Kindred Ipswich

The Changing Face of the Town
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-910456-82-8
Verlag: Old Pond Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

If you walk through Ipswich you become aware of how buildings of all periods jostle each other for space. There are remnants of fine medieval and Tudor dwellings, terraced streets from the 19th century as well as developments from the 20th and 21st centuries. David Kindred's book throws light on how Ipswich has developed since the 1880s when photography outdoors first became practical. He has drawn on a wide range of sources including some photographers whose work was outstanding. Harry Walters, for example, was making high-quality images in the 1890s. Similarly, the curator of the Ipswich museum in the 1930s, Guy Maynard, recorded areas where changes to the town were planned including photographs of the housing around Cox Lane and the Potteries. Amateur photographers have also played their part, capturing the questionable changes of the 1960s. They have photographed the recent transformation of the dock area from a commercial hub to a mainly residential and leisure scene complete with a new university building. The 300-plus photographs chosen and captioned by David Kindred bring to life the past and present of Suffolk's county town, the town on the Orwell.

David Kindred has retired from a long career as photographer with the East Anglian Daily Times and Ipswich Evening Star. He has written several photographic books on the past of Ipswich and Suffolk and writes weekly features for local newspapers. He and Roger Smith previously collaborated on In a Long Day, the first collection of Titshall photographs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kindred, David

Leseproben

ESTABLISHMENTS CLOSED SINCE 1919
(Entries in alphabetical order.) ALBION MILLS 293 Woodbridge Road. The pub closed in 1995. The first reference to the name Albion Mills is in Stevens’ Directory of 1881. The photograph shows the Albion Mills at the junction of Woodbridge Road and Belvedere Road. Bristo’s garage is on the right. The pub was demolished and Bristo’s took over the site. BARLEY MOW 36 Westgate Street at the junction with High Street. The pub closed in 1965 and was demolished. The Barley Mow is on the right of this view of Westgate Street taken in around 1930. Museum Street is off to the left and High Street to the right. (Photo: Frederick Gilson) Westgate Street looking towards the Cornhill circa 1910. The Barley Mow is on the left by the post supporting the overhead wires for the town’s electric trams. The building replaced an earlier Barley Mow. Anchor, 121/123 Princes Street at the corner of Metz Street. The Anchor started out as a nineteenth-century beerhouse and later became a hotel. It closed in the 1940s. Bandbox, 46–48 Buttermarket. Closed in 1978. The Bandbox used to be a live music venue; it operated for around five years. Bar Beristo at the junction of the Buttermarket and Thoroughfare. It was also the Wig and Pen, the Glasshouse and the Boardwalk. The site returned to being a shop in September 2010. Bar Fontaine, 6–12 St Margarets Plain. Opened in 1993 on premises previously occupied by the Prince of Orange. Closed August 1996. BEEHIVE Major’s Corner. This pub closed in 1959. It was built in mock-Tudor style and opened in December 1899 at the corner of Upper Orwell Street. It closed in March 1960 and was demolished. A supermarket was built on the site. The building has seen several different uses since. Major’s Corner in June 1930 with the Beehive on the right. A huge crowd gathered in the summer sunshine to see the Prince of Wales pass by in an open-top car (foreground) as he toured the town. The Prince had arrived at the town’s new airport to officially open the site. In the centre background is the Regent Theatre, which had opened the year before. BELVEDERE/NEW BELVEDERE 26 Cox Lane. Closed circa 1930. When this photograph was taken in the 1930s the Belvedere on Cox Lane appeared to be closed and due for demolition. The tall chimney on the left of the photograph was part of the Tollemache Brewery. The New Belvedere, renamed the General Gordon and later the Earl Roberts, was built at this location. BLACK BELL At the junction of Elm Street and Museum Street. Closed in 1936 and the building was demolished. The Black Bell in around 1930. St Mary at the Elms Church is on the left. It was referred to in the Ipswich Journal in August 1752. BLOOMING FUCHSIA 167 Foxhall Road. The pub closed in November 2009. The Blooming Fuchsia in September 2009. The local Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) members successfully appealed to have the unique tiled sign preserved and displayed on one of the walls of the housing development built on the site. BLUE COAT BOY 38 Old Cattle Market. It closed in 1986. The Blue Coat Boy in the mid-1960s. After closure a new structure was built to the left and at the rear of the building converting it into shops and offices. The underground toilets have been removed from the Old Cattle Market. In the distant background the Greyfriars development was under construction. (Photo: Terry Neeves) BOARS HEAD Boars Head Lane. This establishment closed in 1950. Boars Head in the 1930s. The lane is now part of Austin Street and all buildings pictured have gone. The pub was trading in the late sixteenth century. The earliest record was from 1587, during the reign of Elizabeth I. (Photo: Guy Maynard, Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service) The Boars Head in January 1949. Mr A Gooch was the landlord at that time. (Photo: Fred Bantick) Boilermakers Arms, 35 Duke Street. Closed in April 1957. Borough Arms/Tavern was located at the junction of Borough Road and Waterworks Street. Closed 1925. Brickmakers Arms, 87 St Helens Street. At the junction of Wells Street. Closed 1925. BRITANNIA INN 5 Great Whip Street. It closed in the 1960s. The former Britannia Inn on Great Whip Street is centre left of this view of the Stoke area of town taken in the mid-1960s. Gower Street is in the centre. The huge walking dragline workshop at Ransomes and Rapiers engineering works (top left) and the chimneys at Cliff Quay power station are in the background. (Photo: Mike Farthing) BRITISH LION 55 Princes Street at the corner of Edgar Street. This pub was closed and demolished in 1972. The British Lion was due for demolition when this photograph was taken. The glass-clad building designed by Norman Foster for the insurance company, Willis, was built on the site. (Photo: Jack Keen) BUCKS HORNS 146 Woodhouse Street. The pub closed on 2 May 1937. Later that year when the area around Rope Walk known as the Potteries was cleared, the Bucks Horns was demolished. The pub is pictured at the corner of Woodhouse Street and Gibson Street in the 1930s. This area close to Rope Walk was demolished in the 1930s. The Bucks Horns from Woodhouse Street circa 1934. Suffolk New College was built on this location. The houses in the distant background are in Kings Avenue. (Photo: Guy Maynard, Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service) BULL INN 35 Key Street. Closed September 1961. The Bull Inn, Key Street was among the town’s oldest inns and was one of only twenty-five listed in 1689. There are references to the Bull, sometimes known as the Bulls Head, as early as 1570. It was an important maritime inn and was assessed in 1689 at £40 per annum. At the same time the Great White Horse was rated at £35. The site included a large stable yard and wheelwright’s shop and forge. The original wattle and daub front was replaced with a brick frontage. Carriers operated from here until the 1920s. In 1916, during the First World War, a bomb dropped from a Zeppelin badly damaged the roof and a cottage next door. One man was killed. (Photo: Fred Bantick) An Ipswich-registered delivery lorry for Cobbold and Company of 30 Lower Brook Street. This photograph was taken about 1930. A directory for that period lists the company, part of the brewing empire, as ‘Wine and spirit merchants; proprietors of Lancer Whisky, Cardinal Brandy and Cardinal Port’. (Photo: Titshall Brothers) Bull and Dog, 53–55 Fore Street. This pub closed in 1920. Before 1813 it was known as the Wherry or Wherry Boat. Part of...