Guest Book Entries

Name: Margaret Van Alstine (nee Lack)
Email: kristiandpat@home.com
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I am writing in behalf of my mother, Margaret Van Alstine (Lack). I was fourtante enough to make a one time visit to her hometown of Rushden in 1985 (I was seventeen then). I hope to make another trip with my husband Patrick. We (both mom and I) went through the guestbook and she has picked up on a few names from her childhood. She went to Rushden Secondary School back in the late 40's and has married a American and moved to America in 1955. She is now living in Carter Lake Iowa which is not too far from Omaha Nebraska. For those wishing to drop her a line, can do so in care of my email address kristiandpat@home.com. We all love to hear from you!!

Name: chris marsh
Email: c.i.marsh@cw.com
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i attended rushden boys school in the 70s had a girl friend diane robertson [how are you] used to live in the viking my dad was the first landlord i now live in scotland hi to everybody that remembers me

Name: Ann Belcher (Travill)
Email: sartoris 53@aol.com
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Hello to all! My name is Lisa. My Mother Ann, was born and raised in Rushden and lived there until she met my Dad who was stationed in Chelveston in the mid 50's. They lived in Rushden for about a year after they married and then moved to my Dad's home , America. After about 4 years they decided to move back to England and lived there for 7 years. My grandparents were Frank and Vera Travill who later moved to America in the 70's. My Mother attended Rushden Secondary Modern and I went to South End. We would love to hear from anyone who might remember us. I can be contacted at sheeshamom@aol.com

Name: Kathy Walsh
Email: Roka1983@aol.com
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As a child I spent several summer holiday's in Rushden at the home of my grandparents, Rosemary and Arthur Lack. My mother, Vera, was raised in Rushden. I still have family in the area. I'd love to return to Rushden someday with my husband. I wish we had a Peter Crisp in the US!

Name: rose m weber nee wallis
Email: rose@cycleed.com
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Hello Kevin I like the pub section brings back alot of memories. I sent you e-mail. I wonder if anyone in Rushden especially anyone who used to go to the Catholic club remembers a Joan Hyacynth last name may not be spelt right. She played the piano and could really sing. She and the family used to live a few doors from the police station in Tollbar, Rushden side. Thanks Rose

Name: Pete Smith
Email: petesmith56@hotmail.com
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Great site - you'll give Rushden a good name if you're not careful! I'd love to hear from anyone who was at Wellingborough Grammar between 67 and 74 and particularly anyone who might remember any of the bits of my misspent youth that I've forgotten...I used to live in Caldecott (near Chelveston), and remember the early morning commuting on the old United Counties double deckers on the 404 service via Lightstrung ... and everything we got up to ...

Name: Denise Wright
Email: wrightpig@aol.com
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Great web site,love the pictures! I am trying to trace my ancestors. My great-great grandfather Bert Cook was born in Rushden in 1883. His parents were George Cook and Harriet Day Cook. I believe that Bert and a brother George came to the U.S. with his wife Nellie Palmer Cook and son George Roy Cook.I'm hoping that there are descendants of the Cooks, Days, or Palmers that could give me more family history info.I hope to visit this lovely town someday. Bert settled in Cleveland, Ohio and must have missed Rushden!

Name: Sue
Email: Sue@xcelfm.co.uk
Homepage: www.xcelfm.co.uk

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I used to live in Ruhsden in the 70's it's a lovely town, my how it has grown. i used to sing with The Peter Noble Set are any of the guys still around?

Name: Kevin Franklin - Web Master
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Thanks for your idea Kay. I do have plans to show places to go in Rushden and hope to get around to implementing something of that nature in the very near future. I really appreciate your input. So watch this space!

Name: KAY Holmes
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you should have ideas on good places to go in rushden

Name: Danya Kimm nee Purser
Email: savewise@speedeenet.com
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Good work! your name sounds familiar, Kevin Franklin and your mum's too, do you have a sister by the name Dawn Franklin, if so i use to play with when i was a young girl. my maiden name was Purser. I now live in Florida USA all my family still resides in Rushden if anybody remembers me my e-mail address is savewise@speedeenet.com love to hear from any one...

