Along another road and between houses and down onto this playing field. It's just a grassy area with a fenced in playground and was soggy wet this morning.
Spotted blackberries starting to grow on the edge of the field, wonder if there will be any to pick later or will other people get there first.
Out the other side of the playing field and here we are at our local library.
" Westbourne (It's now called Broomhill) Library was designed as a decontamination centre to protect the Ipswich public from Nazi chemical warfare - with a post-war transfer of usage to a public library in 1948. It is an extremely popular and well used public library and community hub. With 77,000 visits p.a, it is the 11th busiest of Suffolk’s 44 libraries; and is the only library in north Ipswich.
I'm guessing the figures quoted are way out of date and the library is much quieter now than when this was written.
I came home avoiding the soggy playing field and passed perhaps the saddest thing in Ipswich
It's the old entrance of Broomhill outdoor swimming pool, too expensive for the council to run it closed several years ago. Every now and again they talk about re-opening it. There are very few public outdoor pools or lidos left anywhere in the country now, very sad, as we spent many happy days at the one in Stowmarket when I was in my mid teens.
And then up and down roads and around corners until I got home again, luckily avoiding the rain showers.
Back Soon
Sue
