| Just on the train to Felixstowe 09:01 - Mar 17 with 2038 views | bluelagos |
Since when did they go all posh? About 10 people on it yet when I get the slow train to London it's always a sh1tty old carriage.
Proper nice it is.
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| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 16:45 - Mar 17 with 211 views | DJR |
| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 14:09 - Mar 17 by shady |
Well Felixstowe, like everywhere has some ‘posh’ areas and as it’s so large there are lots of 1 million pound houses, with excellent vistas.
However, we don’t shout about it and are amused to being regarded as a poor area; mainly because we are the only UK town without a pub on the high street. (Even Frinton has a high street pub now.)
The Grosvenor(Ranelagh Rd) is a fine town pub where I learned to drink(Tolly) and in those days there was a men only bar which seemed to accept the 16 year old version of me…no ID cards then).
I graduated to The Witching Hour run by Ron and Sadie. However graduated being the operative word. To outsiders it may have appeared strange but that’s because non-alcoholics weren’t really appreciated. One year I even missed an A level start as missed my train owing to hospitality….still allowed into the exam hall a bit late and passed the exam. Thanks to the beer.
We also have excellent walks; not just 4 miles of constantly changing coastline with 3 and a half rivers (Kingsfleet being the half).
Can walk to Ipswich or Woodbridge just like olden times on footpaths, no cars and no views of modernity.
We don’t brag,
prefer to hide and then surprise people by our quiet brilliance.
Sadly have not been back for a decade.
(Can’t afford a 1 million pound home.) |
My parents used to live in Western Avenue, and if I could live anywhere, I'd probably choose one of the houses on Cliff Road overlooking the sea. But houses with a sea view didn't come at such a premium when my parents lived in Felixstowe in the 80s and 90s. |  | | |
| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 19:14 - Mar 17 with 152 views | thebooks |
| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 14:09 - Mar 17 by shady |
Well Felixstowe, like everywhere has some ‘posh’ areas and as it’s so large there are lots of 1 million pound houses, with excellent vistas.
However, we don’t shout about it and are amused to being regarded as a poor area; mainly because we are the only UK town without a pub on the high street. (Even Frinton has a high street pub now.)
The Grosvenor(Ranelagh Rd) is a fine town pub where I learned to drink(Tolly) and in those days there was a men only bar which seemed to accept the 16 year old version of me…no ID cards then).
I graduated to The Witching Hour run by Ron and Sadie. However graduated being the operative word. To outsiders it may have appeared strange but that’s because non-alcoholics weren’t really appreciated. One year I even missed an A level start as missed my train owing to hospitality….still allowed into the exam hall a bit late and passed the exam. Thanks to the beer.
We also have excellent walks; not just 4 miles of constantly changing coastline with 3 and a half rivers (Kingsfleet being the half).
Can walk to Ipswich or Woodbridge just like olden times on footpaths, no cars and no views of modernity.
We don’t brag,
prefer to hide and then surprise people by our quiet brilliance.
Sadly have not been back for a decade.
(Can’t afford a 1 million pound home.) |
The walk from the station out to the ferry is one of my favourite things! Take a beer with you then had back and have lunch at (or from) the Regal. Perfect. |  | | |
| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 21:35 - Mar 17 with 107 views | azuremerlangus |
Manning’s Funfare Opening day 1980 was the last time I got the train to Felixstowe - certainly not posh then!!! |  |
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| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 21:41 - Mar 17 with 103 views | Bluespeed225 |
| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 10:57 - Mar 17 by The_Major |
Always an entertaining fact that you need head west from Ipswich Station to get to Felixstowe
If you need to head west to get to Felixstowe normally, you need a boat. |
That’s the gradient. If you think about it, driving out of Ipswich to Felixstowe, it’s Bishops Hill, Landseer Road, Woodbridge Road, Spring Road, all decent hills, trains unable to go up. Those Victorians knew their sruff! |  | | |
| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 21:45 - Mar 17 with 100 views | Bluespeed225 |
| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 09:30 - Mar 17 by woodbridge_blue |
Talking of Felixstowe station, anyone remember the bar that used to be there, I think it was called The Witching Hour?
Very strange place with a bunch of unusual characters. Had a line drawn on the floor to separate the lounge from the public bar! |
Outside loos, ie the station ones. It was up the corner, sort of where the travel agents is. The train pulled right up to the end back then. There were bits of tin foil stuck to the ceiling? I remember that line! As an interesting aside, part of the film, I think it was ‘The sea shall not have them’, was filmed on the station, the big wooden door still there at the Sainsbury’s end of the platform. The great Joan Simms doing a scene right there. | | | |
| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 22:12 - Mar 17 with 92 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| Just on the train to Felixstowe on 15:37 - Mar 17 by The_Major |
Oh yes, I knew that - my late grandfather used to live in Cavendish Street, iand in his childhood circa 1928 created a makeshift soapbox/go cart, which he and his friends would ride down Bishop's Hill in.
On one such trip, one of the wheels got caught in the tram rails, and it did not end well... |
My grandparents lived in Cavendish street, no 292 I think 🤔. Remember go karting down Bishops Hill back in the late’60’s. Great times. |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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