Tag Archives: Chantry

Chantry High School to be Rebuilt

Due to the successful lobbying of Ipswich Conservative MP Ben Gummer, with support from local Conservatives, Chantry High School is to be rebuilt under the Priority School Building Programme Labour can take no credit for this, though they will try.

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The Cost of the Cyclo-Cross

I reported here that I had put in an FOI here asking for the cost of tarmacing and placing lines for starts of cycle races in Chantry Park to Ipswich Borough Council. I have received a reply which informed me … Continue reading

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The Rebuilding of Chantry High School

Following on from this post asking Why do the Archant papers have a candidate as a columnist? Ipswich Spy hypercritically gave David Ellesmere some space with this post. David Ellesmere briefly mentioned school building programmes in his Star column and … Continue reading

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Gipping Ward needs a Strong Local Voice

I believe that as Gipping Ward is Labour party’s safest Ward, it gets a bad deal and is used to put the local Labour party’s careerists in. Hence when the issues such as grass verge maintenance and repair and road … Continue reading

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Response to Ipswich Spy

Ipswich Spy here. has written a post with the title of “Gipping no stretch for the twin hatted Ellesmere” It starts Gipping ward will do as it always does, and return a Labour councillor on 3rd May. No matter how … Continue reading

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Why are the Cyclo-Cross races always held in Chantry Park?

There is an issue regarding the Cyclo-Cross races in Chantry Park and it appears that our local councillors are intent on fobbing people off who ask awkward questions. First of all, the race is officially on Saturday and Sunday but … Continue reading

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Report of South West Ipswich Area Committee Meeting

The second South West Oblast Committee wasn’t the paint dry watching experience I was expecting. One of the councillors present brought up the issue of Anti-social Parking and Phil Smart brought up bus services on Wherstead Road. Then I brought … Continue reading

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Ben Gummer on the facts about school buildings

Ben Gummer MP has written a guest post for Ipswich Spy here. Building Schools for the Future was unsustainable. Many head teachers admitted as much. The simple fact was that we were procuring schools at four times the cost of … Continue reading

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Ellesmere’s Latest Star Column

In Captain Mainwaring’s latest Ipswich Morning Star column the Ipswich Politburo General Secretary talks about Chantry High School. He mentions that Chantry High School was going to be rebuilt under fictitious plans announced by the last Labour government in an … Continue reading

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Theft – Ipswich

Police would like to hear from any passengers who were travelling on the No13 bus from Pinewood, Ipswich between 11.50am & 12.20pm on Wednesday 15th February after a teenager had a mobile phone and cash stolen from her bag after … Continue reading

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