Lifestyle

This room in the now-demolished Hardwick House, is described as a boudoir – a ladies private sitting room – and is well furnished.

This photo shows protestors gathered at Lakenheath airbase in January 1982, showing their opposition to the use of chemical and nuclear weapons.

Hardwick House occupied the site where today’s West Suffolk Hospital stands.

The west front of the Abbey was begun by Abbot Anselm (1120-41) and completed by Abbot Sampson (1182-1211).

This photo shows protesters against a proposed road link in Stowmarket celebrating their victory in September 1986.

Thomas Baker was a grocer and newsagent who ran this pretty timbered shop in the village.

Libby is a young lady who is keen to please but tends to worry about life.

This photo, taken in November 1986, shows children at Southgate Playgroup celebrating a 25 year Jubilee.

As someone not familiar with ‘broadgrass’ music, the main attraction of this gig was the charismatic Ramin Karimloo.

Green wellies with a splattering of magnolia were the order of the day in March 1989 when this picture was taken. Members of the St Edmundsbury Young Farmers turned out with brushes and paint at the Deaf Club, Bury St Edmunds.

Alfred is a male lurcher aged around two. He loves company of people and can be very affectionate.

This photo shows funky blues band The Swamp Dogs before they competed in the regional finals of a national talent competition at Commodore National hotel in Nottingham in January 1989.

In 1886, the borough council purchased 112 acres of land at West Stow from the Culford Estates. This trench was part of a plan to replace the sewage works built in Bell Meadow, Bury St Edmunds, and relocate down- stream of the town.

Eight trustees of the Ixworth Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in Stowmarket Road, were entrusted to find land and build this chapel in The High Street.

This photo of Northbury FC, standing outside their pavilion in the 1960s, was sent in by John Wells (third in from the right).

Katie was left abandoned and would love a caring new home.

This photo, taken in March of 1987, shows students from Thurston Upper School putting their best feet forward after walking over nine miles and helping to raise £500 for school equipment.

There is no date for this picture of Whepstead Post Office, but some of the characters in the photograph are known: Mrs Sarah Nunn, shopkeeper and sub post mistress seated, with Hannah Bumpstead (servant).

This photo was taken in May 1986 and shows placard waving parents and children striving to keep open Shimpling Primary School after plans to shut it down were revealed.

This photo, taken in December 1989, shows young people from all over the county, gathered at a newly opened Red Cross Centre in Bury St Edmunds for two days intensive training in first aid techniques.