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Rushden Tour Southern Green (Click on image for larger picture) |
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| Southern Green is about a quarter of a mile from Rushden'v village centre. The majority of the houses here are thatched . In former times it was a lot wetter than it is today, though several ponds still survive including one that was used for washing carts in the garden of Youngloves. | ||||
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Stile End then and now |
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Bill Skipp has kindly supplied the old photograph of Stile End taken circa 1900. The two women standing in front are:
In the white dress Jane Dowler (Bill's grandmother) married to Alfred Skipp.
In the dark dress Jane's mother - Sarah Cole (born 1836) married to William Dowler. |
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Doris Warner outside her house in Southern Green in 1942 |
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Youngloves |
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| Youngloves was the home of Percy Portsmouth the sculptor. During the Second World War he kept a dismantled aeroplane in his barn. He said that should the Germans invade he was going to rebuild it and fly to Ireland. People living in a neighbouring house have seen a man with heavy sideburns, wearing a smock in the garden. This is how Percy dressed when he was alive! | ||||
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