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Thundering sounds of a press printing newspapers was a feature of Carr Street, Ipswich until publishers, the East Anglian Daily Times Company, moved to Lower Brook Street in May 1966. The roar of the rotary printing press was a regular sound day and night. Diane Roper (nee Last) said “Until the age of eleven I [...]
As we watch the tragic events unfold following the dreadful earthquake in Japan on March 11, 2011, John Gyford – who lives in Essex – has told me of his father’s lucky escape from the massive earthquake in Japan in 1923.
Fire ripped through St Michaels Church, Upper Orwell Street, Ipswich during the evening of March 7 2011. The building had stood derelict and was about to be restored as a £1 million Muslim run community centre. The building was not insured.
In the Suffolk flood of 1939, David Allum and Prince, his shire horse, braved the torrent of flood water as heavy rain and rapidly melting deep snow combined to flood the Gipping Valley.
Ipswich - The Changing Face of the Town
The new book by David Kindred
Released on 20 October 11 in hardback. Photographs are grouped in themes showing how the town has changed in over 120 years. There are over 320 photographs, many in colour with detailed captions over 176 pages. More information available at Old Pond Publishing
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