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Did you know Ipswich once had a race course?
And it was rather grand, too.
Long Reads
Forgotten Ipswich: The rise of the new hippodrome
Ipswich's Woodbridge Road Hippodrome was the underdog of our entertainment past, and while it quietly vanished away, on the other end of town, the St Nicholas Street Hippodrome continued as a dazzling headliner – the one with the star architect, big stage, crowds and glamour.
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Forgotten Ipswich: The hippodrome that time forgot
Ipswich's theatrical history is usually remembered through its grandest venues, but long before the famous Hippodrome on St Nicholas Street, there was another Hippodrome, on Woodbridge Road, almost entirely erased from local memory, with barely a trace left to prove it ever existed.