The Social Settlement in Fore Street, Ipswich, stood close to the Duke Street junction. It opened in the late 1890s as a community centre for the thousands of residents who lived in the area around Fore Street. Lectures, clubs, and meetings were held in this impressive building. After closure of the Social Settlement, following the death of its founder, Congregationalist Daniel Ford Goddard, films shows were held there in the 1920s in ìThe Empireî cinema set up in the main hall of the building. The Empire was known affectionately as the ìTuppeny Rushî. The building was demolished in the 1950s and a line of trees now stand on the site opposite the new university building. This photograph including one of Ipswichís electric tram, which served the town from 1903 to 1926.

The Social Settlement in Fore Street, Ipswich, stood close to the Duke Street junction. It opened in the late 1890s as a community centre for the thousands of residents who lived in the area around Fore Street.

David Kindred

David Kindred has worked in professional photography for over forty years. For most of his career he was a staff photographer with the East Anglian Daily Times and Evening Star based in Ipswich. David is the author of several books of photographs from his collection of vintage images. David was born in Ipswich in 1946. He still lives in the town today.

 

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