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PROGRAMME

Wednesday 8th September 2010 at 7.30pm.Mrs. Mary Moore. Remembering Hector.The late Hector Moore was one of tl're last blacksmiths working in the county, frorn his forge atBrandeston, venue of a memorable visit many years ago. Tonight his widow will celebrate hislife and achievements.

Wednesday 13th October 2010 at 7.30pmMr. David Alderton. The Death of the lndustrial Past?Having written the 'Batsford Guide to the lndustrial Archaeology of East Angilia' in 1980, Davidrecently revisited all the sites described therehr to discover the changes 30 years havewrought. This talk was presented to the Association for Industrial Ari*raeology at their Mconference as the Rolt Memorial Lecture.

Wedensday 10th November 2f10 at 7.30pm.Annual General Meeting, followed by:Mr. Patrick Taylor, Toll-houses of Suffolk.Conservation architect Patrick Taylor has recently written a book describing the toll-houses inthe county, with a Norfolk volume also published and a compahion on Essex in the pipeline.

Wednesday 8th December 2A10 at 7.30pm.Mr. Spencer Greystrong. The River Gipping and the River Gipping Trust.Spelcer is the Treasurer of the recently-formed River Gipping Trust who'dim-to return the riverto public view, access, and use.

Wedlesdqy tZth January 2}11at 7.30pm.Mr. Alick Bamett. Switched On - Electricity in the East of England.The history of electricity generation in the county, described by a former Eastern-Electricitylecturer.

We{resday 9th February ?f11 at 7.30pm.Mr. Patrichcrouch. Gufteens of Haverr"riil.Haverhill local historian Patrick has_ recently investigated the history of one of the town's largestindustrial concerns, D. Gurteen & Sons, clothing manufacturers wtio remain in business in lhetown.

Wednesday 9th March n11 at 7.30pmTo be ananged

lVednesday 13th April n11at 7.30pm.To be arranged.

Venc: All meetings are held in Castle Hill Community Centre, Highfield Road, lpswich.

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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

ln accordance with the Constitution of the Society, notice is hereby given o_f the Annual General

tr,teelingio Ue held on Wednesday 1Oth Ngv-embbr 2010 atthe Castle Hill Cornmunity Centre,

Highfieid Road, lpswich, commencing at 7.30pm. This is your opportunity to have your say on

thdrunrrrng of t'he Society, or even to volunteer to assist by taking on a.committee post. The

work is noi onerous or time consuming, the committee meeting around four times a year.

AGENDA

1. Apologies for Absence.z. Minutds of the Annual General Meeting held on 11th November 2009. (See November

2009 Newsletter).Matters Arising from the 2009 AGM Minutes.Accounts for the Year 2009-2010 including the appointment of the lndependent Examiner.

Election of the Committee.Any Other Business.

WELCOME

We welcome to the Society Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Grixti of Stanton. As owners of the post mill,

they have some experienc-e of industrial archaeology. Daniel. has already taken part in societyact-iryities and we hcipe he and his wife will enjoy a long association with us.

THE NEWSLETTER

The Newsletter is produced four times a year by Suffolk lndustrial Archaeolo_gy Society.. .

Contributions from members are welcomed. This Newsletter benefits from the work of John.lonei, wfro penned the piece on Maftello Tower V. The.gazetteer of sites in coastal Suffolk*A;pr.p"ieb tor this ye'ars EERIAC, held at Leiston in June, and was considered worthy of awider audience.Cfrairman: S.Worsley,Z4Abbotsbury Close, lpswich, lP2 9SD. (01473 405116).

Secretary: Position currently vacant.Treasurer: Position currently vacant.Website: We do not presenfry nave our own website, but we do have a prgs-ence on the River

Gipping Trust's site (www.rivergippingtrust.org.uk) and also on the Association for lndustrial

Ar'chaeology site (www.industrial-archaeology.org/affiliate/sutfolk.htm).

