Barking Tye, Shepherd 1934 (ref. 86420) | A between-the-wars picture of pastoral tranquillity. The
only slightly odd element of the photograph is the
shepherd himself - the suit and hat do not quite fit the
stereotyped image!
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Felixstowe, Sea Front 1893 (ref. 32237) | It is a clear and sunny day, but very few people are on the beach. Felixstowe developed as a resort after the Empress
of Germany stayed here in 1891.
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Freston, the Tower 1893 (ref. 32233) | Coastal Suffolk may not be the first place you would think of for a skyscraper, but the charming Tudor redbrick folly Freston Tower could fit the bill, albeit in a scaled-down manner. It was probably built by prominent Ipswich merchant Thomas Gooding aroung 1550 as a study for his daughter. | Add your own Memory
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Hadleigh, the Guildhall 1922 (ref. 71975) | Timbers this close together were not required for structural integrity: rather, they were a sign of opulence.
Hadleigh's 15th-century Guildhall, with its two overhanging upper storeys, remains as a reminder of the huge
wealth generated by the medieval wool trade.
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Hadleigh, Deanery Tower 1922 (ref. 71976) | The Village c1955
Shotley Gate, at the very end of the
Shotley Peninsula, was home to the
former HMS 'Ganges', the Royal Navy's
training school. This shore establish-
ment gave its young recruits a stiff taste
of discipline to fit them for their careers
in the Navy. Each boy would be required
to climb the 150ft high mast from HMS
'Cordelia', and every year, cadets at the
passing-out ceremony had to climb the
rigging, the pride of place going to the
'button boy', who perched on the elev-
en-inch diameter top of the mast.
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Hadleigh, Old Houses in High Street 1922 (ref. 71970) | These are 17th-century buildings. The Coffee Tavern came into being around thirty years previously - it was an
attempt to provide people with an alternative to nearby public houses.
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Hadleigh, Toppesfield Bridge 1922 (ref. 71979) | This is the three-arched red brick medieval bridge over the River Brett at Hadleigh. King Guthrum, the first Danish
king of East Anglia, had a palace at Hadleigh, and it is reputed that he is buried in the church.
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Hadleigh, St Mary's Church 1922 (ref. 71972) | St Mary's, one of the largest in Suffolk, is not a typical Suffolk wool church, and has an elegant lead spire. Inside is
the 600-year-old Angelus Bell, one of the oldest in the country, which is inscribed 'Ave Maria Gracia Plena Dominus
Tecum'. Perhaps the man who made the bell had other things on his mind when it came to putting in the inscription,
as he forgot to invert the words laterally in the mould, and they appear backwards on the finished article!
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Ipswich, Tavern Street c1955 (ref. I18036) | It is over sixty years after photograph No 32202, and the Great White Horse Hotel has acquired stone cladding,
several signs and a set of traffic lights. Strangely, the buildings on the left look more authentically old than they
did in 1893!
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Ipswich, SS Suffolk 1896 (ref. 37315) | Looking at the lifeboat hanging from the davits (presumably there was one on the other side), one is tempted to
wonder whether they would have been sufficient to cope in an emergency if this paddle steamer was fully laden.
Up until the inquiry which followed the 'Titanic' disaster in 1912, lifeboat capacity on steamers was based on the
ship's tonnage rather than the actual number of people carried.
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Ipswich, the White Horse 1893 (ref. 32202) | It is over sixty years after photograph No 32202, and the Great White Horse Hotel has acquired stone cladding,
several signs and a set of traffic lights. Strangely, the buildings on the left look more authentically old than they
did in 1893!
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Ipswich, on the Gipping 1894 (ref. 34817) | Upstream from the docks, the river which flows through Ipswich is called the Gipping (hence the Saxon origins of
the town's name - Gippeswic). Clearly, the prospects for rowing here look good.
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Ipswich, the Town Hall 1896 (ref. 37308) | This photograph lets us have a closer look at the Venetian-style town hall standing on Cornhill. The four figures
below the clock represent Commerce, Agriculture, Learning and Justice.
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Ipswich, River Orwell and SS Norfolk 1904 (ref. 51246) | Paddle steamers like this one used to operate along the East Coast, running pleasure trips to places like Felixstowe
and Harwich. In the background are the masts of cargo ships.
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Ipswich, the Town Hall and the Post Office 1896 (ref. 37307) | These two imposing buildings stand on Cornhill. On the left is the Post Office, built just five years previously, with
its four statues representing Industry, Electricity, Steam and Commerce. To the right is the Italianate-style town
hall, erected in 1867.
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Ipswich, River Orwell, Ipswich Steam Boats 1921 (ref. 70410) | Paddle steamers provided pleasure trips and a bus service of sorts out to the coastal ports of Harwich and
Felixstowe. Peering above the SS Suffolk are the tell-tale signs of Ipswich's malting industry.
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Ipswich, the Town Hall c1955 (ref. I18053) | It is some sixty years after photograph No 37307, and while the fabric, and indeed usage, of the buildings remains
pretty much the same, gas lamps have given way to electric street lights and power lines - and of course the ubiq-
uitous motor car is making its presence felt.
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Ipswich, the Power Station c1955 (ref. I18020) | A 20th-century means of producing power shares the banks of the Orwell with vessels which harness one of the
oldest forms of power. With shallow mudflats along the banks of the tidal Orwell estuary, moored sailing boats end
up on their keels twice a day.
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Ipswich, Westgate Street 1893 (ref. 32201) | This brick gateway, which dates back to the 1520s, is all that stands of a scheme by Cardinal Wolsey to build a
college in Ipswich. In fact the whole project was scarcely begun before Wolsey fell from grace.
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Ipswich, River Orwell 1921 (ref. 70414) | A sailing barge makes its way past a moored steamer. Outside the Wet Dock, tidal moorings were built for
larger ships.
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