Arthur Foote’s Ipswich Joinery
In 2013 Rev. Arthur Trevor Foote was awarded the Viva Cribb Bursary to assist him in researching and documenting his great grandfather Arthur Foote’s significant role in Ipswich’s early history. “Footprints in Ipswich History: an historical outline of the life of Arthur Foote, his family, and the Ipswich...
Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Viva Cribb Bursary.
Rev. Trevor Foote & Bremer Forum The Viva Cribb Bursary assists ‘Local Historians’ by providing funding for the cost of documenting, recording or publishing a significant aspect of the local history of Ipswich. This year the bursary is shared between two applicants who will each record a piece...
Ipswich City Vice-Regal Band
The Viva Cribb Local History Room has recently acquired the newly published Viva Cribb Bursary winner book by Maurine Lyon entitled “The Regals: History of the Ipswich City Vice-Regal Band”. The book focuses on the history of the band from its origins in Ipswich in 1890 by founders Hancock...
The Ipswich Bowls Club
Last year the Ipswich Bowls Club celebrated their 100th birthday, having first been established in August 1910. In 2010 “Ipswich Bowls Club: Chronicle of a Century 1910 – 2010” was produced by Gordon Smith, Beryl Johnston and Judith Nissen and documented the club’s history and development over its century of...