Love letters to Ipswich go on display outside Wolsey Theatre

The 'All about Ipswich' exhibition outside The New Wolsey Theatre in Civic Drive has been installed by Ipswich Central.

Four giant exhibition cubes, with space for four panels on each cube have been installed as a semi-permeant exhibition space to promote good news about the town and local projects.

The first exhibition which is currently on display is from the voluntary group Ipswich.Love run by locals who love the town and want to promote everything that is good about it.

Each panel is a love letter quoting residents about the town.

The exhibition is on display outside The New Wolsey Theatre. (Image: Ipswich Central) In one of the letters Douglas Rintoul chief executive and artistic director at The New Wolsey says that "living here is like being in the middle of a treasure trove."

Douglas Rintoul. (Image: Archant) Professional tennis player Henry Patten who went to Ipswich School and won doubles at Wimbledon earlier this year described the town as "the place where it began for me". 

Great Britain's Henry Patten during the Davis Cup group stage finals match at the AO Arena, Manchester in September. (Image: Mike Egerton/PA Wire) Danielle Hopkinson from The Stained Glass Studio and Stoke Bridge Workshops praised the "positive, passionate people" who make up the town.

Miranda Acres from Ipswich.Love praised the "places of calm" while Hannah Page enterprise and entrepreneurship officer at the University of Suffolk hailed the "individuality" and "cultural diversity" of the town. 

Lee Walker, CEO of Ipswich Central, said: “We want to showcase initiatives that enhance the town and Ipswich.Love letters do just that by reminding of what’s great about the town and why it is special to so many people.”

Miranda Acres of Ipswich.Love added: “Local people can enjoy reading snippets of people’s love letters to our incredible town, collected over the last year.”