Felixstowe
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- 12 photos on Felixstowe appear in 5 Frith books - View photos of Felixstowe
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Felixstowe memories
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Raymond Edward Shaw
My father lived at Southbeach Mansion and apparently died in Ipswich Hospital in 1997. I have been searching for him all my life. I was hoping that someone would remember him and perhaps have some memories or memorabilia that they could share. He was in the RAF. Loved motorcycles, and as I remember when a child he had red hair. My Mother and he lived perhaps in the Cotswolds briefly. Do not know when they divorced. Would like very much to learn something about him, even though he is no longer with us, its an opening and a closure.
Contributed by Hilary Rochelle
Suffolk memories
Raymond Edward Shaw
My father lived at Southbeach Mansion and apparently died in Ipswich Hospital in 1997. I have been searching for him all my life. I was hoping that someone would remember him and perhaps have some memories or memorabilia that they could share. He was in the RAF. Loved motorcycles, and as I remember when a child he had red hair. My Mother and he lived perhaps in the Cotswolds briefly. Do not know when they divorced. Would like very much to learn something about him, even though he is no longer with us, its an opening and a closure.
A memory of Felixstowe contributed by Hilary Rochelle
Family History
My ancestors owned this public house in the late 18th century. Prior to this they were tenants of the Duke of Bristol and the head of the household was the ferryman. He was mentioned in a letter to the Duke from a disgruntled customer claimed that his attitude was unbecoming!
We have visited the area many times during my search for my ancestors.
A memory of Shotley Gate contributed by Mark Cuckow
HMS Ganges
Until the mid '70s Shotley Gate was the home of HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training establishment. As 15 year old boys under training in 1964 we were allowed to visit the Post Office (see photograph in this collection) to draw money out of our Post Office savings books - usually to buy food of some sort as Ganges food was so bad!! The Bristol Arms was out of bounds to us boys but I did finally get a drink there about 30 years later.
A memory of Shotley Gate contributed by Phil Smith
Extracts From Felixstowe & Suffolk books
This Italianate mansion was built c1860 for Mr Eley, the cartridge manufacturer, and was known locally as ‘Eley Cathedral’. It was here that the German Empress stayed in 1891. Her three-week stay gave impetus to the popularity of Felixstowe, which became ‘the Queen of East Coast Resorts’. Coincidentally, waters equal to those of Spa in Germany were also discovered in 1891.
An extract from from"Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories".
Felixstowe was a genteel seaside resort built around a wide shingle bay which offered excellent, safe bathing. Holidaymakers are sitting out on the beach, some with their parasols raised to protect their delicate skin from the bright summer sunshine. A tan was not fashionable during the Victorian era!
An extract from from"East Anglia".
No shortage of holidaymakers on the beach at turn-of-the-century Felixstowe. The only shortage here, a hundred years ago, is that of exposed skin. This was an era when modesty prevailed.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
Capturing a street scene on film was not as easy a hundred years ago as it is now. But despite the fact that the relatively long exposure has meant that the moving people have blurred, the resulting photograph conveys a natural feel that is lacking in so many posed scenes of the same era.
An extract from from"Suffolk Photographic Memories".
By this time, the two-mile-long concrete promenade at Felixstowe had been constructed, offering a pleasant walkway between the gardens of the hotels on the left and the shingle beach on the right of this photograph. Note the gas street lamps, and the delivery wagon outside the hotel in the centre of the picture.
An extract from from"East Anglia".