Name: Roy Peasnell
Email: rpeasnell@telstra.com
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Hi tanya Alson . Ive been trying to contact you ,but my mail keeps being returned.Please contact me.Best regards Roy.

Name: Denise
Email: denise@moth.worldonline.co.uk
Homepage: www.wollastonvillage.org.uk

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cool, keep up the good work

Name: Samantha
Email: samantha-cheung@hotmail.com
Homepage: http://www.penpalcafe.com

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I think the site is very informative and it makes me want to visit Rushden. If only I had the money...

Name: Kevin Franklin - Web Master
Email: additions@rushden-northants.co.uk
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With regard to the the signing shown below from Rose - Thank you Rose for your appreciation. Your email address is-: rosemweber.1941.03@worldnet.att.net I hope you find lots more friends through the web site and that you continue to enjoy fond memories of 'home'.

Name: Rose Weber nee Wallis
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Hello Kevin, Thanks so much for you answere concerning my mum and the legion. I listed my e-mail not known because I don't know which one my husband has me listed on. The rose@cycleed.com is out of order due to prodigy have problems here in Oklahoma, I can send mail but not receive any. so the address you receive could you please post it for me in the guest book for me. I hope I will get it and remember so I don't have this happen to me again, how frustrating. Once again thanks for a super job, a labour of love is very satisfying but alot of work and time consuming. I see my husband designing and taking care of flyers for other websites advertising upcoming events which is for charities. Being mostly motorcycle events and camping trips. Usually these events are Harley Davidson clubs. So I admire you for taking on such a terrific job for a alot of out of towners who love their hometown and people in it, THANKS, Rose

Name: Bryan Chapman
Email: bryan@bryanchapman.com
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Hello to all Chapmans in Rushden. I'd love to get in contact with any of you. Perhaps you could help me. My Chapman ancestors were originally from Rushden and came to live in America in about 1870 or 1871. I have traced the information to my great-great grandfather, but am trying to find information on his parents, descendants or other family members. Here is information about my Chapman ancestor: William Chapman, born about 1824 in Rusden, Northampton, England. He married Ann Denton (born Nov 1, 1829 in Rushden). William Chapman and Ann Denton were married in Wellingborough on Apr 10, 1849. Their son Joseph Chapman (born Feb 18, 1852 in Wellingborough) came to the United States about 1870 or 1871 and married Caroline Coshell.

Does this sound familiar to anyone living in Rushden? Even if it doesn't, I'd very much like to have contact with other Chapmans living in the area (to see if there is a connection).

Thanks! Bryan Chapman

Name: Shelley Clampin
Email: shelleyjclampin@yahoo.com
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Great site - especially for newcomers to the town.I have lived here for 2 1/2 years now and I had no idea there was so much going on! Anyway - I am a member of the newly formed Rushden Mums Social Club. We would love you to come and join us. So, if you are a Mum with children under 11 and would like a night out once a month - come along. We meet on the first Thursday of every month at the Park Road Methodist Church Hall. (Griffiths Street entrance). Meetings start at 7.30pm. Usually have a speaker/demonstration. Great way to make new friends.

Name: sarah and dave heffron
Email: heffy1@sniffout.com
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We were shocked to find a website on our town. Please someone buy and re-open the wagon and horses pub

Name: Margaret Hulatt Sampson
Email: sarge2@gate.net
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hey Rushden , great web site , I have been in touch with some school mates I haven't seen in 40 years , Kevin great job Thank you

Name: Rose Weber nee Wallis
Email: Rose@cycleed.com
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I can't believe Rushden has a web page it's fantastic. I recognized a few names and hope someone out there remembers mine. I also attended Rushden Secondary Modern, I left England in 1968 to come to America, I also married a GI, I now live in Oklahoma. I came home to Rushden often when mum and dad lived at the Hedges, last time being 6yrs ago when we laid my dads ashes to rest at the Baptist church top end of Rushden near where my nan lived in South Terrace. My brother Tom lives in Halifax, and my mum lives in St Thomas Exeter. I would love to hear from old friends. Thanks a million for a great site Rose Weber

