The Hare and Hounds as a hand car wash, 2011

“I remember the Hare and Hounds pub quite well, it was next to the old Kingstanding post office and paper shop owned by old Miss Ryan … we would climb into the H&H beer garden where they kept crates of empty beer bottles … take them around to the outdoor at the front of the pub and collect the 2 pence on each bottle.”

“I also recall during the war the American soldiers (the Yanks) sitting all along the wall outside the H/H and sending us young lads to fetch fish and chips from across the road … I also remember the air-raid shelter across the road from the H/H.”

“My Uncle Jack Buck was the Landlord there for many years. My Dad Douglas and his pals … were keen pigeon fliers and held a club there for local pigeon fanciers.”

“I used to live there from around 1970 – 1982 ish, my Father was the licensee John Thomas Buck and my Mother was Joan.”

“My dad, Bill Bailey … was the secretary of everything there; bowls, crib, darts, fishing, ran the OAP club and bingo … My uncle Jack used to be the green keeper. Remember old Ted Lowe … Does anyone remember the piggery next to the post office where Rushden Croft is now?”

“My grandfather was Teddy Lowe [the landlord] … He retired in early sixties.”