Ipswich: Lost Inns, Taverns and Public Houses, David Kindred. Paperback book, 243 x 169 mm, 144 pages inc approx 250 photographs. ISBN 978-1-908397-33-1. Now in stock at Old Pond at £14.95.
David Kindred’s book is a remarkable record of some 400 public houses, inns and beerhouses. The entries are organised into two sections. The first describes the public houses that have been closed since 1919 and includes photographs of the establishments, while the second lists closures from the eighteenth century to the First World War punctuated with photographs where available.
By consulting archives, borough records, period newspapers and the painstaking research of the late Jack Ruffles, David Kindred has successfully painted a picture of the Ipswich local from front-room beerhouse to grand hotel. With interesting anecdotes from town residents, a section on old coaching inns and some 250 photographs, this book shows that the town has enjoyed a truly diverse wealth of inns, taverns and public houses.
David Kindred has worked in professional photography for 50 years, spending much of this time with the East Anglian Daily Times and Evening Star newspapers in Ipswich. This will be his seventh book with Old Pond Publishing.
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