Name: June Harman [nee West]
Email: CadiMum@Webtv.net
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I'ts so nice to read news about Rushden and visit the guest book. Well done! I've lived in the U.S. since 1969 and have visited several times [last was 1997]. My brothers Ray & Eric [postman] still live there. I lived in YELDEN in the early fifties, worked at the old U.S. NCO club there and later at Alconbury. My son, Paul, lives in the same town as me, which is close to Kansas City, MO. I still follow Man.Utd. and love my Kansas City Royals [baseball team] and the Kansas City Chiefs [football].

Name: Kevin Franklin - Web Master
Email: additions@rushden-northants.co.uk
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Dear Sir,

I am sorry to hear that you are experiencing problems accessing information from the Rushden-Northants Business Directory. The directory uses drop-down menus to access the different category headings. These menus utilise Java Scripts which I suspect that the Opera browser does not support. I therefore regret that you may not be able to access the directory unless you load a different, more popular browser. If there was any particular information on a local business that you required, please let me know the nature of your enquiry, type of business or service etc., and I will try to help you.

Regards,

Kevin Franklin - Webmaster

Name: Steve Pettitt
Email: sp@co.umist.ac.uk
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I can't seem to access any of the business information from your home page... any ideas? FYI I'm using Opera 5. 26/1/2001

Name: Tammi Coleman Poston
Email: hpsportsmom@aol.com
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Hello all, My mother was from Rushden. She passed away in 1977. Her name was Carole Dawn Liggins Coleman. I lost my grandfather in August of 2000. He lived in Rushden until his death. I have an aunt who still lives there with her family. I loved the web page and the photos. It brings back a lot of memories from my childhood as we lived there for a while while my father was in the service. Can't wait to visit there again with my children.

Name: paul & shirley frost
Email: frost1961@libertysurf.co.uk
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hi to all are friends and family in rushden we moved to weston super mare 1991 we still come back from time to time. this site was good fun well done from shirley and paul

Name: Maureen Buckby (nee Copson)
Email: mandpbuckby@pbuckby.fsnet.co.uk
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I enjoyed reading the guestbook. I was born in Rushden and lived there until 1972. I attended Rushden Secondary School for Girls, was a member of the Safe Cycling Team and worked for the solicitors Parker & Groome 1965-1970. I now live in Burbage Leicestershire and am married with one son and a 9 month old grandson. Nice to see Rushden given a mention.

Name: Anna Santoro
Email: anna-santoro@libero.it
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Hello! my name is Anna, I was born in Kettering in 04/11/1979. My parents decided to return in Italy in 1980. I have in Rushden my aunt Fusco Anna Rosa ( she works in Ristorante Venezia in Rushden ) and my oncle Kightley Graham, they live at 101 Den Mark Road.Now I live in Alife (ce). Ok, if somebody want contact to me , I'm very very happy!!!!!!! Anna.

Name: Anna Santoro
Email: anna-santoro@libero.it
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Hello! my name is Anna, I was born in Kettering in 04/11/1979. My parents decided to return in Italy in 1980. I have my aunt Fusco Anna Rosa ( she works in Ristorante Venezia in Rushden ) and my oncle Kightley Graham, they live at 101 Den Mark Road.Now I live in Alife (ce). Ok, if somebody want contact to me , I'm very very happy!!!!!!! Anna.

Name: Salvatore
Email: Salrao@libero.it
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Hi everyone in Rushden. It has been so emotional when I found my Town on this site. I'm born in Kettering in 1964 and I lived in Rushden until 1972 when my parents decided to return in Italy. All your photos brought me back many memories, I used to live in Alfred Street. If anybody of my school friends reading this comment will remember me I'll appreciate if you'll contact me I've been in Rushden in 1978 and 1988. I didn't forget my little Rushden and I love it so much. Now I live in Alife (CE)a small town 30 Km far from Caserta.

