Did you work in Ipswich industry in the 1950s, 60s or 70s?

Add your story to this new community project run by our town’s Eastern Angles theatre company which has blazed a trail across East Anglia for forty years, and expanded to national tours and  Edinburgh Festival residencies.

From Ransomes and Cranes, to Tooks and Betabake, the project has heard about a wide range of industries and people's various memories. Those memories will be used to create a heritage trail and procession around Ipswich.

The Project Officer, Hannah Houghton, has been busy sharing the word far and wide to reach as many people as possible.

A reminiscence Facebook group enables contributions and conversations. Many people have already sent in emails or phoned directly with their stories. The closing date for contributions will be early March 2023.

Contacts.  email: hannah@easternangles.co.uk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theworkfurnace

Website: https://easternangles.co.uk/news/the-work-furnace-our-first-month

Telephone: 01473-211498

See also the Cobbold brewery article on page 10 for a similar, more focused project.

Below: Ransomes Orwell Works in 1997. Photo by Brian Jepson from The Ipswich Society Image Archive.

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