Researchers recently declared 1978 the worst year on record for happiness...but perhaps Ipswich bucked the trend? The town and surrounding area often wore a sunny smile as wide as the River Orwell. Steve Russell finds reasons to be cheerful.
John, who has died at 86, was the driving force behind Suffolk's first winter dome. He turned a warehouse into a racquet centre, too. And ran a meat firm
But she admits: 'The knitting of something that touches the genitals and breasts seems such an intimate act that I cannot imagine making a costume for even the closest friend'
'Bury would not be the wonderful town it is if the abbey church was still with us, because we would be a city equivalent to Durham or York' says author