Elliott Street Bakery
Elliott Street is one of the modest streets of small
terraced houses which
survive between Handford Road and London Road. The importance of the
neighbourhood
bakery in times past is symbolised by the sign at the corner with
Gibbons
Street.
This remarkable survivor is one of the finest examples
of trade lettering
we have found in Ipswich. Time has caused the layers of paint to
weather and the
bold
block capitals in black with a cream coloured drop shadow, plus date:
'ELLIOTT
ST.
BAKERY
Est. 1907'
can now be seen floating on earlier cursive
lettering.
All this on a traditional white painted cartouche.
Borin Van Loon gave a talk on this website project
to the annual Recorders' Day in October, 2004 organised by Suffolk
Local History Council which exists to encourage, promote and assist the
study and research of local history in the county of Suffolk. An
audience member said that she recalled regular visits to the bakery in
Elliott Street when she was young and lived in the area. The name of
the street commemorates a slavery
abolitionist as does Gibbons Street.
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