FOR SALE - ONE WINDMILL

Suffolk County Council have just placed the Grade 2 listgd post mil! gt TotPtness on the

market with an asking price oi9t50,000. The sale is being handled by.Savills in lpswich. The

mill dates from 1803, and was originally sited in nearbyAldringham, being moved to its present

site in 1923 and adapted to pump water to the adjacent 'House in the Clouds' water tower.After restoration in 1'975 the mill was purchased by the County Council, being used in recentyears as an information centre for the Heaths and Coasts project, but is now surplus torequirements.

One suspects that this is just the first example of our heritage hlng sgp by Local Governmentto balanie the books. lts sale will raise money in a period when Local Govemment spending is

being closely examined, and it will also remove a continued obligation to.mgntain the buildingfrom the pubtic purse. The National media has recently featured the sale by the Frenchgovernrnbnt of substantial holdings of historic buildings as part of a wider-ranging move to cutcosts due to the recession.

RECENT PLANNING APPLICATIONS

Babegh Dstict Cqncil811080295/LBC/GC Works in connection with conversion of Sproughton Mill, Lower Street,

Sproughton, to dwelling.Bil0/00365/FUUGC Alteration of former BT Telephone Exchange, Lawshall Road, Hartest,

to form cart lodge/outbuilding.B/10/00399/FHA/SMC lnsertion of dormer window at the Maltings, Upper Street, Higham.B/10/005741FUUGC Erection of footbridge over river adjacent to Sproughton Mill.

lpswicfr Borurgh CqrncillP/10/00266/LBC lnternal and external alterations to permit change of Cliff Brewery, ClifflP/10/002671FUL Road, to otfice use. Part demolition and erection of new 4 storey office

block.lP/10/00277lFtSL Use of lsland House, Duke Street, as music/entertainment venue. (Part

of Ransomes Sims & Jefferies' Orwell Works).lP/10/O03;Z|LBC Renewal of planning permission to provide 6zl flats, shops, otfices, andlP/10/00343/FUL restaurant at St Peter's Warehouse, 4 College StreeVSt Peter's Dock.

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Change of use and conversion of part of industrial buiHing at 4 VioletHill Road, Stowmarket, and erection of buildings to provide I newdwellings. lnvolves demolition of industrial building.

Retention of temporary engine shelter at the Long Shop Museum,Main Street, Leiston.Erection of sheltered housing apartments at site of former factory, OldMaltings Approach, Melton.

ABSTRACTS

As usual, other organisations have supplied copies of their Journals - if anything looks to be ofinterest, contact the Chairman who will arrange to have photocopies made.

lndstrid nrcnaeOory lrleyrs 15q Surnmer XnA.New Zealand: Part 2, South lsland, by Fred Barker.Conservation of the VlC32 Boiler at the Scottish Maritime Museum, by Linda Ross.Hawley Tool Collection: from Home to Kelham, by Keith Crawshaw.

lndrstialAr*neOory Review, Vd)OO(|, No 1, May Zc.lO.lndustrial Archaeology and the Archaeological Community: Fifty Years On, by Marilyn Palmer.The 19th-Century Suspension Footbridges of Harpers of Aberdeen, by D.R.Harper & T.M.Day.The Emergence of Municipal Baths: Hygiene, War and Recreation in the Development ofSwimming Facilities, by Gordon Marino.Nash Mills - The Endless Web Revisited, by Bob Zeepvat.

The Locd fnsmfur Vd 40, 1{o a May 2010.Zion's People: Who were the English Nonconformists? Part 1: Gender, Age, and Ethnicity, byClive Field.The Woman's Land Army in the Craven District of Yorkshire during the Second World War, byMargaret Bullock.Neglected Practitioners: the Bonesetters of Early Modem England, by Michael Heery.Liquor Licensing and the Local Historian: lnns and Alehouses 1753 - 1828, by Paul Jennings.

MARTELLO TOWER V - GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

You will all be familiar with the Suffolk Martello towers, part of a chain that was built to protectthe southern and eastern coast of Britain from Napoleonic invasion. Rather than using localmaterials, they were built of the distinctive London stock bricks, burnt in clamps beside theThames and Medway and brought to the construction sites by barge.

