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Ipswich suffered from many air-raids during the War.

Some of the greatest damage was caused by a mine that landed in Cemetery Road.

I was very young at the time and living close-by, in Hayhill Road. The Germans dropped the mine in the middle of the night. We were woken up and passed the following nights at Northgate School.

The mine had blown out most of Cemetery Road. It had come down at Wright's the Stonemasons, sending one of his blocks into a neighbouring mason's yard. Because it was a mine the Navy was responsible for taking away an unexploded half. They wanted to go through the Cemetery itself, but were not allowed to as they were frightened of another blast that would hit the graves. Most of the damaged area was left as wasteland for years afterwards. We even played cricket in it.

Reproduced with Colin Rushbrook's permission by Ipswich Museum.

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