12 photos of Ipswich landmarks over the last century

Images from our archives show stands being built at Portman Road at the start of the 1970s, and aerial shots of Ipswich Town Hall from 1921. 

Take a scroll through our gallery and have a look back at some of the history of this town. 

Can you remember Ipswich before some of these landmarks were built?

An aerial view of Ipswich Town Hall and Corn Exchange in 1921 (Image: Newsquest)Mooring at Ipswich Docks in the 1920s (Image: Newsquest)

Broomhill Pool opened on April 30th 1938 (Image: Newsquest)

The St. Nicholas Street Hippodrome Theatre in the mid 1940s (Image: Newsquest)

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The wreckage of an aircraft in Holywells Park in 1949 (Image: Newsquest)

Building of the Civic College (now Suffolk College) in 1959 (Image: Newsquest)

Preparations to demolish the Seven Arches Bridge between Hadleigh Road and Yarmouth Road in 1959 (Image: Newsquest)

Construction of the Eastgate Shopping Centre in Carr Street in 1967 (Image: Newsquest)

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Construction of the Portman Stand at Portman Road Stadium in 1971 (Image: Newsquest)

Construction of the Orwell Bridge in 1981. The bridge opened in December 1982. (Image: Newsquest)

The Buttermarket Shopping Centre opened in 1992 (Image: Newsquest)

Radio One's 'One Big Sunday in Ipswich' from Chantry Park in 2000 (Image: Newsquest)