King George V Silver Jubilee 1935
Celebration for the Silver Jubilee of George V and Queen Mary on 6th May 1935 taken outside of the old School house with the Pigyard (Church Street) in the background.
Garden Fete 1948
Garden Fete held in Poplars house circa 1948
Elizabeth II Coronation-1953
Sid North dressed as John Bull outside the old Memorial Hall.
Olive George and Beryl Townsend outside the old Memorial Hall.
Possibly the 'Married v Single' Tug of War
Comic Football
Fancy Dress for the Coronation
Shelia Smith and daughter Diane in Fancy dress for the Coronation.
Fancy Dress for the Coronation
John Harrold dressed up for comic football
May Day Celebrations 1956
Mr Dickens' Traction engine 1956
Mr Dickens driving his traction engine to pull the May (Rose) Queen and her entourage around the village- 1956.
May Day 1956 in the yard of Church Farm
Known girls in the photo include - May Queen - Elizabeth Paul supported by Stase Sabaliauskas, Hazel Harvey and Jennifer Gittens.
Does anyone know anyone else?
May Day procession at Poplars House 1956.
Does anyone recognise anyone on this photo?
Maypole Dancing at Poplars House (potentially 1956)
Maypole dancing in the grounds of Poplars House 1956.
Maypole Day Celebrations 1957
Hazel Harvey as Rose Queen 1957- Photo taken in the grounds of Poplars House.
Hazel Harvey as Rose Queen 1957. I think the attendant on the front right is Rosemarie Boyson.
Do you recognise any of the other attendants?
Fancy Dress for Rose Queen celebrations 1957.
John Boyson is the judge and I think it maybe Rosemarie Boyson on the far end holding the flowers.
Do you recognise anyone else?
May Day Celebrations 1958
Rose Queen 1958.
Anyone know who this was?
Rose Queen 1958.
Roger Smith dressed up for May Day celebrations 1958.
Maypole dancing in the grounds of Poplars House 1958.
May Day Celebrations 1959
Horse and cart taking the May Queen around the village 1959.
Rose Queen on the float 1959 Anyone recognise anyone on here?
May Day Celebrations about 1971-1973
Maypole dancing sometime between 1971 and 1973.
The girl on the far left maybe Alison Wiffen, boy in the blue top is believed to be Gregory McKenzie, girl in the white dress with ribbons maybe Katie Trantor, then Daryl Faulkner, Graham Green and Celia Paine.
May Day Celebrations at the School (date TBC)
In the picture Annette Leeming (middle with flowers)
Robert Wolf (blue trousers)
Gwen Wolf (flowers and white headband)
Jeanie Green (Dark hair, peeking through)
Carol Dickens (End of the line with flowers)
Carol Foster (Checked dress)
Jackie Sargent (???)
Who is the May Queen???
May Day Celebrations Approx. 1960
Maypole dancing approximately 1960
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee 7th June 1977
The village commemorated Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee with a day full of events including bell ringing, fun races up North Street, smugglers run, a procession of decorated cars, Bike Parade darts match in the Chequers and afternoon tea in the memorial village hall.
The Jubilee also saw the installation of the stile into the Berries with a special coronation medallion at its base. The medallion covers a time capsule buried with all the names of the villagers at the time.
QEII Jubilee Programme (PDF, 3.6 Mb)
Programme of events for Rothersthorpe's QEII Jubilee celebrations
Entry form for Jubilee (PDF, 1.7 Mb)
Entry Form for Jubilee events
Design for the Berry Stile
Debbie Faulkner leading the bike parade
Bike Parade
Mothers and Babies Wheelbarrow race up North Street.
Mother had to push up, Baby down!!
Dave Walsh taking part in the Wheelbarrow race up North Street.
Mr Wright in the Barrow, Mike Barber pushing
Mr Wright pushing with Dennis Tucker off to the side officiating
Fancy Dress - Jubilee Queen unknown...can you help us??
Fancy Dress...Sue Ashby and unknown boys...let us know if you recognise them :)
More Fancy Dress...unknown
Rosemarie Ashby (standing) with her son Ian as a scarecrow.
The Football Fiasco played with any number of pairs (must hold hands).
John Sargent and Daryl Faulkner (possibly) leading the way.
Pantomime in New Village Hall
Mr Appleton and Mr Murphy
Mr Smart and Mrs Aveling
Horse - unknown!!
Mike Barber??
Smugglers Run
Smugglers Run Course Map (PDF, 1.1 Mb)
Smugglers Run Course Map
The Smugglers run used to take place on the early May bank holiday and was held on land owned by Mr Dickens and Mr Robinson. The race was ran over 24 obstacles which was completed in teams of 4 whilst carrying a barrel. Teams had a joker which enabled them to miss one obstacle and these included crossing the canal and haybale mazes. The run became very popular and saw military teams enter and was even sponsored by the Herald and Post. A forerunner to the very popular Tough Mudder runs we see today.
Smugglers Run Poster (PDF, 1.6 Mb)
Smugglers Run Poster
Jodie Boyson
Jodie Boyson, Jennifer Boyson and Kerry Faulkner crossing the canal
Stuart Smart, Andrew Nightingale, Steven Deller and Adrian Coulton crossing the canal
Unknown team of Pirates...any clues???
Primary School
An old school photo possibly 1972/73.
Front Row L to R: Billy Ford, Peter Winn, Philip Ashby, Linda York, Diane Wiffin (maybe), James Paul (maybe), William Horn, Daryl Faulkner, John Sargent.
Second Row (sitting) L to R: Toni Hollowell, Gregory McKenzie, Joanne York, Shirley Anderson, Katie Trantor, Alison Wiffen.
Standing L to R: Christine Wolf (maybe), Tim Setchell, Carol Nightingale (back), Jackie Sargent (maybe), Linda Wade, Clive Nightingale, Vincent McKenzie, Tim Smith, Nigel Wolf, Kathy Wolf, Stewart Green (unknown), Steven Anderson, Debbie Faulkner and Celia Paine.
Thanks to Celia Flowerday (nee Paine) for identifying the majority of people in the photos. She says the teachers in the photo are Mrs Cox and Mrs Morris.
"Mr Morris used to play the piano at home time when he came to pick Mrs Morris up, he used to do the twiddly bits when he played"- memory from Celia.
A more recent school photo- year unknown
Lady in the striped skirt is Ella Paine, boy in the red tie is Darren Church, girl behind Mrs Paine is Catherine Horn and girl on the back row with green patterned dress is Gillian Ashby.
Does anyone recognise anyone else?
This article appeared in the Chronicle and Echo (date) and features Ian Green, Gillian Ashby, Matthew Wallis, Odette Jones, Alison Conway, Karen Parish and James Wallis.
It talks about how the children raised £16 for the Mayor's chosen charity which was a Garden for the Blind appeal fund. They collected the money by doing odd jobs such as car washing around the village during the school holidays.
The children were all aged between seven and eleven and as a special "thank you" for their fundraising efforts they were invited to the visit the Mayor's Parlour.
The Mayor at the time was Councillor David Walmsley.
Firleys 1990 (Former conservation area by fishing lakes)
In the picture are Kerry Faulkner, Michelle Partridge and Jodie Boyson looking at wildlife (picture appeared in the Chronicle and Echo)
The pond was excavated by Pioneer Aggregates who were already working in the area digging out the fishing lakes for Mr Dickens.
The school children used to regularly walk across the fields up to the conservation area and complete pond dipping, they would then draw the insects when they got back to school.