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Picture source: John Wernham

The Trowel & Hammer was situated on the A12. This pub closed in the 1990`s after being renamed The Spaniard. I have fond memory's of my Mother and Father always stopping there for a drink, with their motor bike and sidecar in the 1950`s whenever they used the A12. There is now an Esso filling station on the site.

Source: John Wernham

I travelled to Ipswich yesterday from Essex a journey I do frequently and as I pass through Marks Tey it brings back childhood memories of dropping off with my parents for a drink at this iconic location. It always marked the halfway mark in our journey to my aunts. I last had a drink there with my Dad in the late 1970's on my way home from an Ipswich Town West Brom football match and we did it more out if nostalgia than anything else. There were never 'crowds' of customers in the pub but it was a significant landmark and a welcoming environment. How sad that a beautiful building has been demolished for a petrol station.

Laurence Rampling (August 2013)

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Picture source: John Wernham