Rushden Echo and Argus, 2nd May 1947, transcribed by Kay Collins
Higham's New Tenants — Tenants selected for the first 12 permanent houses on the new Higham Ferrers estate are:-
| John Robert Blackwell, 10, Windmill Banks |
Frank Richard Moore, 7, Roland Way |
| William Leslie Hall, 17, Upper Park-ave, Rushden |
John Connolly, 63, High-street |
| William Charles, 15, Thrift-street |
Jean May Gibson, 46, Upper Kings-ave |
| George Thomas Toombs, 20, Commercial-street |
Reginald Percival, 14, Thrift-street |
| James Connell, 66, Wharf-road |
Eric William Wagstaff, 13 Milton-street |
| Jack Parker, 15, Market-square |
George Albert Neal, 7 Milton-street |
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Rushden Echo and Argus, 16th May 1947, transcribed by Kay Collins
Higham Ferrers - Housing — Occupation of the borough's first post-war permanent Council houses should begin almost immediately. There will be no formal opening ceremony. The first tenants were selected some weeks ago and the Housing Committee sat until midnight on Monday to select the second batch.
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Rushden Echo and Argus, 16th May 1947, transcribed by Kay Collins
Four Will Get House Keys — The keys for the first four houses on the Higham side of the new building estate—Nos. 11, 13, 15 and 17, Handcross-way—will be handed informally to the tenants at the Town Hall this afternoon by the Town Clerk (Mr. G. H. Crapper). The four are Mr. J. R. Blackwell, Higham Ferrers, Mr. F. R. Moore, Higham Ferrers, Mr. W. L. Hall, Rushden, and Mr. J. Connolly, Higham Ferrers.
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Rushden Echo & Argus, 17th April 1953, transcribed by Kay Collins
NINE uninhabited cottages in High Street are to be demolished shortly to make way for five council houses at Higham Ferrers. The borough's latest "estate" will feature stone elevations and wooden window frames to retain "character."
Council houses to be 'in character'
FIVE council houses with a difference—they have to keep "in character" with the town's array of venerable buildings—are to replace nine condemned cottages in High St, Higham Ferrers.
Demolition along the 138-foot frontage has yet to take place, but, Mr. Marlow, of Messrs. Gotch, Saunders and Surridge, Kettering, the borough council's architect, told the "Echo and Argus": "We are pulling down stone and we shall put up stone to preserve as much as possible the character of the High Street."
The houses, which will be essentially of the economy type or "people's house"—such as have been erected on the George Street estate—will be of normal standards but……
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