Acknowledgements

Once again I am indebted to many people for their help and support in writing these short biographies. Janice and Philip Morris, Vivienne Marshall and Agnes Burton have continued with their online support. The staff of Northamptonshire Record Office have always been helpful and understanding. I also must record my indebtedness to the excellent Rushden Heritage website and especially to Kay Collins.

A number of websites have kindly allowed me to use photographs and I have thanked them in the references at the end of each chapter. Almost without exception I have been met with kindness and a willingness to help.

I would like to thank my wife, Betty for her patience and for her obsession with patchwork which has enabled her to understand my own obsession with this project.

David Ball