Tower V was built in 1810 on a clifftop site on the north side of the river Deben, but wasdemolished in 1819 and the materials sold for 1775, The site is now marked by a circularsunken garden adjacent to Bawdsey Manor, which was built in the late 19th century.

The Suffolk Historic Buildings Group held their AGM at the Manor in April and on a subsequenttour of the garden it became apparent that not all of the Martello tower's materials had beenremoved from the site. Chunks of the distinctive brickwork were seen in flower beds near thesunken garden and many pieces are incorporated into the artificial rocks that have been usedextensively in the gardens. These are made of a mixture of cement and crag, known asPulhamite. This material was invented by James Pulham and Son who were eminentlandscape gardeners of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The firm is now most widelyremembered for the spectacular rock gardens they created in many country estates around theUnited Kingdom, including the Royal Estates at Sandringham and Buckingham Palace, and theRHS Gardens at Wisley. For more details of the firm's history, visit http://www.pulham.org.uk.

Bawdsey Manor itself is occasionally open to the public and is well worth a visit if you have theopportunity. Construction started in 1888 and continued in five phases over the next 18 years,in an eclectic mixture of architectural styles. As well as the house, there are gardens andextensive domestic outbuildings of great interest.

The greatest importance of the site is undoubtedly the vital role it played in the development ofradar in the late 1930s, but there is now little to be seen from this period. The site has beenaccorded Grade 2* listing, however, in recognition of its significance in the history of 20thCentury technology. The nearby transmitter block, visited by the SIAS in June 2W5, is alsolisted.

SOMETHING BREWING

Suffolk brewers Adnams have announced plans to open a smalt-scale distillery, enabling it toproduce a range of Adnams-branded spirits at its brewery in Southwold. lt is thought thatAdnams will become the first UK brewer to produce beer and spirits in the same premises,although the practice is not uncommon on mainland Europe. Gin and Vodka should beavailable by the middle of November, but a further three years will elapse before the Whisky isready following a three-year maturation in oak casks.

A licence has been obtained from HM Customs and Excise, and planning permission is soughtfrom Waveney District Council to allow a micro distillery and to refurbish the old brewerycopper house.

A planning application has also been submitted, to lpswich Borough Council, to allow thecunently-disused Cliff Brewery to be converted into offices. Cliff Quay Developments of BurySt Edmunds have submitted the application, which would allow the Grade 2 listed building toretum to use, following its closure when Tolly Cobbold merged with Chelmsford-based Ridleys,who moved production to Essex. Retention of the brewing equipment, which is covered by thelisting, might prove a stumbling block, as might also the adjacent Vopak Oil Terminal, thepresence of which has prevented conversion to flats. However, the building continues todeteriorate and attract vandals (it is understood that the steam engine has lost its brass fittingsto thieves), so some use which returns the building to use must be welcomed.

EERIAC 201 OSITES IN THE SUFFOLK COASTAL AREA

Aldehrrgt'The Old Mill. TM466561 . At Forl Green at the south end of the main street. Tower onlyremains of the tower mill. incorporated into a house in 1902.Reade's Brickworks. TM451570. '19th century brickworks still in use with intermittent, oil-firedScotch kilns.Aldeburgh initially developed along the coastal strip (much now lost to the sea). Later, mid-nineenth century extensions to the town were on the cliff-top, initiated by Newson Garrett andknown as 'Garrett Aldeburgh'.

BavudseyRadar Transmitter Block. TM336380. The wartime secret weapon, radar, was developed atBawdsey Manor, and the first Chain Home Low transrnitter station was set up here. lt survivesas a museum and is open to the public. Due to continuous development of the technology intothe Cold War period, little of the odgind equipment survives.

Blyttxrr$tToll-house. TM4537U. Single-storey toll cottage of the lpswich - South Town Turnpike

BrmdwderRailway Crossing-Keeper's Cottage. TM288614. Good example of East Suffolk single-storeycrossing-keeper's cottage in hamlet just south of Framlingham. Just to north, in field, remainsof embankment of Framlingham branch line.

