News in Brief

New bridge linking Voyage (Fairview's estate in Ranelagh Road) with Ipswich Village and the town centre should be useful and a striking feature visually.

New book, The Gifts of Frank Cobbold, describes the pioneering life of Francis Cobbold (1853-1935) in Australia, etc. Another member of a remarkable family! To be reviewed later.

Ipswich Arts Association lunch-time lectures at Museum Street Methodist Church (1 pm). The first two are on Railways in the Ipswich Area by John Day (12 Feb) and on Cor Visser, Artist, Sailor and Tutor, by Sheila Dobey and Brian Jepson (9 April).