Pictorial Kesgrave 1994 - Part 6
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Keith Beecroft Copyright 2008
Cycle Speedway Track at the new Community Centre Sports Ground. Replacing the old track removed when the new access road to Grange Farm Housing Development was constructed.
Wall Plaque in the entrance to the New Community Centre Hall.
All year round sports facilities, available on the Community Centre Ground in the way of Cricket, Football, Bowls, Tennis, Cycle Speedway, etc.
Foundation Stone from the old Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre Hall, re-sited in the Memorial Garden of the new Community Centre, unveiled in 1993 by Syd Webb, chairman of the old halls fund raising committee.
Oakwood House, a Suffolk Coastal District Council Housing Development for residents with special needs
Radio Aerial, adjacent to the Speedway Stadium on Foxhall Heath transmitting radio signals to S. E. Suffolk for Suffolk Group Radio, formally Radio Orwell. Opened in October 1975.
Foxhall Stadium Speedway Track, Foxhall Heath, now in the Parish of Kesgrave following the amendments carried out by the Boundary Commission in the 1980s. Home of the Ipswich Witches Speedway Team since its construction in 1950. The original shale speedway track of 410 yards has now been tarmaced for small circuit car racing with a new smaller speedway track inside. The Ipswich Town Football 'A' Team once played a season of football in the centre circle.
Traffic Lights at the Main Road junction with Bell lane. Installed in 1993, when the arguments for and against the proposed routes for the Kesgrave bypass continued.
Kiln Farm, in the parish of Playford, but named in connection with Kesgrave Brickyard that operated in the late 19th century at the wasteland and pit situated at the north end of Holly Road. This white bricks produced by John Pells and Son come from the brickearth material that extended southwest from Kiln Farm through Holly Road.
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