P.S. It will be nice have a city map on your site

Name: Garry Wright
Email: Garry@Leewright.freeserve.co.uk
Homepage: www.leewright.freeserve.co.uk

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Being the Evening Telegraph correspondent for Rushden I hope that I can help any former Rushdenites locate friends and family through the Town Talk column I write for the paper. It is quite obvious that many people retain an important link to the town from anywhere in the world by looking through this Rushden website. All associated with the town I am sure would wish Kevin and his team best wishes and congratulations in providing a very user friendly design for people worldwide. Looking through the entries it is a format that is obviously working! Rushden is a town well worth promoting as the many comments on this page prove...Kevin, Keep up the good work and keep updating!

Name: Doug Negus
Email: negus@nwidt.com
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Great site, I really enjoyed it. I was in the Rushden area in 1997 and just loved it, it is so beautiful and I hope to be able to come back to the area. I am working on on my family history and the "NEGUS" family came from the Rushden, Higham Ferrers, Dean, Swineshead, Shelton areas in the 1500 and 1600's and I am trying to find out anything and everything I can about the area back then, If anyone knows of any interesting reading or web sites that tell of the area at that time frame please let me know. Happy New Year to everyone!

Name: tanya somero ; alson[
Email: tanyaglenso@aol.com
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hi rushden merry cristmas to every one ,needless to say no one has e mailed me .so i gues no one remembers me or my family ,but thats ok .have a wonderful holiday ,i wish you the best of health for the year 2001 . tanya

Name: Alaric Neville
Email: alaricneville@freeuk.com
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One memory of Rushden lingers up here in Yorkshire, the old organ playing carols by the Ritz in the run up to Christmas, I wonder if it still happens? A Happy Rushden childhood.

Name: John neville
Email: jonlion@msn.com
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Well done Rushden

Name: Paul  West
Email: busbysaces1@prodigy.net
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Hi Kevin, I was just looking at, and enjoying the photos of "home", I too remember the Birch buses, I traveled to Bedford and London on them many times as a kid in the fifties and sixties, you said you remembered them too as a kid, do you remember that they had to go up Washbrook Rd. because they were taller than United Counties, and couldn't get under the railway bridge near the old Queen Victoria.

Paul West, Kansas City. USA.

Name: paul west
Email: busbysaces1@prodigy.net
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Hello Rushden, I wish I could get to see you all more often Paul West. Kansas City, Missouri,USA.

Name: DJ Graham
Email: whererukirsty@yahoo.co.uk
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Kirsty Lane. Black hair and loves football. Lived in Rushden before joining AG Corps in the Army. Would really like to get in contact again. Wont stop looking but need help. Thanks. Dave.

Name: Dave
Email: whererukirsty
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Great page, even better if it helps me to find someone called Kirsty Lane. She lives in Rushden (or did before she joined the army). Desperately want to get in contact with her to say sorry. Please help.

Name: John Wilson
Email: jbwilson@webtv.net
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I enjoyed reading this guestbook. I lived in the area from 1966-69. I am looking to contact Peggy Phillips who lived at 95 Westfield Avenue. I lost touch with her in 1971 and would like to hear from her. Any information would be helpful. I live in Seattle, Washington USA. Thanks.

Name: Gerry
Email: gerryb@earlsfield-tech.demon.co.uk
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Was it Samuel Pepes the diarist who said (to paraphrase)that "when a man was tired of London he was tired of life? Well I'm a Londoner who moved to Bedfordshire; have lived in Beds. for 15 years. I'm now considering another move and guess what? I'm thinking of moving to lovely Rushden. I have visited the town and it looks nice enough, but what is Rushen really like. Can anyone please tell?

By the way the web-site is great! keep up the good work G.

Name: ed calianese
Email: topshirt89@yahoo.com
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my family and I lived on Chelveston 1980 till 1982; were great friends with canon Brian Frost of Rushden; St Peter's and Paul's catholic church as well as mr Alan Parnell. Anyone have info regarding these two outstanding individuals PLEASE contact me as i plan to visit england within next 3 yrs . Thanx; Yank from upstate NY whom LOVES ENGLAND!!!

