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Many thanks for this link - it promises hours of fun!!!

My father (b. Middlesbrough 1911) attended the Middlesbrough Junior Technical School and  when he died some years ago, we found a copy of the school magazine, 'The Bridge' dated May 1925, amongst his papers.  I thought some of you might be interested in a v brief synopsis of the contents:

School Notes tells that the school had 'passed through a very serious epidemic of infectious disease', and then went on to give info about past pupils, eg:

S Johns came 1st in the Smith's Dock Drawing Office Examination; the Addlington family were about to set off for Australia whilst Gray was already there;   Weaver was in S Africa; Loadwick was training as a wireless operator in London, and C D Harris hoped to join the RAF.   J Plummer visited the school and apparently looked 'very much improved' in his RAF uniform, whilst F Goat was making a name for himself as actor/stage manager for 'The Players'.

The Debating Society had held a mock election:
"Four candidates .... Graham (Con), soppitt (Lib), Bainbridge (Lab), Adams (Ind).  The Independent candidate was unable to be present... but since no votes were polled in his favour, his absence can hardly be said to have been conspicuous."

If anyone might have had family members at the school at that time, I'd be happy to check through the mag to see if their names are listed.

When I bothered my Suffolk grandmother for something, she would reply "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride!"

Bond Street  runs at right-angles to the  Rope Walk, which was where the ropes for the docks were made.  My mother  told me that the Rope Walk area was very deprived and run-down before the houses were demolished in the 1960s to make way for Suffolk College and, later, Suffolk County Council HQ.  This area is fairly close to the old Ipswich Docks, so it must have been quite a 'lively' area.    By the time I left Ipswich in the 1980s,  Bond Street only had a few houses left, one of which in the 1970s was a wonderful old-fashioned junk shop where I spent many happy hours, browsing.  What was Ipswich Gaol is adjacent to Bond Street, with its entrance in St Helen's Street, so it is not unreasonable that the trap would have been heard, particularly  by those who lived on that side of the road, which is probably the case if the street was numbered from St Helen's Street.

All these thoughts of Ipswich are making me feel homesick.....!

Hi Kabeja - I have looked in my tree but can't find any definite matches.  However, have you looked in the cosford-database (try googling it if you haven't visited it before).  I've just had a look under Chelsworth and can see Jeremiah Pearl and Mary Frost, so it might be a good idea trawling through the villages listed there.  I am sure that these Pearls are linked to mine, but as yet can't prove anything.  My Pearl(e)s (aka Purle) tended to cluster round Rattlesden, Brettenham and Hitcham since 1541 (my earliest record). My mother was born in Brettenham in 1917 so you can see the family didn't get about much!  Would be interested to hear if you find out any more.
Regards
Greensleeves