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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 (see also Recreation) Societies
Cup Winners Allotments 1878
Rushden 'Britons'
Local Football

Amateur Dramatic Society 1899 & Newsclips

Amenities Society

Caledonian Society Dinners 1955
Rushden and District Amateur Cine Club
Collectors Circle
Family History Society
Heritage Centre
History Society
Mothers Club
Local Cricket

Rushden Museum

Operatic Society

Ornithological Society 1889
Pigeon Homing Society 1898
Poultry & Rabbit Club - 1945
Rushden Amateur Dramatic Society - RADS
Rushden & District Photographic Society
Rushden Women's Business & Professional Club
Theatrical - R.A.T.S.
Townswomens' Guild
Air Gun League - 1930
Bowls
Charitable & Friendly Societies
Buffs
Cork Club
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
Housemartins - Over 60's
Ladies' Circle
Lions
Masonic Hall 1930
Rushden Tennis Club Oddfellows
Skew Bridge Ski Club Old Men's Club 1878
Wrestling - 1961 Probus Club of Rushden
Rechabites

Rotary Club of Rushden
Recreation (see also Sports Clubs)
Angling - Joe Eagle
Angling Competition Winners 1929 Rotary & Round Table Xmas Collections 1955
BMX Track in Spencer Park Round Table History
Cycling
Toc H - history
Factories and Works Darts League
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)
Posters for Events in the 1870s
Event snippets 1879 - 1882
Festive Party 1881
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

Circuses at Rushden

1911 Parade - possibly
Proclamation Posters - Monarchs 1910 & 1936
Belgian Colour Day 1914
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
Carnival Queen 1934
Carnivals & Parades & Coronation Events
Opening of Bandstand - 1936
Rushden Pageant 1951
Queen's Coronation 1953
Band Contest 1890
Band Stand in Spencer Park 1956 Robert Brothers Circus
Military Band
National Band 1940s Weekend - 2007
Rifle Band Christmas Lights 2007
Temperance Band Party in the Park
Event Snippets 1969
Entertainment
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
WTL Flood
St Mary's Church Choir
St Cecilia Singers
Boys Life Brigade & Girls Brigade
1st Rushden Boys Brigade

History of the Carnegie Library

Wesleyan Brigades Camp 1919
Life Boys Quiz 1963
The Argus & other Libraries
Church Lads' Brigade Pubs & Clubs
St Mary's Church Lad's 1910 Alehouses
Athletic Club & Institute - 1898
Cubs & Brownies Beerhouses, Inns & Hotels
St Peter's C of E - Brownies Log Book

Conservative Club 1890s

St. Mary's Cubs

Rushden District Clubs - Fund for Blind & Crippled Children 1914
Town Band Club Rebuilt - 1939

Trade Club
Guides & Scouts
1st Rushden Girl Guides Windmill Club
Scouts Roll of Honour 1918
5th Rushden Air Scouts
Scouting in Rushden

Working Men's Club

Outings & Holidays Cinema
Outings The first picture shows
Holidays Palace Cinema 1910

Royal Theatre Orchestra

Ritz Variety Show 1951



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