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The Hold is a Suffolk County Council facility on Ipswich Waterfront, housing Suffolk Archives, the John Blatchly Local Studies Library, an exhibition gallery, café, shop, and teaching spaces shared with the University of Suffolk.

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From Suffolk to the world: Exhibition traces centuries of local migration

A new exhibition at Suffolk Archives will tell the stories of Suffolk residents who shaped global history, from Puritan settlers to Gold Rush adventurers.

By Oliver Rouane-Williams

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