & Friendly Societies
	Bowling 1910		Buffs
	Bowling at Spencer Park 1952		Cork Club
	Bowls Match 1968 (includes a movie clip with commentary)		Cosmopolitan Club 1969
	Interviews - local sports personalities 2003		Female Benefit Society
	Boxing		Foresters (A.O.F.)
	Hockey 1890		Free Gardeners - Myrtle Lodge
	'Impregnable' - Sports Ground 1930		Friend In Need Society 1889
	Physical Culture Club		Friendly Societies Council
	Rushden & Higham Rugby Club		Good Templars
	Early Rugby Football		Housemartins - Over 60's
	Rushden Rugby Team 1891		Ladies' Circle
	The Players 1950-2000		Lions
	Tribute - Tony Goodfellow		Masonic Hall 1930
	Rushden Tennis Club		Oddfellows
	Skew Bridge Ski Club		Old Men's Club 1878
	Wrestling - 1961		Probus Club of Rushden
	Ken Joyce 1958		Rechabites
			Rotary Club of Rushden
Recreation (see also Sports Clubs)			Rotary Club - Meeting 1940
	Angling - Joe Eagle		Rotary Club - Xmas Gifts 1965
	Angling Competition Winners 1929		Rotary & Round Table Xmas Collections 1955
	BMX Track in Spencer Park		Round Table History
	Cycling		Round Table Ladies' Night 1952
	Rushden Bicycle Club
	Athletic Cycling Club		Space Ball 1960
	Beaumont Cycling Club		Tangent Club
	Cyclists - c1914		Toc H - history
	Rushden Century Cycle Club		Memories of Toc H
	Factories and Works Darts League		Rushden Rhymes - fund raiser
	Health & Rhythm Movement		St Crispin's Townswomen's Guild
	Homing Society - Pigeon Racing		Womens Royal Voluntary Service
	Hunting & Shooting		Young Leaguer's Union
	Moor Road Youth Club
	Physical Culture - Ladies
	Query Club 1910	Carnivals, Fetes & Events (by year)
	Query Club Motor Race		Posters for Events in the 1870s
	Query Club 1950s		Event snippets 1879 - 1882
	Query Club 27th Anniversary - Awards		Festive Party 1881
	Query Club 40th Anniversary		Cricket & Football Club Bazaar 1893
	Roller Skating Rink 1910		Christmas 1893
	Rushden Golf Club		1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
	Rushden Institute 1901		Easter Holidays 1898
	Rushden Rambling Club		Agricultural Show 1898
	Skittles Badge 1908		Proclamation of George V as Monarch 1910
	Spencer Park Pool - 1923		Rushden Feast
	Swimming Pool Opens 1929		Visit to the Feast "Ruzdin" Speak
	Swimming Club		Circuses at Rushden
	Swimming Club in 1948		1911 Parade - possibly
	Gala 1965		Proclamation Posters - Monarchs 1910 & 1936
	Swimming Pool Improvements 1968		Belgian Colour Day 1914
	Echo & Argus Cup		Friendly Societies - Church Parade 1914
	Talent Competitions - 1938		Red Cross Carnival 1917
	Trials Riders - Holt Family		Early Carnival Pictures - unidentified
			Sporting Events 1919
Bands			Rushden Hall Opening - 1930
	Mission Band		Agricultural Show 1932
	Officers 1975-2006		Carnival Queen 1934
	Geoff Wiggins - Memories of a bandsman		Carnivals & Parades & Coronation Events
	1947 Reunion		Introduction ( links to 1934-1981)
	Rushden Mission Band Tape 1993 (includes audio clips)		1958 Trade Show
	1998 Centenary Concert (includes audio clip and e-book feature)		Carnival Pictures 1950 onwards
	Mission Band Uniforms		Opening of Bandstand - 1936
	Ray Clark - Biography		Rushden Pageant 1951
	Eric Mackness - Retirement		Queen's Coronation 1953
	Mission Band Rules		1953 Robinson Road & Kings Road Coronation Tea
	Photogallery		1953 Sartoris Road Coronation Celebrations
	Band Contest 1890		1953 Spencer Road photo at Sanders
	Band Stand in Spencer Park		1956 Robert Brothers Circus
	Military Band		Millennium
	National Band		1940s Weekend - 2007
	Rifle Band		Christmas Lights 2007
	Temperance Band		Party in the Park
	Temperance Band Entertain		Party in the Park 2008
	Temperance Band 1926		Event Snippets 1969
	Competitions
	1951 Celebrity Concert	Entertainment
	1967 Concert		Snippets 1877 to 1889
	Temperance Band - Centenary Concert 1975 (includes e-book feature)		Public Hall - 1882
	Town Band		Public Hall - 1883
	Town String Band		Christmas 1893
	Windmill Band		1909 Public Hall Concert Programme
	Alan Bathurst's Band - WWII		Mr Mills' Fairground Organ (includes a movie clip with commentary)
			Old Tyme Music Hall 1966
			Workers Entertained

Choirs		Libraries
	Adult School Male Choir 1934		Rushden Club & Reading Room
	Angelus Quartette 1921		Carnegie Library - Opening 1905
	Choral Society		Library Minute Book 1903-5
	WTL Flood		Library Rules 1905
	St Mary's Church Choir		Library Rules 1951
	St Cecilia Singers		Miss Mantle and the Library
			Dominica Jones's Retirement
Boys Life Brigade & Girls Brigade			Barbara Robinson's Retirement
	1st Rushden Boys Brigade		History of the Carnegie Library
	Wesleyan Brigades Camp 1919		H E Bates & the Library
	Life Boys Quiz 1963		H E Bates trail
			The Argus & other Libraries

Church Lads' Brigade		Pubs & Clubs
	St Mary's Church Lad's 1910		Alehouses
			Athletic Club & Institute - 1898
			Althetic Club Events
Cubs & Brownies			Beerhouses, Inns & Hotels
	St Peter's C of E - Brownies Log Book		Conservative Club 1890s
	Gallery
	St. Mary's Cubs		Rushden District Clubs - Fund for Blind & Crippled Children 1914
	The first 50 years		Town Band Club Rebuilt - 1939
			Trade Club
Guides & Scouts			Trade Club Concerts 1898 & 1910
	1st Rushden Girl Guides		Windmill Club
	Guides 1983		History of the Club
	Scouts Roll of Honour 1918		Windmill Club Concert 1898
	5th Rushden Air Scouts		Windmill Club 1948
	Scouting in Rushden		Festival of Britain 1951
			Windmill Football Club
			Working Men's Club

Outings & Holidays		Cinema
	Outings		The first picture shows
	Holidays		Palace Cinema 1910
			Royal Theatre Orchestra
			Royal Variety Theatre 1930
			Interior changes for Cinemascope
			Ritz Variety Show 1951
			Interior of the Ritz Cinema
			Ritz 1986
			Duggie Chapman's Music Hall 1972