CampeeaAsheRailway Station. TM326558. One of a number of survivors on the East Suffolk line. Two-storey, ltalianate style. lncorrectly named'Wickham Market' but actually located in CampseaAshe, not Wickham Market. Adjacent former railwaymen's cottages.

GarltstToll-house. TM386637. Mutilated singie-storey toll collector's cottage from lpswich - SouthTown Turnpike.Windmill. TM382U7. Tower remains of 1856 mill, with no machinery.

DarshamRailway Station. TM404697. Another example of the East Suffolk line station. Railhead forsubstantial area, with goods warehouse, railwaymen's cottages, and granary close by.

EasilonCrinkle-crankle wall. TM282586. A Suffolk idiosyncracy, walls which undulate on plan to avoidthe need for buttressing at frequent centres.Easton Farm Park. TM275583. Now a tourist attraction, based in the buildings of a nineteenthcentury model ddry farm developed by the Dukes of Hamilton.

F amlinglnmRailway Station. TMZ8/;628. Terminus of branch from East Suffolk Railway, but similar ingtyle to those on the main line. Adjacent gogds shed. Substantail adjacent gianary developedfollowing arrival of railway, but threatened with re-development.Mathematical Tlles. TM18/;G3/,. Building on east side of Market Hill faced (on the upperstorey)-with mathematical tiles, a cheap bubstitute for completely rebuilding the froni wall of atimber framed building in fashionable brick during the Geordian period. Few known in Suffolk.

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Fristonpost Mill. TM41 2602. Tall, 1g11-built post mill presently surrounded by steel framework

designed to prevent total collapse whilst restoration proceeds.

Flalesworttiy1"ffi;. tptgggzzz. Arrival of the Navigatio.n allowed the malting industDlto 9{pfld here'

severat survivii!'rJting'blitdlnjiltnr mGllnteiestins F ing thai.built for Patrick stead injuz,pre6sely t"ne time-ne *as liking outa paienliorilr'at fiight be seen as a predecessor of

the pneumatic maltings.Raipay Station. Tno"t[.; ltalianate East Suffolk line station. Lengthening the platforms in 1920

caused the exisiilg bv; cioiJindlJue incorporated within the platforTs., l. " result, new

crossing gates w1h the platformiattached *ere nuitt by Boulton & Paul of Norwich and remain'

albeit no longer capable of being opened.rvauigjtion Lick.-tMsgazzo. Surviving cf.apber of Blyth Navigation 199k,.

Railway Bridge. TtA,SgSllz. gilck ircfied bridge takin! the southwold Railway over a.track

idiolndto irrirv""ig"tffi onJ of f'e few surviiors of the narrow gauge southwold Railway'

closed 1929.

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fnJb-onny Stud, Hollesley Bay. TM361456. Hollesley Colony ryas set up to teach the

rudiments of farilrilJfi dientiaterigrants to the colonies. Now houses the stud farm

Uefonging to td; SufroiL ijuncfrirusi,-Oevoted to preserving the rare breed of working horse.

Open to the public.

l{olton St PeterHoiion Mlrr. rnr4Oz7T4. Post mill of 174g,restored inthe 1960s, but minus machinery'

Ldstmeiiltfs Engineering Works. TMM625. Garrett's were established on this site in 1778. The

'Iong-Sh"p: *hl;r' 6iues iii name to the museum located herg, is an .early example.(1852) of

an .ncting bl-'op-buli to-nouse tte isiemnly_tine prodlgtion of portablg engineq' Adjaqent, but

now in seiaiatio*niiirtipi, are the former'Drawing Office, Works Office, and Works House

(Garrett family home of the early 1820s).ihe Station WorliJ. ffr4a+3o2S. Twentieth century expansion of the Garrett business took

pi"LJio ine nortf, of tne old works site, closel to the railwqv. Now in multiple occup3tiolffiil'aljt stltion. raJt-sutrolk Railwaystatndard type station located on the branch line to

Aldeburgh.

