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The town used to feature a small grass-runway airport (ICAO code: EGSE), opened by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on 26 June 1930 with regular flights to Clacton, Southend and Jersey by Channel Airways and later to the Netherlands and Manchester by Suckling Airways. The airport was delicensed on 31 December 1996 Ipswich Airport[39] and the area was re-developed into the residential district of Ravenswood with the front of the Grade 2 listed control building, designed by Heining and Chitty in 1938, integrated into new scheme.[40]
The nearest international flights now are from Stansted Airport and Norwich International Airport, both approximately 47 miles (76 km) away. Other airports within a 2 hour drive are Gatwick and Luton Airport.
The Port of Ipswich, operated by Associated British Ports[41] offers a mix of facilities for handling containers, timber, dry bulk cargo oil as well as a Ro-Ro terminal. It is one of the Haven ports along with the Port of Felixstowe and Harwich International.
Ipswich's sole professional football team are Ipswich Town Football Club, who were established in 1878 and play at the 30,300 capacity Portman Road Stadium. They have a strong rivalry with Norwich City F.C.. Ipswich Town was home to the two most successful England managers, Sir Alf Ramsey (who is buried in the Old Cemetery in the town) and Sir Bobby Robson. They won the League Championship in 1962 during Ramsey's reign and an FA Cup in 1978 and the UEFA Cup in 1981 under Robson. They currently play in English football's second-tier league, the Football Championship. Ipswich is also home to minor-lower league football team, Ipswich Wanderers and many others in the Suffolk and Ipswich Football League.
Ipswich also has a very successful Speedway team, the Ipswich Witches, who have ridden at their Foxhall Stadium home, on the outskirts of Ipswich, for over 50 years. Despite being one of the most successful teams in British Speedway history, crowds have dwindled to around 1,500 people per race meeting. The stadium is also regularly used for Stock car racing.
The town has representation in both codes of Rugby. It has two amateur Rugby Union teams, Ipswich RUFC who play in London 3 North East League, and Ipswich YM RUFC and an amateur rugby league side, Ipswich Rhinos, who play in the Rugby League Conference.
Ipswich had a racecourse which ran a mix of flat and National Hunt races from 1710 to 1911.
For her services to swimming Karen Pickering was awarded an MBE in the 1994 New Years Honours List, although she is actually from Great Yarmouth.
[edit] Ipswich 2006 serial murders
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A serial killer or spree killer responsible for the murders of five women in Ipswich gained notoriety in late 2006, as the Ipswich Murderer. The five women were identified as sex workers; their bodies were found in December 2006.[42] Suffolk Constabulary formally linked the murders in their investigation.
Steven Gerald James Wright, who had previously worked at the Port of Felixstowe, was arrested at his house in Ipswich on December 19.[43] On December 21st, Wright was formally charged with the murders of Gemma Adams, 25, Anneli Alderton, 24, Tania Nicol, 19, Paula Clennell, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29. He appeared in Ipswich Magistrates' Court on 22 December 2006 and was remanded in custody until 2 January 2007 to appear in Ipswich Crown Court where he was remanded in custody for a second court appearance, held on 1 May 2007.[44] At that hearing he pleaded not guilty to all five murders. His trial began in Ipswich on 14 January 2008.[45] The jury returned a guilty verdict on 21 February, [46] and the next day, Wright was sentenced to life imprisonment by Mr Justice Gross, who recommended that he should never be released from prison, on the basis that the murders resulted from a "substantial degree of pre-meditation and planning".[47]
[edit] Famous residents
- See also People from Ipswich
Probably the most famous person born in the town is the Tudor Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. The artist Thomas Gainsborough and the cartoonist "Giles" worked here, Horatio, Lord Nelson became Steward of Ipswich, and Margaret Catchpole began her adventurous career here. Alf Ramsey and Bobby Robson were both successful managers of Ipswich Town F.C.
[edit] References in popular culture
- A popular song in 1915 was Which Switch Is The Switch, Miss, For Ipswich? by David, Barnett & Darewski.
- The Dead Parrot sketch by the comedy troupe Monty Python involves one of the characters ending up in Ipswich instead of Bolton.
- Michael Palin's 1987 comedy about provincial English seaside holidays in the 1950s was entitled East of Ipswich.
- In 2006 The Jarvis Cocker Record contained the track From Auschwitz to Ipswich written and performed by Jarvis.
- A film staring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan, The Fourth Protocol shows a car chase taking place through the streets of Ipswich. One shot also shows helicopters flying beneath the Orwell Bridge.
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