Name: dan beaman
Email: scruge55@hotmail.com
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anyone from northants - email me

Name: Kevin Pack
Email: kevin@kevinpack.co.uk
Homepage: http://www.highamferrers.org

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Thank you very much for linking from the map of local towns to highamferrers.org

I like the site a lot, its just a shame that on my small laptop screen I have to keep scrolling left and right as well as up and down.

Keep up the good work (even if ENDC don't send what they promised).

Regards,

Kevin Pack www.highamferrers.org

Name: Carol Hopcraft Watters
Email: cwat1950@aol.com
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My grandparents were from England and now I have a penpal in Rushden. It is nice to be able to learn things about his town, even though I can't visit there yet. I live in Florida in the United States.

Name: tanya alson somero
Email: tanyaglenso@aol
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hi anybody and every body super site ,i used to live at 30 hove rd ,my maiden name was alson, brothers reg jeff steve sister chris .parents george and doreen if anyone even cares to remember us please let me no ,roy if you read this my neigbors ,were clive warren and eggy i used to play with them ,we were niegbors for 18 years, my e mial is once again tanyaglenso@aol.com i will be waiting

Name: Sylvia Franklin
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Well done Son, keep up the good work,

love from Mum. ( on Lou's e.mail)

Name: Simon Taylor
Email: staylor@wakefield.com.uk
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How about setting up a page for comments from ex-residents like me!

Name: Angie Brown (nee Daly)
Email: angieleebrown@aol.com
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Kevin, This is our first visit to your site (despite much nagging from Dad!) and just wanted to join everyone else and tell you what a good job your doing and please keep up the good work. It's lovely to hear from people that grew up here and now live all over the world, and especially for them to be making contact with old friends, the age of technology eh? Take care.

Name: Joan Beard (nee Loveday)
Email: nanababa1@aol.com
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Would like to hear from any Rushdenites that remember me....I was married to a "yank" onm September 4, 1954 at St. Peter's Catholic Church. Came to the States in 1956. We are still together and had four children and have eight grandchildren. We are now settled in Las Vegas, Nevada, and have been here since 1968. Sister Pamela lives in San Antonio, Texas, but she is presently in Rushden on vacation. . Brother Peter lives in South Penrith, Sydney, Australia....he is presently helping out with the Olympics and is supervisor of the equestrian events. My niece, Pam's youngest girl, sent us the website and I have been forwarding it on to Rushdenites I know. that are online. We see Enid Rockingham from time to time when she is in town, Marian Swingler came to visit us once, so did Rosie Handshaw, who now lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Love this site....

Name: Enid Perry (Rockingham)
Email: RPERRYBBS@AOL.COM
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Hello everyone in Rushden, it is really great to see all who have "signed" in. I left England in 1959, and now live in So. California. Went to South End School, then on the the Intermediate School on Hayway St (think that is the name of the Street) If anyone went to that school in the early 40's, Miss Langdon was the French, Geography and History teacher, and Mr. Hewitt was the headmaster. Good 'ole days!! I am in contact with quite a few of the girls over in the U.S. i.e. Pam Loveday, Joan Loveday. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Audrey Cahill, would like to contact her, our boys played together, and went stock-car racing together. Keep up the good work Kevin. It is great to hear about our home town.

Name: Marian J. Miller nee Swingler
Email: mikmil@widomaker.com
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I grew up in Higham Ferrers, but spent a lot of time in Rushden. I now live in Williamsburg, Virginia, the early day colonial capital of the Virginia colony. My brother Peter Swingler still lives there. My sister Jill lives near Houston, Texas, and she just became a great grandmother. I heard about this website from my friend Joan Loveday/Beard, and Pam Loveday/Render. I enjoyed contacting the Rushden website, and will continue to check it from time to time.

Name: Debbie & Steve Spowart
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A brilliant idea.Being a local person it was still interesting to see what we actually have here in our small town....We've told our relatives in the North-East to have a visit so that they can see where we live. Keep up the good work.

