List of articles published in our magazine - Issues 1 - 30
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Rowell Heritage 2nd Quarter 2020 No 33
Recollections (part two), by Leonard Buswell (1909 – 2000), Rev Malcolm Armitage (1937 – 2019), Memories of Tom Nichols, From the Archives, John Smith 1790 -1824, Kathleen Chapman, A tribute, Plague and Pestilence in Northamptonshire, From the Archives, Rowell Fair,
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Rowell Heritage 1st Quarter 2020 No 32
Rothwell’s Chelsea Pensioners. Rothwell Public Library: A History (and a future?), Celia Jones 1941 – 2019, Rothwell’s Town Farms: Newham Farm, A Lovely Friendship: A tribute to Rae Greenshields, Thomas Lawrence: Actor, Circus Clown & Theatre Proprietor, From the Archives, Recollections by Leonard Buswell (1909 – 2000), Where Plovers Fly.
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Rowell Heritage 4th Quarter 2019 No 31
Our Home Defenders - Rowell Co-Op in the Fifties - RothwellHealth and Welfare Report 1969 - Recollections by Leonard Buswell - Obituary, Brian Richard Messinger - From the Archives WW1 POW - Fit fir Tomorrow - Yesterday - Sarah Gude and the British Home for Incurables - Rescue and Reward (George Stone) - Our Float Wins Top prize at this Years Carnival.
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Rowell Heritage 3rd Quarter 2019 No 30
Giant Leaps and Small Steps - More than a Coincidence, Ken Cheaney - 2019 Proclamation in Pictures - History of The Citizens Welfare Committee - Why did I Write Grandpa's Dream - From the Archives, Rothwell Rose Day - Obituary, Dr Richard Ivan Froment - Woodstock 1969 - From the Archives, Rothwell in Radiant Mood - Now What Was I Doing 50 Years Ago.
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Rowell Heritage 2nd Quarter 2019 No 29
Rothwell Fire Brigade- Obituary: Elvin Pyers Banyer Royall - A Mysterious Packet - Brickworks Memories - Rothwell Church School, The Teachers - Football in our Genes - Rothwell Town Football Club - Rothwell Corinthians - From the Archives.
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Rowell Heritage 1st Quarter 2019 No 28
Francis Gertie Wager – Annie Plumb and her son – Colin Patson Sarjeant – Grandfathers medal back where it belongs – How a Rothwell cricketer won the Military Medal – Keep calm and bat on – Rae’s of Rothwell – Rothwell Church School the Teachers – Memorial pebbles – See the pretty red balloon – Manor house to let – Looking back on a legend, Concorde -
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Rowell Heritage November - December 2018 No 27
Roy & Sheila Owen celebrate thier 65th wedding anniversary,
In search of the perfect scone.
The flu epidemic.
Bone Crypt.
The ghost of the Nunnery.
More info about Rothwell Camera Club.
The 5 o/clock Jubes.
Rowells pubs past and present.
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Rowell Heritage September - October 2018 No 26
Dad’s Story,
Restoring old photographs,
The NHS then & now,
Having a premature baby in the 1950’s,
Rowell’s pubs past & present part 4.
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Rowell Heritage July - August 2018 No 25
Jean Margaret Read (1942 – 2018) (Obituary)
Rothwell Church School 1949 - 1956
A Chapter Ends in Rothwell's History After a School closes after 400 Years
The Great Rowell Fair Bake Off ( Rowell Fair Tart Competition 2018)
Rowell Pubs Past and Present part 3
Rothwell Ladies Raise Money for Air Ambulance Service
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Rowell Heritage May - June 2018 No 24
May Traditions
The Green Man
The Rothwell Mothers Club 1965 - 2001 ........2018
Who Does What at the Arts and Heritage Centre
Rowell Pubs Past & Present part 2
Rowell fair, What is the Bailiff's Role?
