Ipswich’s civic amenity society, established in 1960, flourishes and continues to attract new members at a healthy rate. Readers will remember that it was the Ipswich Society who erected, on the Reg Driver Centre, a Blue Plaque commemorating the gift of Christchurch Mansion to the Borough by Felix Thornley Cobbold (1841-1909).
The Society has known of The Cobbold Family History Trust for some years and recently heard of our ‘Friends’ appeal. With great generosity the Society decided to become Foundation Benefactors with a donation to the endowment fund of £500.
We reproduce below a page from the April issue of The Ipswich Society Newsletter (a most excellent publication, we highly recommend) which features the Trust’s letter of thanks with a classic Georgian illustration which is becoming increasingly familiar.
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