PI LIVE Global is truly underway, we can’t believe we’re already over halfway through the event. Here we have a roundup of day two, which featured a great selection of excellent sessions, leading on from yesterday’s launch day.
The radio station started as an independent one, broadcasting across the Ipswich and East Suffolk area from the Electric House studios in the town. It has been taken over on numerous occasions, becoming SGR and then by the group which owns Heart and Capital FM. Sadly, the one season of their sponsorship ended in relegation.
Fison was the shirt sponsor for Town when they won the Second Divison title in the 1991-92 season. Picture: ARCHANT
- Credit: Archant
The 1992/93 shirt, sponsored by Fisons, was a fan favourite. Picture: ARCHANT
- Credit: Archant
Fisons – horticultural chemicals – 1986-1995
A perfect marriage. During Fisons’ time as Ipswich Town sponsors, the Blues were promoted back to the top flight as second division champions in 1992 and took their place for the first season of Premier League football.
When did they get into our homes? A brief history of houseplants
When did they get into our homes? A brief history of houseplants
“More sun? Less sun? What do you want? More water? Less water? Why don’t you speak? Answer me now! (1)
My grandma loved plants. She kept dozens of them with their terracotta vases precisely aligned on the ground or suspended on iron frames close to the staircase. When I was young, I liked to see her taking care of red and pink hairy geraniums or repotting asparagus ferns and spider plants. She also cultivated flowers – small white roses, flowering quinces, asters, and jonquils – that in Spring and Summer gave her plenty of fresh bouquets she brought to the cemetery every Saturday afternoon.
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With Covid lockdowns easing and business confidence recovering, firms from across the North West have wasted no time recently in making a host of key hires.
The building currently houses Haart Estate Agent on the ground floor with 14 apartments on the upper levels.
Built in 1933, the building has some stand-out features with an Art Deco style frontage which reveals its original use.
“If you look up when next passing you can see the crest and letters IESC, standing for Ipswich Electricity Supply Centrewhich is where the name Electric House comes from,” said Mr Holland. “It was opened in 1939 as the service centre for what later became Eastern Electricity.”
“Light Power Heat” is engraved into the upper part of the building, and despite a variety of functions over the years it is still referred to as Electric House.