Saturday 4th October 2025 was the 85th anniversary of one of the most defining moments in Rushden’s history.
On that day, a German bomber dropped eighteen high explosive bombs and twelve incendiaries in a line across the town.
The bombs hit the local elementary school, a factory, a hotel and other buildings killing four adults and six children and injuring others, some severely.
Although the attack was 85 years ago, it is still remembered. The school (now known as Alfred Lord Tennyson School) was rebuilt and still educates the young of the Town.
A blue plaque hanging on the wall of the school lists the children who were lost in the bombing.
“We will remember them”
