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Days Gone By: Did you work or shop at Ridley’s in Ipswich?
Ridleys Ipswich shop in April 1983 as closure was announced. - Credit: Archant
It was the ‘old style’ clothes shop where you could also get a haircut and lunch, writes David Kindred.
A brewing company's horse drawn dray passing Ridleys Tavern Street, Ipswich shop in the 1950s. - Credit: Archant
Ridleys shop occupied a prominent site at the corner of Tavern Street and Dial Lane, Ipswich, until closure in 1983.
Who was saying goodbye at Ridleys in April 1978? - Credit: Archant
The shop was upmarket and “old style” with personal attention from assistants.
Arthur J Ridley's shop as it was in the 1920s. The signs in the window list services of Hatter, Hosier and Shirtmaker. The shop on the left was then Joseph Hunt Dairyman and Baker. - Credit: Archant
The shop was mens and ladies outfitters, with hairdressers and a restaurant in the basement.
Beauty treatment at Ridleys in 1978. - Credit: Archant
Directories from the early years of the last century list the site as “Arthur J Ridley hosier and shirt maker”.
Beauty treatment at Ridleys in 1978. - Credit: Archant
In this weeks Days Gone By, I feature photographs of Ridley’s.
Who were these two members of staff a Ridleys shop soon before closure in May 1983? - Credit: Archant
If you have memories of Ridley’s shop in the centre of Ipswich write to David Kindred, Days Gone By, Ipswich Star/EADT, Portman House, 120 Princes Street, Ipswich, IP1 1RS or e-mail him.
Can you name anybody in this retirement presentation photograph taken at Ridleys in March 1977? - Credit: Archant
Part of the interior of Arthur J RidleyÕs shop in a photograph probably taken in the 1920s. - Credit: Archant