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Rowell Heritage March - April 2018 No 23
Letters - The Importance of Letters in WW1
A Right Royal Visit
Rowells Pubs Past & Present
Rothwell Grammar School
How it all Started and the Aunt I Never met
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Rowell Heritage January - February 2018 No 22
Robert Arthur Denton BEM (Obituary)
Shrove Tuesday Pancakes
Rothwell Scouts
The Suffragettes and Votes for Women
Memories of a Rothwell Dinner lady
Fun Food Facts
Did You Ever Wonder What This Building Was
Crispin Street
What is the Meaning of the name Rothwell
Jim Dale MBE
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Rowell Heritage November - December 2017 No 21
A Memory of Betty Cobbley 1921 - 2017 - A Visit from the Chimney Sweep - Christmas Traditions Round the World - Presentation to Dr Gibbons - Rowell Fair Traditions - Six Five Special - The Methodist Players - Where Do You Read Your Rowell Heritage Magazine - Local Business Celebrates 95 Years in Rothwell - Thankful Villages -
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Rowell Heritage September - October 2017 No 20
The Origin of Halloween - Not Always the Good Old Days - Rothwell Congregational Camps Annual Migration to the Sea - Ice Cream History - 1204- 1614 -? 2018 Rowell Fair Society - Mondegreens - Displays in the Centre -
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Rowell Heritage July - August 2017 No 19
Rowell Fair & The Proclamation 2017 - The Factory Fortnight & Wakes Week - Buckby's Charabanc and Rothwell Photography Club (pic) - Barry Panter's family on their BSA Golden Flash Combination - United Counties Buses - Steam Rail Trip Trough the Welland Valley - Rowell fair Tart Competition 2017 - The History of Ice Cream - Holiday Souvenir Postcards -
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Rowell Heritage May - June 2017 No18
The History of the Fairground Cakewalk - Rowell fair Poem by Valerie Panter - Rowell Fair Society - First Experience on the Fairground Waltzer - Another Famous Rowellian- Bev Willis - Rothwell Methodist Reunion - History of Art and Architecture - Rothwell Heritage Craft Group - Staff of the new Picture House Rothwell (Pics) - A 1950 Programme from the New Picture House Rothwell - Why Do the British drive on the Left - A Step Back in Time -
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Rowell Heritage March - April 2017 No 17
A Famous Rowellian William Timpson 1849 - 1929 - Loddington Lou - Rothwell Racecourse - Folklore, Festivals and Customs - Who Can Remember Betty Cobbley's Pantomimes - The last years of Rothwell Urban District Council at the Manor House - Incident on the Brigstock to Oundle Road - Did You Know That Rothwell Once had a Cinema - Sports day at Gladstone Street School - Rothwell Methodist Reunion Lunch Final Reminder - Dr Gibbons Remembered - A Step Back in Time - Another famous Rowellian Dr Alfred Carpenter (1825 - 1892) -
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Rowell Heritage January - February 2017 No 16
Intro from the New Editor - Methodist Church Sunday School Reunion - Local & National Events of 50 Years Ago - Heritage Centre Tearoom - A Tribute to Olive Roberts - Oxford products Rothwell Ltd - School Days at Gladstone Street During WW2 -
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Rowell Heritage November - December 2016 No 15
Hi to all Members of Rothwell Methodist Church in the 50's & 60's - Rothwell Market House - The Needlecraft of Ada Roughton - 50 Glorious Years of the Rothwell Thursday Club - My First Aquaintance with Gladstone Street School in 1947 - Rothwell Claims Health Resort Status - Rothwell Church -The Cirencester connection - A Tragedy of Two Generations news cuttings of Murder & Suicide - Rothwell Parish Church Youth Club 1972 (pic) -
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Rowell Heritage September - October 2016 No 14
Mr Alan John Mills (Obituary & Tribute) - Dr Gerald Gibbons OBE - Norman Richard Mason ( Obituary & Tribute) - Harvesting in Rothwell c1965 (pics) - Christine Cocksedge (Obituary) - Rothwell memories from the Archive of the Parish Church Magazine - Missile in Fox Street (pic) - I Love Music Exhibition, Kettering Museum featuring three Rothwell Musicians
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Rowell Heritage July - August 2016 No 13
Rowell Fair Tart Competition 2016 - The Battle of the Somme - Remembering Frederick Barlow - Rowell Fair Pictures 2016 - Memories of a Housemaid in Rothwell in the Early 20th Century - The CND Protest Jan 1960 - Happy with Holliday (News cutting) - Mysterious Occurrences (News cutting)
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Rowell Heritage May - June 2016 No 12
Rowell Fair Model Show - Rowell Fair Week - Rowell Fair Society AGM 2016 - May Garlanding - Memories of Days Gone By - Remembering Frederick Barlow - memories of Rothwell Church School - Iron ore Workings Around Rothwell - Mr Harry Cross a True Rowellian - The School Canteen in Castle Hill - The Queen Passes Through Rothwell 1982
