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Rushden -
Leisure, Clubs & Societies

Photograph of Rushden Tennis Club circa 1960 Photograph of Rushden Amateurs Football Club circa 1960
Rushden Tennis Club c1960
Rushden Amateurs c1960

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Sports Clubs Subjective Societies
Local Football Allotment Society 1889 & 1986

Amateur Dramatic Society 1899 & later Newsclips

Amenities Society

Caledonian Society Dinners 1955
Collectors Circle
Family History
Air Gun League - 1930 Free Gardeners - Myrtle Lodge
Bowling at Spencer Park 1952 History Society
Boxing
Hockey 1890
Mission Cricket 1928

Mothers Club

Physical Culture Club

Museum Competition Winner
Rushden & Higham Rugby Club

Operatic Society

Ornithological Society 1889
Rushden Rambling Club Pigeon Homing Society 1898
Skew Bridge Ski Club Poultry & Rabbit Club - 1945
Wrestling - 1961 Theatrical - R.A.T.S.

Bands & Choirs Charitable & Friendly Societies
                   Mission Band Buffs
Cork Club

Friend In Need Society 1889

Good Templars
Rushden Lions
Probus Club of Rushden
Rotary Club of Rushden
A Band Contest 1890

Rechabites

Adult School Male Choir 1934 Toc H - history
Town String Band
WTL Flood
Temperance Band - Centenary Concert 1975 (includes e-book feature)

Round Table Ladies' Night 1952

St Crispin's Townswomen's Guild
Choral Society 1889 & 1893 Ladies' Circle
Band Stand in Spencer Park - 1914 Tangent Club

Rotary & Round Table Xmas Collections 1955


Pubs & Clubs Carnivals, Fetes & Events
Posters for Events in the 1870s
Alehouses Cricket & Football Club Bazaar 1893
Athletic Club & Institute - 1898 Christmas 1893
Conservative Club Annual Dinner 1893 Easter Holidays 1898

Trade Club

Agricultural Show 1898
Proclamation of George V as Monarch 1910
Coronation 1911
Rushden Hall Opening - 1930
Windmill Club Agricultural Show 1932
Carnival Queen 1934
Carnival Parade 1934
King George V - Silver Jubilee 1935
Proclamation Posters - Monarchs
Working Men's Club Concert & Dance 1893 Opening of Bandstand - 1936

King George VI - Coronation 1937
Recreation Pageant - Coronation 1937
Angling - Joe Eagle Parade - Coronation 1937
BMX Track in Spencer Park Social Services Parade 1941
Housemartins - Over 60's Queen's Coronation 1953
Physical Culture - Ladies Sartoris Road Coronation Celebrations 1953
Query Club Motor Race 1958 Trade Show
Query Club 40th Anniversary 1967 Carnival (includes movie clips)
Rushden Institute 1901
Skittles Badge 1908 1973 Carnival (interactive e-book feature)
Spencer Park Pool - 1923 1940s Weekend - 2007
Swimming Pool Opens 1929
Swimmingpool Improvements 1968 Rushden Feast
Talent Competition - 1955
Trials Riders - Holt Family Christmas Lights 2007
Bowls Match 1968 (includes a movie clip with commentary)

Scouts & Guides Libraries
Jamboree 2007 Carnegie Library - Opening 1905
Jamboree 2007 (2)

St. Mary's Cubs

Scouts Roll of Honour 1918
5th Rushden Air Scouts

History of the Carnegie Library

Life Boys & Girls Brigade
Life Boys Quiz 1963
The Argus & other Libraries

Cinema Entertainment
The first picture shows Snippets 1893

Mr Mills' Fairground Organ (includes a movie clip with commentary)


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