Rowell Heritage Magazine

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have had to cease production of our magazine “Rowell Heritage” for the foreseeable future. We do however have a number of back issues that are available for purchase from the centre. All past issues can be downloaded in PDF format, free of charge below.

List of articles published in our magazine - Issues 1 - 30
Rowell Heritage Published Articles.pdf
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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,
Q2-2020 - Online Layout.pdf
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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.
Q1-2020 - Online Layout.pdf
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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 -
2019 1st quarter magazine.pdf
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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
025 2018 July August Rowell Heritage.pdf
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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?
024 2018 May June Rowell Heritage.pdf
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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 -
019 2017 July August Rowell Heritage.pdf
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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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Alan Mills Tribute Edition

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 -
2015 July-August Rowell Heritage No7.pdf
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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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The Rothwell link to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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.
2015 Mar-Apr. Rowell Heritage No 05.pdf
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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.
2014 Nov.-Dec. Rowell Heritage No 03.pdf
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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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ADDENDUM TO ISSUE NO.1
Correction to the article 'Over a Century of Boots & Shoes'. By Elvin Royall.
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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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