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Bury Free Press archives throw up 1989 bird’s-eye views of a changing Bury St Edmunds




I spy with my little eye… views of Bury St Edmunds, taken back in 1989.

We have searched our archives, but cannot find a Bury Free Press news story relating to these pictures – however we do know they were taken from the top of the Greene King turntable ladder, in the days the brewery still had its own fire engine.

Do you know what the views are? We have a good idea… as even though Bury has changed in the decades since, it still retains key landmarks (even if they do look slightly different now).

A view of West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view of West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view of West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view of West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view of Gibraltar Barracks, in Bury St Edmunds, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view of Gibraltar Barracks, in Bury St Edmunds, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view across West Suffolk College car park to Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view across West Suffolk College car park to Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view of under construction The Beeches complex, in Bury St Edmunds, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view of under construction The Beeches complex, in Bury St Edmunds, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view of Out Risbygate, Bury St Edmunds, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive
A view of Out Risbygate, Bury St Edmunds, taken in September 1989, from the Greene King turntable ladder. Picture: Bury Free Press archive

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