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Super Old pic of Portman Road 20:00 - Jan 28 with 8837 viewsDubtractor

Just had this come up in my feed from the Ipswich Past and Present page.

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:08 - Jan 28 with 5275 viewsjasondozzell

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

Is that the old chicken run running along the Cobbold side?
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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:12 - Jan 28 with 5226 viewsFrimleyBlue

Blimey, must be 1855 ish before town moved there?

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:14 - Jan 28 with 5223 viewsDubtractor

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:12 - Jan 28 by FrimleyBlue

Blimey, must be 1855 ish before town moved there?


1933 apparently.

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:20 - Jan 28 with 5150 viewsblueislander

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:14 - Jan 28 by Dubtractor

1933 apparently.


I first went to Portman Road in 1953, and it didn’t look anything like that.
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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:26 - Jan 28 with 5084 viewsSwansea_Blue

The largest wicket in the world. What’s that all about? I know we shared with a cricket club, but that’s huge.

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:33 - Jan 28 with 5039 viewsWubbleU

I was thinking AI generated but maybe not.

Ipswich and East Suffolk cricket club history says they stayed at PR until 1936 (same year we went professional). So the cricket boundary is ok for 1933.

Chicken Run went up in 1906 so that fits too.

I think BBC Verify would give it the thumbs up. Great picture.
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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:34 - Jan 28 with 5041 viewsBugs

I have slapped the picture through an AI upscaler. It's not perfect but it helps to pic up some details.

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:35 - Jan 28 with 5016 viewsjasondozzell

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:33 - Jan 28 by WubbleU

I was thinking AI generated but maybe not.

Ipswich and East Suffolk cricket club history says they stayed at PR until 1936 (same year we went professional). So the cricket boundary is ok for 1933.

Chicken Run went up in 1906 so that fits too.

I think BBC Verify would give it the thumbs up. Great picture.


👍 Brilliant.

And I'm assuming that's the Churchman's cigarettes factory to the south with the big chimney stack?
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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:36 - Jan 28 with 4975 viewsFrimleyBlue

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:35 - Jan 28 by jasondozzell

👍 Brilliant.

And I'm assuming that's the Churchman's cigarettes factory to the south with the big chimney stack?


That building at the end of PR on the bend, trying to picture PR now, is that the same building?

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:37 - Jan 28 with 4975 viewsDubtractor

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:36 - Jan 28 by FrimleyBlue

That building at the end of PR on the bend, trying to picture PR now, is that the same building?


Yeah, that's still there.

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:38 - Jan 28 with 4953 viewsjasondozzell

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:36 - Jan 28 by FrimleyBlue

That building at the end of PR on the bend, trying to picture PR now, is that the same building?


Yes. Was the Archant office until fairly recently I think. Owners of EADT and Ipswich Star.
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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:43 - Jan 28 with 4865 viewsSuffolkPunchFC

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:12 - Jan 28 by FrimleyBlue

Blimey, must be 1855 ish before town moved there?


Cars and buses in 1855
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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:47 - Jan 28 with 4799 viewshoppy

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:33 - Jan 28 by WubbleU

I was thinking AI generated but maybe not.

Ipswich and East Suffolk cricket club history says they stayed at PR until 1936 (same year we went professional). So the cricket boundary is ok for 1933.

Chicken Run went up in 1906 so that fits too.

I think BBC Verify would give it the thumbs up. Great picture.


Its definitely a genuine picture

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:01 - Jan 28 with 4680 viewsWubbleU

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:35 - Jan 28 by jasondozzell

👍 Brilliant.

And I'm assuming that's the Churchman's cigarettes factory to the south with the big chimney stack?


Yes that's Churchman's and the white building just to the left of that is the old cricket pavilion. I believe that is where Alf Ramsey ran the club from and players got changed when we were Champions of England in 1962 (but not when Bobby conquered Europe...)
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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:01 - Jan 28 with 4671 viewsjasondozzell

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:01 - Jan 28 by WubbleU

Yes that's Churchman's and the white building just to the left of that is the old cricket pavilion. I believe that is where Alf Ramsey ran the club from and players got changed when we were Champions of England in 1962 (but not when Bobby conquered Europe...)


Absolutely fantastic. Thank you.
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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:04 - Jan 28 with 4669 viewsIllinoisblue

That was an intersting location for a cattle market. Did rum ol’ boys from the farms of Suffolk drive into the metropolis of Ipswich with an empty truck and drive home with new cows? Is that how it worked?

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:08 - Jan 28 with 4615 viewsSwansea_Blue

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:35 - Jan 28 by jasondozzell

👍 Brilliant.

And I'm assuming that's the Churchman's cigarettes factory to the south with the big chimney stack?


Oh! So that’s where the name comes from. I’ve not known that in nearly 50 years of going to PR

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:08 - Jan 28 with 4620 viewsGuthrum

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:04 - Jan 28 by Illinoisblue

That was an intersting location for a cattle market. Did rum ol’ boys from the farms of Suffolk drive into the metropolis of Ipswich with an empty truck and drive home with new cows? Is that how it worked?


Reasonably close to the railway station, so butchers from London could load up what they'd just bought and ship it to the captial.

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:10 - Jan 28 with 4572 viewsFrimleyBlue

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:43 - Jan 28 by SuffolkPunchFC

Cars and buses in 1855


haha good point

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:15 - Jan 28 with 4561 viewsCheltenham_Blue

That’s an enormously long wicket on that cricket square. Bowling a yorker is going to need some energy.

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:38 - Jan 28 with 4397 viewsIllinoisblue

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 20:33 - Jan 28 by WubbleU

I was thinking AI generated but maybe not.

Ipswich and East Suffolk cricket club history says they stayed at PR until 1936 (same year we went professional). So the cricket boundary is ok for 1933.

Chicken Run went up in 1906 so that fits too.

I think BBC Verify would give it the thumbs up. Great picture.


Curious why you would think it was AI generated?

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:42 - Jan 28 with 4385 viewsDJR

Fascinating also to see all the long disappeared houses. And at the top middle in white, I think you can make out the Black Horse, with the church (St. Peter's?) near to it.

Here's a link to a 1927 map which you can zoom in on to see the ground and stand.

https://maps.nls.uk/view/11450
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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:47 - Jan 28 with 4341 viewsDubtractor

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:42 - Jan 28 by DJR

Fascinating also to see all the long disappeared houses. And at the top middle in white, I think you can make out the Black Horse, with the church (St. Peter's?) near to it.

Here's a link to a 1927 map which you can zoom in on to see the ground and stand.

https://maps.nls.uk/view/11450
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It gets tricky to ID buildings near to the top of the picture without civic drive there to help position things.

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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:50 - Jan 28 with 4311 viewsDJR

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:04 - Jan 28 by Illinoisblue

That was an intersting location for a cattle market. Did rum ol’ boys from the farms of Suffolk drive into the metropolis of Ipswich with an empty truck and drive home with new cows? Is that how it worked?


It only closed in 1985, and here's an article about it. I certainly remember it as a cattle market.

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/21
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Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:57 - Jan 28 with 4228 viewsjasondozzell

Super Old pic of Portman Road on 21:08 - Jan 28 by Swansea_Blue

Oh! So that’s where the name comes from. I’ve not known that in nearly 50 years of going to PR


😁

My Grandad told me. He also told me about the chicken run.

Don't think I'd ever seen them in an aerial picture before though!
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