![East Anglian Daily Times: Who were these darts players at the Selkirk public house, Ipswich, in September 1974. Picture: PAUL NIXON]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Who were these darts players at the Selkirk public house, Ipswich, in September 1974. Picture: PAUL NIXON")
Who were these darts players at the Selkirk public house, Ipswich, in September 1974. Picture: PAUL NIXON
The mostly council house site spans from Colchester Road to Humber Doucy Lane.
Prefabricated houses were built on part of the site in 1947 to help with the housing shortage following the Second World War and had a planned life of ten to fifteen years, they are still standing after seventy years with most residents loving their homes.
Rushmere Hall School in Lanark Road, designed by Johns, Slater and Haward, was built between 1947-49.
Most children from the estate started school there.
![East Anglian Daily Times: Houses in Renfrew Road (bottom), Caithness Close (top left) and Cromarty Road, from the air in March 1994. Picture: DAVID KINDRED]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Houses in Renfrew Road (bottom), Caithness Close (top left) and Cromarty Road, from the air in March 1994. Picture: DAVID KINDRED")
Houses in Renfrew Road (bottom), Caithness Close (top left) and Cromarty Road, from the air in March 1994. Picture: DAVID KINDRED
The Selkirk public house opened in Selkirk Road in 1956.
Did you live on the estate, go to school there, or visit the Selkirk public house? Write to David Kindred, Days Gone By, Ipswich Star/EADT, Portman House, 120 Princes Street, Ipswich, IP1 1RS or e-mail info@kindred-spirit.co.uk
Visitors to the Kingfisher public house, Ipswich, in 1975, featured in a recent Days Gone By, writes David Kindred.
![East Anglian Daily Times: Were you one of the children at the Renfrew Road playgroup Christmas party in the late 1970s? Picture: IVAN SMITH]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Were you one of the children at the Renfrew Road playgroup Christmas party in the late 1970s? Picture: IVAN SMITH")
Were you one of the children at the Renfrew Road playgroup Christmas party in the late 1970s? Picture: IVAN SMITH (Image: archant)
Carol Lingley (nee Jowers) emailed in her memories.
I lived on the Chantry estate from 1959 - 1980, moving out when I got married.
My mother and father moved into their brand new house in Bunting Road in 1956, having previously shared a house on the Maidenhall estate as many couples did.
The picture of the people in the Kingfisher are I believe, Kevin Vale, Lorraine Flegg and Marie Perkins.
![East Anglian Daily Times: Can you name these people on an evening out at the Selkirk Public House in 1974? Picture: PAUL NIXON]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Can you name these people on an evening out at the Selkirk Public House in 1974? Picture: PAUL NIXON")
Can you name these people on an evening out at the Selkirk Public House in 1974? Picture: PAUL NIXON (Image: archant)
I went to Chantry Secondary School from 1970 - 1975 and knew them there.
Our headmaster was Mr Webber, a very well respected man and an excellent head.
I don’t believe the school was the same after he retired.
It’s nice to see the old photos of my childhood haunts.
![East Anglian Daily Times: Who were the hosts at the Selkirk public house in September 1974? Picture: PAUL NIXON]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Who were the hosts at the Selkirk public house in September 1974? Picture: PAUL NIXON")
Who were the hosts at the Selkirk public house in September 1974? Picture: PAUL NIXON (Image: archant)
If you have memories you would like to share write to David Kindred, Days Gone By, Ipswich Star/EADT, Portman House, 120 Princes Street, Ipswich, IP1 1RS or send an e-mail.
![East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?")
Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there? (Image: Dave Kindred)
![East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?")
Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there? (Image: Dave Kindred)
![East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?")
Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there? (Image: Dave Kindred)
![East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?")
Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there? (Image: Dave Kindred)
![East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?")
Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there? (Image: Dave Kindred)
![East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there?")
Brewers Steward and Patterson toured Ipswich with a horse drawn dray in August 1958. A crowd of mostly children gathered round the dray when it stopped at the Selkirk public house in Selkirk Road. Were you there? (Image: Dave Kindred)
![East Anglian Daily Times: Stuart McNae sent this photograph of railway workers in 1985. Health and safety rules would no doubt change many features over three decades later. Do you recognise anybody featured?]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Stuart McNae sent this photograph of railway workers in 1985. Health and safety rules would no doubt change many features over three decades later. Do you recognise anybody featured?")
Stuart McNae sent this photograph of railway workers in 1985. Health and safety rules would no doubt change many features over three decades later. Do you recognise anybody featured? (Image: Dave Kindred)
![East Anglian Daily Times: Can you add names to this 1976 photograph of Ransomes Sims and Jefferies, Nacton Works, Fire Brigade team, sent by Stuart McNae?]( "East Anglian Daily Times: Can you add names to this 1976 photograph of Ransomes Sims and Jefferies, Nacton Works, Fire Brigade team, sent by Stuart McNae?")
Can you add names to this 1976 photograph of Ransomes Sims and Jefferies, Nacton Works, Fire Brigade team, sent by Stuart McNae?
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