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Ipswich, Major's Corner c.1955
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Memories of Ipswich, Major's Corner c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Ipswich, Major's Corner c.1955

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Opposite the beehive, the white-fronted shop was Saronis Photographers and I can remember a chap that used to stand in the doorway dressed somedays as an army officer, other times as a cowboy. He went to court once for impersonating an officer. If my memory serves me right, the Beehive band drummer lived in Cobbold Street and wore blue tinted glasses.
Pop was at it again with his mates. To the front of this picure the Tudor faced building...THE BEEHIVE PUB, there was a fella called Stumpy (well known older gentleman). He was a gentleman with one leg, who propped himself up against the downpipe of the pub, and who would challenge anyone to put the money down on the path and try and kick his remaining leg from beneath him to win the pot.  As he then would give ...see more