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An incident in Ipswich in July 1851 resulted in the town being banned from seeing members of the royal family visit the borough for seventy-five years. The problem arose during a visit of Prince Albert to Ipswich in July 1851 to attend the annual meeting of the British Association and to lay the foundation stone [...]
Open coal fires, a school bell and highly polished wooded floors, all memories of school days at Trinity Street schools, Ipswich. Stan Ransome, who now lives in Lancashire was a pupil at the schools during the 1930s. Stan said, “There were two schools, one each side of Trinity Street. On the side nearer the gas [...]
Tower Ramparts School stood in the centre of Ipswich, until it was demolished in 1979 and the Tower Ramparts Shopping Centre was built on the site. It seems to have left its mark in more than one way! Until the late 1960s pupils often received harsh punishment for alleged incidents and there was no defence. [...]
“A sound whipping across the back.” This is the entry in a school punishment book of May 30 1910. Was this the way to control some wild teenagers in a rough area of a city? No, it was at the tiny village school in Somersham, Suffolk.
It seems also that memories of mischievous events during school days are imprinted in our brains? If only we could remember historical dates, name all the capital cities or the rivers of the world, in the same clear way.
What was life like for a child born towards the end of the Victorian era? Grace Rodwell (nee Herbert) was born March 14 1891.
HMS Ganges was a Royal Navy Training base at Shotley, Suffolk. Ganges, in the early years was afloat in Harwich Harbour, and from 1905 until 1976 as a shore base.
The harsh justice of school days for pupils pre 1970s seems unbelievable in these times when teachers would lose their job for a much smaller incident than my recollections of around 1958 at Landseer Secondary School in Ipswich.
Crashing jet aircraft, being a runner for the local bookie and black looks from grandmother if you did not attend Sunday school, are the childhood memories of growing up in White Elm Street, Ipswich, for Brian Dean.
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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