Name: bill betts
Email: w.betts@ntlworld.co.uk
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well done it puts rusden on the map

Name: ROY PEASNELL
Email: rpeasnell@telstra.com
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just correcting my e mail address .now i can look forward to hearing from you all.

Name: roy peasnell
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your photos brought back many memories.iam visiting rushden within the next six months it would be nice to meet up with old friends. i used to knock around with barry ibotson eggy warren clive warrens brother and ken chambers if you know me . please contact me it will be nice to hear from you .i spent my childhould around fenners close .hove rd in the 1950s .i look forward to hearing from you.

Name: roy peasnell
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hi my name is roy peasnell i used to live at rushden . i now live in sydney australia

Name: Ben Daly
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Hi Kevin, its Ben. Thought I would check out your site, it is very good. I can remember when I went to Alfred street with Mr. Curtis, those were the days! Anyway, see you all again sometime, Ben.

Name: Murray J Floyd
Email: murray.floyd@sympatico.ca
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Hi: I,m not from Rushden, or for that matter not from England either, however I feel like paart of the Town. I had a small problem in locating some particular items only available in UK. With the assistance of a marvelous lady from Rushden, which I discovered browsing through the Royal British Legion, my problem was resolved in apprx three days !!!! Thank You Joan Green Rushden is fortunate in having you in their midst, and I am foreveer gratefull. Thanks again Rushden. MJF.

Name: STEPHEN SAWINSKI
Email: stephen@sawinski.freeserve.co.uk
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Nice to find this web sight for Rushden I have found out some useful information.Keep the good work up!!

Name: Diana(Tapp) & Tom Buckton
Email: dbuckton@hotmail.com
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Great site, I lived in Brookfield Rd and Spencer Rd before coming over here. I enjoy sharing the photo's of Rushden with my friends here in Florida. Keep up the good work!

Name: Graham Allen
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Greetings to all my former colleagues at Strong and Fisher, wherever you now may be. I'm based down here on the South Coast now and I can tell you that the weathers a lot better but the beer's more expensive (so I might come back!)

Name: Pidcock Barry
Email: PidcockBJ@xtra.co.nz
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What a wonderful idea,my name is Barry Pidcock and I live Tennison Rd/ Coronation st.around 1950 and the first name in your guest book was a old friend from the 1956 and I will be trying to contact her in the near future.I was in Rushden in June and the old place has not changed a lot. It brought back fond memories going out to the garden centre at Poddington. Keep up the good work

Name: Diana(Tapp) & Tom Buckton
Email: dbuckton@hotmail.com
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Name: shirley leswell
Email: leswell@ledanet.com.au
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I found this page because i often read the ET newspaper, thrilled to see that old Rushden has its own website,:) I used to be Shirley Harris and i used tobe the receptionist/telephonist at Strong & Fishers, Irchester Road, which i believe exsists no more :( Loved the photos especially the Birch Brothers Biulding, I used to go to school at Bedford on those old buses! If anyone reading this remembers me i would love to hear from them, I migrated to Australia in 1964, i've had a couple of visits "home" and if the government would do something about the strong pound i could probably come back again!! Keep up the good work , more photos please, Cheers!

Name: Jill S. Wagner
Email: Risdene@aol.com
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Hello , Have checked out your web-site a couple of times and its coming along very nicely.I am the former Stella Cooper from Oval Road Rushden, now living in Glendale Arizona USA.Starting to see a few familiar names , I am sure the word will soon get around and you will be popular with the overseas crowd as we love to hear all we can about our home town. Keep up the good work, thanks for sending it to me!

Name: DAVID & AUDREY NICHOLS
Email: dnichols@chariot.net.au
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I started my childhood years in 1939 at No 29 Albion Place, and and married my wife Audrey(nee Bester of 8 York Road)in 1962 at the Park Road Baptist Church. We emigrated to Australia in 1967, and now live in Morphett Vale - a suburb of ADELAIDE, South Australia. We have been back to Rushden several times, the last in 1996.We still have very fond memories of people and places. Rushden will always be home!!Should anyone remember us, we would enjoy hearing from them. Great to visit this new web site. Congratulations - keep up the good work.We really enjoyed the great photos.

