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Ipswich photos

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Ipswich, the Ancient House c1955 photo

Ipswich, the Ancient House c1955

Ipswich, Buttermarket 1893 photo

Ipswich, Buttermarket 1893

Ipswich, the Docks 1893 photo

Ipswich, the Docks 1893

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Ipswich maps

Historic maps of Ipswich and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Ipswich maps

Ipswich map

Historic map of Ipswich

Suffolk map

Illustrated Victorian map of Suffolk

Ipswich map

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Ipswich books

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Ipswich Photographic Memories
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Newmarket Town and City Memories
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Suffolk Coast Photographic Memories
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Ipswich books
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Memories of Ipswich

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Displaying a selection of personal memories of Ipswich . There are 13 shared memories to read.
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Crisswell / Hall family

I would like to ask whether anyone might be able to help me piece together a mystery. Five weeks ago, whilst walking through the local Derby countryside, my wife and I discovered a briefcase dumped in a brook. There were various items, including photographs, maps, documents etc, scattered all around. Curious, I collected as much as I could and took it home to dry out and investigate further.

The contents spanned around sixty years of a man's life and since the discovery my wife and I have been piecing together his history.
The briefcase belonged to a Mr J.B. Crisswell, who sadly passed away in 2003, but, thanks to the local media, I have had a fantastic response from friends and associates and over the past weeks we have been compiling the chronology of his life. See the links below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2008/01/16/crisswell_mystery_case_feature.shtml

Type my surname 'Fulep' into the search bar on this one and you will see the story updates.
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jspnodeId=251470&command=newPage

http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/A-man-who-lived-an.3751398.jp

We have gathered quite a lot of information regarding Mr Crisswell's uncle, who owned a Crisswell’s Garage in Newmarket, but the search into his father's history is evading us. We are trying to uncover his childhood and believe his father, Charles Henry, was originally a motor engineer, but became a draper in Newmarket. Further searching revealed that Charles Crisswell married Gladys Laura Hall in Ipswich in 1917. Gladys Hall's family were drapers and we assume the drapery business in Newmarket may have been a consequence of the marriage.

Brian Crisswell was born in 1920 and we have confirmation that he attended Ipswich Grammar School for one year, September 1930 to July 1931, before moving to Perse School, Cambridge. We would like to find out which school he attended previous to Ipswich Grammar and more history or information on his parents. We have a photo of Mr Crisswell in school uniform, aged around five or six.

Any memories would be most gratefully received.

Thank you

Tom and Julie Fulep

Shared on 17 February 2008 by Tom Fulep.

Books

I loved going in the Ancient House as a child. Lots of stationary and books. I remember the floors squeaked.Shame it is no longer a book store.

Shared on 01 July 2009 by Brenda Bixler.

Shoe shop

The shoe shop at number 44 was Thomas Alderton and Son, shown on the 1871 census as the family living there, presumably above the shop, it was still there in 1985 with the original street frontage, is it there now?

Shared on 31 January 2009

Ancient House

My Father in Law aka POP (Michael Halls) can remember the building on the right as Ancient House. This was a big book shop which is now Lakelands kitchen shop.

Shared on 02 January 2007 by Tami Cross-Halls.

Extracts From Ipswich & Suffolk books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Ipswich, inspired by Frith photos.

Ipswich Photographic Memories

The railway arrived in Ipswich in 1846, and very quickly had an impact on industry and commerce. In 1860, a new station was opened at the north end of the tunnel through Stoke Hill, which then enabled the railway to be continued to Bury St Edmunds and Norwich.

This is an extract from Ipswich Photographic Memories.
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East Anglia

We are looking east towards the Presbyterian church of 1870. On the right is the Crown and Anchor Hotel, whose landlord was Charles Quilter. Then came James Juby, tailor, and Garrards, the wine merchant’s. On the corner was the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co (centre), and next was the Barley Mow tavern run by William Ellis. On the left are Frederick Raphael (‘German Fancy Goods’), Frederick Betts, confectioner, and John Holland, hairdresser.

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Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories

We are looking east towards the Presbyterian church of 1870. On the right is the Crown and Anchor Hotel, whose landlord was Charles Quilter. Then came James Juby, tailor, and Garrards, wine merchants. On the corner was the Provincial Co-operative Drug Co (centre), and next was the Barley Mow tavern run by William Ellis. On the left are Frederick Raphael (‘German Fancy Goods’), Frederick Betts, confectioner, and John Holland, hairdresser.