LettednghartWatermiii. ituzgOs8l, Restored but minus machinery. Fine mill house adjacent.

tiHe GlemhamWatermill. TM356583. Two-storey timber framed mill.

Madesfordii"il*;tbtation. TM32OS7O. At point where Framlingham branch line crossed A1 2 raad. Now

convefted to dwelling.

MdtsrToll-house. TM284510. Single-storey with projecting porch, on lpswich - South TownTurnpike,Railway Station. TM286504. ltalianate East Suffolk Railway building.

MqeuvdenBlacksmith's Forge and Wheelwright's Shop. TM241585. ln private ownership and rarely open

to the publiic. Us-ually open whenlxhibitions of local artist John Western's works are on

display in the village.

OrffiessArmaments Testing Station. TM450510 (map reference is of 'Cobra Mist' site - other remainsare dispersed along the Ness). Site now administered by National Trust - access is limited, butguided tours can be booked in advance. Various surviving structures include 1928 BlackBeacon, (radio navigation beacon), 1960s 'Pagodas' used to test triggers for nuclear warheads,and the 'Cobra Mist' aerials, from a 1964 early warning system.Lighthouse. TMM%89. A lighthouse site since the 16th century, the present red and whitestriped tower is currently under threat from coastal erosion.

ParhamAirfield Museum. TM331613. Control tower of 1942-43 Framlingham Airfield houses smallmuseum. Attached is highly interesting Museum of the Auxiliary Units, the British Resistancewhich would have been activated had Hitler managed to invade. Surviving World War ll'TZ'aircraft hangar also on the site.

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9mVJh Works. TM356692. Little remains of Smyth's seed drill works, but a building with arch-headed windows overlooking the.church yard now converted to a dweiling is a smaii fragment.Church yard contains a memorial to James Smyth jnr and his wife Mary Ann.

Sarnrnilram.fpillvay.SlgrJi-on. TM385632. East Sutfolk style station building and rare surviving signal box.Windmill. TM383631. The only remnant of the post mill is a tvio-storey brick rouiOn6uie.

Satrtead GreenWindmill. TM253W. Considered the finest example of a Sutfolk post mill.

SnapeMaltings. TM993574. Large complex originally developed by Newson Garrett. Now largelygive.n oyg|to leisure uge, centered on the Conbeft Hall'creat6O ny Ove Arup from a maft"ingsfor the Aldeburgh Festival.Railway Cottage. TM391 574...Go$!:olly branch line had no station, but Goods Agent'shouse survives to the west of the 810Og rbad.

Scu[hrddAdnams Brewe.ry' TM508263. Continuous rebuildings and expansion have resulted in aprewqry which is not one of the more attractive of itsiind. pro'OuCtslnouiO Ueiii"pl'eblthough!Pump. TM508761. Cast iron pump of 1873 in Market Place by George Chi6, who's foundrywas close by.Pier. TM513768.

,.R.ec.ent (opened^2001) seaside pier which manages to convince that it is an

original.from the victorian peiiod. Genuine 1930s Art Deco btitdint?fiiy1l|id;.iftij"lrvp31t gf the prwious pier structure dating from 1899.Lighthouse. .TM508762. Can be visitgdty the plblig a!_certain times. Dating from lgBT,it was{siglgd by James_W4lg! Engineer-in-chief to Trinity House.Cq:l iron gates. TM507763. Gates to medieval St. Edmund;s Church cast in a complimentarygothic style by local ironfounder G.E.Child.