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Rowell Heritage March - April 2016 No 11
Thanks for the Memories - Memories of Early Days in Rothwell - The Ball Family ironfounders - Ball & Son Foundry Workers in the Early 1900's - Rothwell Fire brigade 1909 (pic) - The Fire at Ball's Foundry 1913 (pic) - Memories of Rothwell (John Morley) - Childhood Memories of the Fifties - Lacemakers of Rothwell - Market Hill Boxing Day 1968 (pic) - A postcard of Bridge Street showing the Cosy Cafe (pic) - Errand for my Dad that Had Dire Consequences
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Rowell Heritage Jan - Feb 2016 No 10
Janet Bassett (Obituary) - The Spark that Brought Back the Memory of my 11+ - How to Get a Wife (News Cutting) - Newspaper Reports of Bad behaviour in Northamptonshire - 1937 Cartoon - New Fame Comes to Rothwell - Bridge Street 1920 (pic) - The Nunnery (date unknown (pic)) - Windmill Cottages Late 1960's (pic) - Drinking Beer from a Chamber Pot (pic) - Bird & Tree Competition at Gladstone Street School - William Austin 1903 (Obituary/ news Cutting) - Hobbies and crafts - A Dastardly Act 1882 (news cutting) - Memories of Rothwell 1918 - 1925 - A Policeman Oversees Roadworks on the High Street (pic) - William Ball & Son Foundry (pic) -
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Rowell Heritage November - December 2015 No9
Rowell Market - Cycle Ride to Visit the Graves of Rothwell Men who Died in WW1 - Collectors Corner - Rothwell Co-Op 1927 (pic) - Growing up in the 1950's - Trainspotting in the 1950's & 60's - The Eleven Plus Exam - School Additions Opened at Rothwell - Wartime Memories - Winter Tales from Rothwell Past - The call Up of Jim Smith (Dale).
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Rowell Heritage September - October 2015 No 8
Holy Trinity Church - Trevor & Diana Smith Wedding Picture - Health & Safety Warning for any Rowellian Picking Apples - One Hot summer Day at Newbottle Bridge - Gladstone Street School - Madam's Gardens - Early Picture of Bridge Street (pic) - Early Picture of Market Hill (pic) - A Sterling, A Wellington, A Hienkel and School - Bones Disappear and Come back by Post -
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Rowell Heritage July - August 2015 No7
Reflections - Janet Bassett - Nan Woolston's Corner Shop as I Remember It - Victoria Infants School, Rothwell - Rowell, Some Memories of the Early Fifties - Rothwell from a Loddington Perspective - My Memories of the Early Days of Rothwell Corinthians - The Legacy of Auntie Dick - Rowell Fair Proclamation Pictures 01/06/2015 - Rowell Fair Tart competition 2015 -
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Rowell Heritage May-June 2015 No6
Memories of the Moon Rocket - The Case of the Drunken Bell Ringer - Cross Street Fair - Rothwell Corinthians Football Club - Trip to Switzerland 1963 - A Glimpse of Rowell fair Through the Years - My First Work Experience - Music at Holy Trinity Church - Visit by Jim Dale - Letter from Jim Dale -
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Rowell Heritage Mar - April 2015 No 5
Life Next Door to the Police Houses - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Connection to Rothwell - Air Ada - Max Scott (Obituary) - Max Scott's Blog - Rothwell Air Raid Wardens c 1942 (pic) - Butlin Cup Winners 1948 - Rothwell Camera Club - The United Reformed Church - The Ghost of Rushton Road.
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Rowell Heritage Jan- Feb 2015 No 4
A Few words from Ray Davis - Robert Denton BEM - An Interesting Character - Snow Stories from Past Centuries - The Door With Seven Locks - Memories of Taylor's Factory - Re: Trinity Centre/Sunday School Building - Tragedy of 100 Years Ago - PC Wager & his Dog - Irregular Church Clock - Rothwell Special Constables c1942 (pic).
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Rowell Heritage Nov, - Dec. 2014 No 3
Memories of Our Trinity Centre - The Coffee Tavern - Rowell Swimming Baths in the Fifties - Two Rowellians Marry - The Lords at Rowell Races - Extracts of Poems from the Book: The Village of the Well - Obit; Dorothy Hall - Our Ada - The Tin Hat (Rifle Band Club) - When it was Movie Time at the Oddfellows - Extract from the Experienced British Housekeeper.
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Rowell Heritage Sept - Oct 2014 No 2
Early Days of Gordon Street - Rowell Fote Fair in the 50's - Rowell Tart Competition 2014 - Salvation Army - Rowell & Desbru Speak - The Early Days of Gordon Street, The Shoe Factory & Walter Isaac Butlin.
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Rowell Heritage July - August 2014 No 1
Carried Home Over Fields of Snow - Perspectives - The Rowellian - 50 Years at Rowell Fair - Rothwell to Naseby - Our Ada - Over a Century of Boots & Shoes - Update on The Woolpack - Gladstone Street Junior School (pic) - Allan & Margaret Marlow Wedding (pic).
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