What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: 2 College Street. Setting for the book "Sleepless Moon" by H.E. Bates. He was born in Rushden but spent many of his early years in Higham Ferrers with his grandparents.
H. E. Bates, a prominent English writer known for his humorous and romantic novels set in rural England, is remembered for capturing the essence of English countryside life and its inhabitants during the mid-20th century.
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