Cover photograph: Coronation Carnival, 22 July 1902. Children in fancy dress, probably in Christchurch Park, to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII. Photograph courtesy Nick Wiggin.

 

First, a note to collectors of this Newsletter – such people do exist. The masthead on the cover of  the last issue of the Newsletter (April 2023) had, tucked away at the lower left, ‘Issue 232’. This should have read ‘Issue 233’ and it has been corrected on the online version.

 

This-One-Will-Run-&-Run Dept.

Sometimes in the Newsletter, once a hare has been set running, the subject provokes a chain of responses or articles. Recent examples include the Carr Street Co-op store demolition (see Newsletters passim and page 25), Copperas (page 22) and the 1930 Wolsey Pageant (page 18). This is most gratifying for the Editor and he welcomes further contributions on this or other topics. There’s a lot going on in Ipswich and we cover much of it on our online Facebook page and in these pages.

Thanks to Society member Nick Wiggin for our cover image. This Edwardian photographic print, on very fragile mounting board, hung in Nick’s family home for many years. Prompted by the first royal coronation in Britain for seventy years, in April 2023, Nick thought it would be of interest to our readers. It includes Nick's father as a youngster in the centre, wearing a pointed cap and just above the child dressed as Bottom from A midsummer night’s dream. On the back of the frame is ‘Workman’s Ticket No. 31448’ for the framer C.B. Bartlett. According to Nick’s 1933 Kellys directory, Mr Bartlett was no longer at the address. 46 Westgate Street was Ipswich Wireless Co. and 48 was W.E. Harris, Baby Carriage Dealers.

Robin Gaylard

 

Below: new sign at the entrance to The Buttermarket Shopping Centre. Photograph by Tim Leggett; see Street Scene on page 11.

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