Name: Ken Dixon
Email: dixieland.beeb.net
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I was told about this website by a friend in America, a Rushden girl who is married to an American. I suggest you publicise it more. I am passing the site address on to a friend in Rushden, as I think you are doing a good job. The Web is certainly the way information is circulated in this electronic age, and sites like yours bring it down to the level of ordinary people, like me. Keep it up!

Name: Harvey Meadows
Email: rvcolt@4unet.co.uk
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A very interesting web site. I started out in life in Rushden High Street nearly 70 years ago but left in my early 20's and have always been interested in what's going on 'back home'. Now living not too far away in Norfolk UK I belong to the R.D.H.S.

Name: Ted McKee
Email: mckeetmartin@aol,com
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Altho' I didn't live in Rushden I did spend a lot of time in the area. My wife [who lived in Islip] & I both enjoy the excellent web site you have. We now live in North Carolina U.S.A. & like to keep in touch even tho' it's from such a distance. Keep up the good work

Name: Margaret Lett
Email: MLett60574@aol.com
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Hello, to all in Rushden and just had to "Thank You" personally Kevin for the good job and all the hard work you are doing keeping us in touch with all the events going on in our home town, enjoyed all the photos, it's almost as good as being there.... will keep looking for more to come soon. Best Regards Margaret.

Name: Louise Tull
Email: rushden@kvi.fanz.net
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Hello

I wonder if anyone will remember me? Louise Underwood was my name before I married in America. I went to Chichele Girls' School and I worked at Lloyds Bank for 5 years up until 1993.

I love this web site and enjoy reading all the stuff about Rushden. I hope to come back to live in a year or so.

Keep up the good work!! Louise

Name: Margaret Hulatt Sampson
Email: sarge2@gate.net
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Hey Rushden,great site , Thank you for sending it to me Keven,I'm in Fla USA and it's nice to read about my home town , any of my old pall would like to write me I'm at sarge2@gate.net miss all you guys and girls Margaret

Name: Louise Eaton
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Absolutely excellent! I've been in a few times, but never said how good it was- sorry ! You deserve a pat on the back... this is a page we can really be proud of Kevin.

How can we get more people to know about it i wonder...there must be loads of people out there who haven't discovered the site.

Name: Lucie
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hi this is the first web site i have found on our boring little town and i just want to say keep up the good work!

Name: Mark Bamford
Email: m.bamford@4unet.co.uk
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This is a great idea to promote our local area and businesses. Rushden has a lot to offer and it is good that this can be seen in these web pages

Name: Andrew Presland
Email: andrewpresland@harboroughroad58.freeserve.co.uk
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As other guests have said, this looks like a very useful site. I think it has loads of potential for keeping folk in touch with the many things that are happening in Rushden, and for building more of a feeling of community spirit.

Andrew Presland of Whitefriars Church (C of E) Rushden, and the Sunday Night Youth Group

Name: Nicola Sica
Email: sican258@norhisch.demon.co.uk
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I have enjoyed looking around this website and I hope it continues to grow, Good Luck!

Name: Kevin Franklin - Web Master
Email: additions@rushden-northants.co.uk
Homepage: www.rushden-northants.co.uk

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04th July 2000 - We have updated our Guest Book so as to allow visitors to view as well as sign the book. Unfortunately, as part of the redesign process this has meant that previous entries made to the earlier edition of the guest book have been erased. Our apologies to previous contributors for this. However here is the content of those previous entries-:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Philip Pearson Email: PP.BencekeCoffee@t-online.de Date: June 30, 2000

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I can show my colleagues the pics of home.Now they have seen "home", they probably feel sorry for me.

Interesting idea and I wish you well. Would like to hear from anyone who knows me. Philip Pearson ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Pam Mellor Email: pamsmadhouse@hotmail.com Date: July 03, 2000

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Have just discovered the website and enjoyed the carnival photos. Look forward to seeing the site grow in the future. It certainly has great potential. Pam Mellor - Brown Owl, 2nd Rushden St. Mary's Brownies