Big families coped with small homes 06 May 2008 | 10:25 LITTLE Italy, the area of Ipswich around Cox Lane, which since the housing was demolished in the late 1930s has been a car park, was recalled recently in Kindred Spirits by Des Drew of Stutton. Memories of queues are stored away 29 April 2008 | 10:59 GROCERY shopping in the pre-supermarket days meant either going to individual shops or joining queues at specialist counters in the larger town stores. Doing their bit for the war effort 22 April 2008 | 09:57 FREDERICK Tibbenham Limited was founded in Ipswich in 1904. The company specialised in making high grade furniture and joinery, period reproductions, including oak panelling and ecclesiastical wood work. 100 years of wheel deals in our town? 15 April 2008 | 12:07 A CENTURY ago motoring was in its infancy. Crowds then would gather at the rare sight of a motor car. They were the toys of the very rich, way beyond the normal family budget. Growing up in the tribes of Little Italy 08 April 2008 | 10:33 As you park your car or walk through the Cox Lane car park, in the Ipswich town centre, it is difficult to imagine the hundreds of families who lived in tiny packed streets, which were demolished in the 1930s as families were moved from poor housing to the new council houses built on the outskirts of town. When street had traditional mix of shops Dodging cowpats on the way to school Port lands its fair share of high drama Tough times in Little Italy Newly-cut wood takes me back When you could buy a pig in town Adding up pounds, shillings and pence Work opens up the delights of the park Can't beet the sweet smells of winter Store had 'are you being served?' feel What is RSS?