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Jevgenijs Maksimovs, who has been found guilty of murder

Ex-soldier guilty of killing lodger

A FORMER soldier has been found guilty of murdering his lodger at his Ipswich home and then dumping the body near Framlingham.

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Harvest at Jimmy's

Tasty mix of music and food will go down a treat

JIMMY’S Farm, near Ipswich, will be the backdrop for two days of music, cookery and gardening on September 11-12.


Weird & Wacky

Dianne Hosking of The Ipswich Society with John Jackaman in the engine room of Isaacs on the Ipswich waterfront.

Gem in heritage tour

A RESTORED machine room that once played an important role in the local brewing industry is the latest attraction on a heritage days tour.

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Aidan Semmens

Clive Semmens in his first Naval uniform, aged 16, in 1905

Special circumstances of life and death

I NEVER knew my grandfather. Like so many, I was deprived of that privilege by Hitler.

Sport

De Vos heaps praise on Town star

IPSWICH TOWN: Canadian Jamie Peters was today applauded by fellow countryman Jason De Vos for his decision to stay and carve out a career with the Blues.

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Richard Cornwell

Rachel Cornwell with her rose bush grown from an Evening Star single rose.

Evening Star valentine rose still going strong

NOT being a great romantic, I tend not to bother with Valentine’s Day and would probably favour plastic roses – they last longer and always look their best.

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Kindred Spirits

The Steam Packet public house in Duke Street, belonging to the Cobbold brewery, stood facing the Fore Street junction. This old style public house was popular with working men from nearby Ransomes Sims and Jefferies and the dock. Apparently when it closed in 1960 it still had a stove in the middle of the bar with the flue going through the ceiling. The tiny shop on the left was a general store at number 6 Duke Street. This photograph was taken in the late 1940s when James May was the shopkeeper. The tiny h

Back to the future at junction

Controversial changes costing millions are presently being made to the junction with Duke Street and Fore Street, Ipswich.

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