On
a Saturday morning recently in lovely warm sunshine, I visited the summer fayre
at ABC childcare, next to the flats in Roper Court, on Foxhall Road in east
Ipswich.
My
daughter was performing in a dance show, she is a member of the Empire 19 Dance
Team, and the display was on the school field of Britannia Road Primary School.
I
went to Britannia Primary School and I actually believe this was the first time
I have been back on the school playing field since leaving the school in
1975. Goodness me, that makes me feel
old!
Britannia
Primary School is a highly sought after school and we have many people moving
home to ensure they get in the catchment of the school; although these days, of
course, there doesn’t equate to a guarantee.
We
have many people buying a house in Ipswich with the specific target of getting
into the school catchment and moves such as this are big business for us estate
agents in Ipswich.
I’m
pretty sure there are no teachers left from the time I was at the school but I
noticed with a wry smile that the playing field looked identical to all those
years ago when I was there. In fact, the
running track is still in exactly the same place and I remember many a sports
day involved in races there.
I
have never been inside any of the school buildings since leaving either, and
would love to see how they have changed in that time.
I
remember we had a swimming pool at Britannia School that used to be open air to
start off with, and was then covered half way through my time at the school.
The
water was always freezing cold. That put
me off swimming for years and I am utterly convinced that I remember a
situation where Mr Woodward, our teacher in the fourth year (now of course
called year 6) having to break the ice on the surface of the pool with a broom
handle to enable our swimming lesson to go ahead.
Other
pupils at the school that I have spoken to about this incident have no
recollection of it at all and some have dismissed it as complete rubbish.
Either
way, the water was still very cold!
Another
incident I remember was when my friend Roger and I were walking to school up
the alleyway that runs between the school playing field on the left hand side,
and Copleston School on the right, only to see a lot of smoke and commotion. Earlier that morning our portakabin classroom
had gone up in flames – how exciting was that for a seven year old?
We
currently have a number of properties for sale in the Britannia Road Primary
School catchment, which is the specialist area that we cover from our estate
agency office at 625 Foxhall Road, Ipswich.
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| Britannia Road - 2 Bedroom Terraced House - £128,000 |
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| Dover Road - 3 Bedroom Extended Semi Detached House - £152,500 |
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| Camden Road - 3 Bedroom End Terrace House - £145,000 |
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| Camden Road - 2 Bedroom Terrace House - £129,500 |
Pleasesee our website for full details of these properties. If you are thinking of buying houses in this
area of Ipswich or, indeed, selling one, then either way we’d be very happy to
help you.
School
catchments continue to be a driving force for the whole of the east and north
east area of Ipswich and will, as far as I’m concerned, continued to be so for
many years to come.
625 Foxhall
Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 8ND
01473 721133
35
Buttermarket, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1BH
01473 281188
Bristol
Court, Betts Avenue, Martlesham Heath Business Park, Martlesham IP5 3RY
01473 620222
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