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Places
and people not forgotten.... by a lot
of us....
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Listed
below are places we used to spend
our time...
some no longer there...
some.. that still are... if you have memories
... leave a message....
maybe old friends would like to read
it.....
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romawright@aol.com
Having
moved from Rushden in the 70's, I have
enjoyed trips to your site..
particularly the old B & W photo's
from the past..
Regarding things from the past, I've never
seen any mention of Maxie's Taxi..
Old Max lived behind the wheel of his
cab.. many nights he took me home from a
date..
He was a great old guy, always gave a fair
price.. I swear he never slept..
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In
Rushden...
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Had
been renamed... now boarded up.. may be turned
into flats....
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Many
of us local folks spent a lot of Sat'dy mornings
in The Ritz... when we were little...
Remember.. "Old mother
Riley" and "P.C. 49"
pictures?
Stella and I both worked there in later
years....
[ we were usherettes ]
flashing the old torch.. at you
probably!!!
sitting in the back row.... watching
the movie??? |
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Membership
card for the West End ... |
The
Ritz programme August 1960..... |
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Any
of you remember "Chris" the taxi
driver... |
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He
worked for Lord's
taxi service first.. |
Then
got his own.... |
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Several
people have written in reply to Angie's
question below.. about "old maps" of the
Rushden area..
Graham Joyce says maybe...
www.old-maps.co.uk
would be useful to you...
He also has the following information.. The order
in which the 1881 census..
is published.. suggests that the lanes, yards and
cottages Angie is interested in..
lay between High street and Backway...
Denton's Lane became George Street.. and left High
Street dead opposite the Palace..
next to Horace Wills' gramophone and radio shop...
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Eileen writes...
She attended a meeting of the Rushden Historical
Society..
which included a map show... including
slides of ancient local maps...
she
states.. that in those days local landowners had
their own maps made of their property...
which makes it hard to keep up with them.. many
may be hidden in family records somewhere...
She asks if anyone does come across a map of old
Rushden.. would they please pass on a copy to the
Local council map people.. [ she will find out the
correct title ]...
as the cartographers office has no old maps of
Rushden in their records...
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Angie
has a question for anyone that remembers....
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a.linnitt@sympatico.com
Hi
gang.. what a resource this site is.. I am looking
for an old street map of Rushden..
that lists the old areas.. streets etc., that
don't seem to be there anymore..
Example.. Succoth yard.. Dentin's lane.. Manny's
farm.. Orchard cottage.. Mendip cottage..
Does anyone know where I could find an old map
that would show these places..
That would be great... Also am trying to
find the war record of my grandpa..
any help on that would be appreciated... Thanks
for the great site.. Angie...
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Joyce
note.. Succoth Baptist? church.. I believe
was on High street..
the yard was probably close to that..
a site that may be helpful for war records is The
Commonwealth War Commission...
can anyone help Angie with more info..
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United
counties 3d bus ticket... |
Birch
Bros., ticket.... |
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The
base... |
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Chelveston
base.. is no longer there at all...
If any of you have any memories of the..
the Airmens club.. N.C.O. club... Bowling
alley... leave a message... |
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A
few of you spent quite a bit of your leisure time
in Wellingborough...
does anyone have a story to share... from the good times you had in that town....
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Another
memory some of us 'ave is RUSHDEN
and AREA .. "the
lingo".....
most of us used the local dialect..
[ dawnt s'pose meny on ya talk like
it now ]
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ent...kent ....shent....woont...an..
enna gunna.... were
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Angela
[Shrubb] Reza writes... ow
about... " it's as black as
nuggets knocker "....
whoever " nugget" was...
[ never erd of that one gal, has
anybody else?... must be an Irky
saying...]
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This
one me and Jack still use... We even
ave some of the locals saying
it......
gits on ya wick... or...gits
on me wick.........
[I can ere the yanks
now.."where's that
located", ha]
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Stell
decided to ev a goo - 'ey gal, yis
we did ev 'ya get on me wick', but...
ent yer jus bein nice fu the yanks !......
'ow abowt
yer git on me blummin box !
Then theres 'cor.. shis dun up like a
dugs dinna'
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Ay
gal, I wuz thinkin abowt ole "Ramey" the
Rushden "town tramp"...
d'ya rememba im, eed be sittin in the bugs at the Ritz
ona Sat'dy arf'noon...
e dint botha anyuvus kids...
allwus at the end o' the row gawpin... ' ut the
screen..
un he'd be larfin' is 'ead orf... ut the
cartoons etc., .
Far as I know he cum frum a good fam'ly
somew'eer alung Cromwell road.
Wuz just thinkin what a rottun end 'e kum too...
'e wuz found fruz 't death up the gard'n 'llotments..
e wuz ina pig - sty... poor ol' sod....
Dorn't know what bought im to
mind... it's bin
years agoo now...
funny the things ya dorn't fo'get enit...
did
you know im gal?.. Stella.....
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Wotcha
gel... think I rememba sum ol' bloke..sittin
on the end o' the fust row in the Ritz...
dorn't know if that wur'im.... bin'sa lung
agoo...
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KETRIN
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Orl right gels... om nearly
reddy fo wi trip to good ole Ketrin,
I ken ardly wate...
Me fust dinner as
ta be a bit a stew an dumplins....
ooh!!! ..I kun tayst it now..
It wun
arf be luvly om shor. Then arter a
bit a kip, on to all the chopsin wi
me sisters...
I spect I shul get on their
wick wi me gooins on ........
Om gooin fer three weeks an shall gi
ya all me noos on me return.
Om
lookin in gret anticipation to orl
the peps and choks and spect I'll
cum back fatter,
but as I allus sez,
it kent be elped...
I shent pass up
note wots offered.. lol... ttfn gels,
yor pal, Gill
[ hope you av a smashin time
gel... Joyce]
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RAANDS..
Marion sent me these local bits from
Raands.....tairters....arriwigs...
.scodgers..[
never eard o that gal ]....starnals.....blight....orse
sting....
bit o kit.....thing o purpose...
looks black over Bills
mums....
[know what they mean ?]
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If
any o you gels feel like chopsin...ow
about leavin your bit on the
story page...
so wec'n all ev a larf.....
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