ThebeilonAirfield Museum. TM434639. Located in the 'Cakes & Ale' caravan park, originally part of thesite of the Second World War Leiston Airfield. Not open on a iegular Ui.ii, Urt interestedpersons should contact Peter Saunders by emal - foleistonairtieTOOUtintein&.com

morperessEarly twentieth century 'select' seaside resort developed by Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie, Scottishlawyer who had Pr.ospered due to railway promotion. 'Pictu?eiorr_fUui

cn."prv-6ulrt)'roilid*front the sea and the meare - concept siinilar to the bettei-inorin portmeiiioh, Uut coftE[i),different in its execution.

windmill. TM4675gg. postmill of 1g03 moved here from nearbyAldringham in 1923 to pump

;"t; ,p to i nJr'alnriiel[, ry.h.*r g*ity took it to consumers in the villase.

water Tower. TM4675gg. Td;Hdse in tr'. cliroi' is oisguised as a td[dwelling, which it is,

on the lower levels. lts first tenani wal Mrs. nt-atcoim rtlasoi, writer of children's books'

Wddnm Marketwatermill. TM306566. Deben Mill is made up of a picture.sgue complex a|1794-built watermill

of two storeys, mill housgr?!4 three-storey steam mill of 1869'Engineering woik;. 1Mab450ri: [,rin*r-'ontr w[iiroir a ainvon occup!.d ? substantial works,

most of which has disappeared. Survivihg offi..i ano sr'owr"ooms froht onto the main 81438

road through the village.

WoofrtidgBBonded stores. TM27S4gg. On Tidemill Quay, small two-storeytrick and pantile buiHing'

Steelyard . tuielzaer. part oi puulii I'ousq ;trre olde Bell andsteelyard' on New Street'

Designed to welg[ *igr.i : tdtfipir<LiCr'"rg.d uv tne ton, and therefore the weight of a

loaded wagon was useful information.Tidemill. Ty1z7ilg7. o"tingfrom 17gg, one of few tidemills surviYlng in working condition'

Offi 6 tre pJnlic alOllegrignttv demonstrated, although.llo! o1inL110-?s YPJ'

Buttrum's Miil. TM28t4g3. E*;6ti".at o€ffiyi6werhill, blift 1817 by wickham Market-

based Whitmore a.- ginvor. Or;-t" public, dbeit on a reduced scale than hitherto.

Tricker's Mill. TM26%g2. rofrei miii incoiporated into modern.qlg people's home.

iffi f lvrziO+ga - Cait i ron whe_e!-op.eratbd. pum p ol. Ma1et Hi ll.

Sutfolk punch Museum . TMZiMgz i{oused'in attractive Shire Hall on Market Hill.

niii*"v Siation. luiiual. our final example of an East Suffolk line structure.

Furtter readng

Alderton, David & Booker, John, The Batsford Guide to the tndustrial Archaeologsy of East

Anglia, Batsford, 1 980.Bottomley, Alan F., & Hutchinson, John , Discovering Southwold, Southwold & Reydon Society

/ Suffdtf Preservation Society, 1986.

erooribb, jonn, -An tfiistratea-rtiir",v

"f the East Suffolk Railway, gfc Railprint,2w3'

Col.n.ii.r, fftbr as, Around e,We\rrgh Suffolk Preservation Society, noJ dated.

coteman, lvtoiii, C6rt"^ing fii$i"i{ Suffolk Preservation SocieV ,Znd edition 1984.

Flint, Brian, SuffotkWindmiffs,Boydell.Pleqs,--1-9]9 .

d;dd; t rifu, 'CityttJ

oi eiistiryhatl, A Suffotk pvnastv, Author, 290?-.

osborne, Mik;, *iiii'K;r, AiJtiir orJn'am, ian C6ntury befence,s in Bitain, Suffolk, Concrete

Publications 2008.Sexton, Linda,- FifV fory Mites to Yarmauth._Thg Story of The tpswich to Sottth Town and-

Auigay Timpiie, 1785 - 1 872, ?qnlggk pooks, 2008'fa/or,Fat ric*,' fhd Tott-houses'of Suffolk, Polyglaq |tqti, 2009'

Wiiitefiead, R.4., Aariens of Leiston, Model & Allied Publications, 1964'' Girrett 200, Transport Bookman Publications, 1978.

I am indebted to all the above publications, but especially the first listed, and also to David

Alderton who clarified a number of items.

Steve Worsley.

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