High Street: A memory of Ipswich

High Street

A Memory of Ipswich.

I remember spending many an hour in the museum. I recall there was a stuffed rhinoceros just inside the front door, always looked as if he was charging at you. My parents ran the sweet shop/newsagent/card shop (Wilcox) just down the road from the museum and across the other side of the traffic lights. There used be a pub on the corner that was pulled down and the butcher shop - Graves? - was extended.

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My brother and I visited the museum many times in the mid/late 1940's. I was a young child but vividly remember being a bit frightened by the stuffed rhinoceros in the entrance hall. We used to love lifting the 'black-out' sheets over the insects displayed upstairs. My grandmother also had a sweet shop called 'The Little Gem'.back in the twenties. I'd love to know if anyone can remember it. Both the shop and my grandmother disappeared, seemingly without trace, shortly afterwards.

By Judith Wiseman on Tue Dec 15th 2015, at 2:17 pm

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