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1995 - 2003 Demolition
for Redevelopments of the sites

Picture came to us in 2024.

The caption added is :

TocH HQ Rectory Rd 1995.

Taken when the building was about to be demolished.

? possibly at the top of
Coffee Tavern Lane

now redeveloped with flats.

 building
The lintel above the window.
 window lintel

during demolition
Risdene - during demolition in the 1990s - still undeveloped in 2024!

Alterations in March 1998 - Rectory Road at the corner with Victoria Road
boot school boot school building
Formerly a factory, Boot & Shoe School, a print works and
now being altered by removing one bay, to make some
smaller units for varying businesses.

The yard behind is now a vehicle access.

 Victoria road - demolition
Autocentre Rushden Ltd in 2021

Totectors - Imperial Court 1998 - 2001
Duck Street - corner with Carnegie Street
and all the corner site cleared
At the bottom of Station Road - walkway to Carnegie Street
further up Sation Road
cleared
warehouse
Most of the site clear - from Duck Street to Station Road
Carnegie Street - warehouse - towards walkway

station road
The Station Road properties c1975 on the left and the
Jaques & Clark factory right.

Redevelopment under way........ and Imperial Court complex now on Duck Street
from Duck Street car park
replaced the offices & yard
Under way - taken from the end of West Street
Completed 2001

Travis Perkins 1998/9
The former railway stationmaster's house - used as offices
The cottages fronting High Street
Cottages demolished first
Rear of the cottages used for dry storage
New building under construction
From the Railway Inn - named Arbuckles c1999
Travis Perkins in the distance is almost complete

Travis Perkins corner Travis Perkins store
2021 the busy corner
2021 the completed building - north end of High Street
And twenty two years later it was closed in December 2022!

Netto 2001 - North Street - now Peck Way
The site cleared
and in 2001 almost ready.

John White's factory in Newton Road was demolished in 2002

We didn't get a picture of Fox's Shoe Factory in Park Road
as it was pulled down before our collection started!
Demolished October 2003
roof all gone
factory walls about to go


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