Ipswich - The place to be

[sailorman]

http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/ipswich-happy-cannabis-farms/

 

[pks1702]

A woman who did not want to be identified, but who was named locally as 24-year-old mother of eight Beyonce Scaggs, spoke to the Suffolk Gazette outside the offices of Rightmove. We asked her if she had any idea why they carried out the survey, which saw them make headlines across the media.
She said: “Nah. Dunno. Come ‘ere Tyler, gimme moi fkn lighter back. NOW!”

Sounds like a character from Viz!

The cross section of people interviewed seems unrepresentative

 

[Simonpk]

I liked the story at the bottom, "a craze of pushing over cows" FFS, is there nothing better to do. Only in Suffolk :drunk:

 

[sailorman]

What about the Fishing correspondent, Courtney Pike

 

[sailorman]

One of Felixstowe’s top seaside attractions is being turned into a bird sanctuary, the Suffolk Gazette can reveal.
[The former yacht pond, which is currently being used as a seafront eyesore, already attracts many seabirds, including gulls that enjoy resting there before stealing chips from holidaymakers sitting on the prom.]

Brilliant

 

[Tomahawk]

We went there last week to find a cheap shop selling rubbish as we wanted a plastic garden table for the cockpit..

Sure enough Ipswich came up trumps... Happy town indeed

 

[GHA]

One of Felixstowe’s top seaside attractions is being turned into a bird sanctuary, the Suffolk Gazette can reveal.
[The former yacht pond, which is currently being used as a seafront eyesore, already attracts many seabirds, including gulls that enjoy resting there before stealing chips from holidaymakers sitting on the prom.]

Brilliant

Stark contrast to the seagulls in Aldeburgh...

Lady Hilary Fotherington-Smythe, who lives on the seafront, said: “We are all made from the right stock here in Aldeburgh. The way we go about our business is reflected by the local wildlife.
“The gulls see how we behave and copy us. As a result they are respectful, quiet, polite, and do not steal. They also think they are better than the gulls anywhere else in our country.

Excellent

 

[Leighb]

Re seagulls in Aldeburgh, we were there recently and enjoyed F&C sitting on the wall by the beach. at the entrances to the beach there are clear signs stating that it is forbidden to feed the gulls and offenders would be charged with littering max penalty fine of £5000, while we were there we observed one "gent" walk onto the beach and chuck his remaining chips etc onto the beach. Perhaps he couldn't read?

We didn't see any aggressive behaviour by gulls at that time but if people keep feeding them no doubt it will change.

 

[benw]

We have noticed a variety of guidance and behaviour relating to feeding gulls.
The most daring event was last Friday whilst sat on the beach at Eastbourne enjoying the air show. In fact it was just after the Sea King from the RM Amphibious display team had finished when a gull swooped down taking the sandwich out of an unsuspecting OAP's hand mid mouthful. It promptly landed in front of me and necked the pretty much whole sandwich in one. It happened so quickly and with absolute precision flying that matched the quality of flying demonstrated by the display pilots. From that point on the crowd became much more aware of the bird population and proximity to anything edible.