THE IPSWICH SOCIETY 

The Ipswich Society 2023/4 Illustrated Winter Talks                 

Talks are free entry– no booking required. All  welcome.

Wednesday February 21st - 7.30pm: at the Museum Street Methodist Church (entrance in Black Horse Lane):-

Borin Van Loon talks on 'Ghost signs II: traces of lost Ipswich businesses'. 

Traders and manufacturers have always sought to catch the eye of pedestrians, cyclists, tramcar riders, carters, drivers and even shipping. Appropriate architecture (a blank wall or gable) and a favourable site for that wall (for example, projecting into the sightline at right-angles to the line of the road, or on a street corner) gave ample opportunity for this sort of promotion. We look in this talk at the remnants of old businesses in our county town and their significance today when so much is being forgotten.

                           

Wednesday March 20th at 7.30 pm:
Isabel Clover talks on 'The Ipswich Charter Hangings'.

The story of the creation of eight of the richest and most revealing embroideries, made by Isabel Clover and her teams to celebrate the 800th Ipswich Charter Anniversary. "Each of these jewel-like works of art covers about a century, capacious pigeon-holes for our knowledge of that period".

 

More talks will be added when finalised.
                                                                        

Winter Talks usually take place in the Museum Street Methodist Church (entrance in Black Horse Lane) which is equipped with comfortable seating and modern Audio Visual equipment with multipe screens. Free tea/coffee and biscuits are served after the talks with a chance for members and guests to socialise and catch up.