Ipswich at War: A Military History

History

John, Smith

Neil Wylie

Robert Malster

David Kindred

Europe

<p>From 1958 to the mid 1960s the Ipswich Gaumont (aka the Regent) played host to a wonderful array of stars, among them Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Little Richard, The Kinks, The Everly Brothers, Marty Wilde, Helen Shapiro, Dusty Springfield, Cliff Richard, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. David Kindred photographed many of the stars for the local paper, catching them informally while they signed autographs or gave interviews. He captured not just the stars but the audiences and fans, with the hairstyles and clothes of the time. The text by pop music expert and BBC broadcaster Stephen Foster is complemented by many of these rare photographs along with autographs, programmes, tickets and other memorabilia of the period.</p>

From Buddy to the Beatles: When the Regent Rocked (Old Pond Books)

Arts & Photography

Stephen Foster

Music

Old Pond Publishing

Ipswich at War

Lucas Books

Harwich, Dovercourt and Parkeston merge into each other on the Essex promontory where the rivers Stour and Orwell flow into the North Sea. They have a long history as maritime and agricultural settlements. From the 1950s to the 1980s Harwich commercial photographer Alf Smith captured the life of the district. David Kindred has selected the cream of the surviving photographs for which local historian Peter Goodwin has provided informative captions. As expected, there are a good number of photographs of the port, shipping and fisheries, Harwich being at one time famous for its shrimping. Other transport scenes include the railway. Harwich street scenes show the town as it was fifty years ago. The past is also recalled in the social pictures: beauty pageants, football teams, events and occasions such as the Queen's visit. The heavy snow of 1963 brought the children out tobogganing. The surrounding region is depicted in farm scenes of potato harvesting, binders and early combine harvesting. The South Goodwin lighthouse appears and pirate radio is a feature of the book. Davis Kindred, whose extensive archive of photographs is a major source of information for Ipswich and the surrounding area, has prepared many photographic books of local interest.

Harwich and Dovercourt: The Photographs of Alfred Smith (Old Pond Books)

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