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CHRISTMAS CARD DELIVERY -
Introduction
Since 1995 the 1st Kesgrave Scout Group have been delivering Christmas Cards in the Kesgrave area. In 2000 we joined the Ipswich wide service and now deliver around 8,000 out of the 91,000 delivered in total. The service now covers:
- Kesgrave
- Rushmere
- Ipswich Borough and Pinewood area
- Martlesham
- Claydon
- Barham
- Great Blakenham
- All of the following Post Code Areas: IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, IP5
A full list of streets delivered too can be found <here>
We also create a stamp to use for those cards delivered in Kesgrave. Details of these stamps and how many we delivered can be found <here>.
For those interested in Scout and Guide Charity Christmas Posts in Great Britain there is a web site devoted to it, created by John Crabbe. It can be found <here>.
2009 Collection
Postboxes will be available from 25th November at the usual collection points of Krop & Co (Beech Road), House of Hair (Edmonton Road), The Butchers Penzance Road, the 2nd Stop Charity shop near Tesco, the Orwell Vets surgery, Dominos Pizza at the end of Dobbs Lane and Kesgrave Library.
Postage is 15p per card and you should place all your cards and money in a bag before posting them in our postboxes. Last day for posting is Thursday 10th December at 5pm. All profits are shared between the 8 scout groups taking part in the ratio of the number of cards collected and delivered.
A full list of collection points across Ipswich Borough, Kesgrave, Rushmere, Martlesham, Claydon and Barham is shown below.
Full List Of Collection Points
- Adams Wilkinson & Co. 151, Felixstowe Road.
- Age Concern, Lower Brook Street.
- Asda, Goddard Rd
- Asda, Stoke Park
- Balfour News, Dales Road
- Barham Church
- Belvedere Florist, 291 Woodbridge Rd
- Black Tiles post office, Martlesham
- Blue Bird Lodge, Ravenswoood
- British Heart Foundation, Carr Street
- Broke Hall News
- Cards for Good Causes, Tourist Information Centre Ipswich
- Churches, Dial Lane
- Claydon Scout & Guide HQ, Kirby Rise, Barham
- Cockram's Newsagents -
Felixstowe Road - Co-
op Hawthorn Drive - Co-
op Rosehill Centre - Felixstowe Road - Co-
op Surbiton Road - Co-
op Ulster Ave. - Craft Ability, ST Lawrence St. (formally BCM)
- Crafty Coffee Shop, Tomline Rd
- Crown Public House, Claydon
- Day Lewis Pharmacy, Ravenswood
- Dominos Pizza, Dobbs Lane, Kesgrave
- Duncan's Butchers, Martlesham.
- East Anglian Air Ambulance, Orwell Place
- Felixstowe Rd Launderette
- Firepower Shop, Foxhall Rd
- Foxhall News -
Wellesley Road - Foxhall Stores
- Fresh Fills Bakery, Claydon
- Gainsborough Sports Centre.
- George Debman Butchers -
Cliff Lane - Gt Blakenham Church
- House Of Hair, Edmonton Road, Kesgrave
- Janine's Hair Fashions, 12 Selkirk Rd
- Jonathan Waters Estate Agents, Foxhall Rd
- Julie Dawn, Nacton Rd
- Kay's fruit and veg shop, 368 Nacton Road.
- Kay's fruit and veg shop, Meredith Rd
- Kesgrave Butchers, Penzance Road, Kesgrave
- Kesgrave Library
- Krop & Co, Beech Road, Rushmere
- Martins Bakery, Woodbridge, Rd East
- Melmerby House, Gt Blakenham
- Morrisons, Sproughton Road
- Nacton Road Fish Shop
- Northgate Sports Centre
- Oncology dept. at the Ipswich Hospital
- One Stop, Bixley Farm
- Orwell Vets, Hartree Way, Kesgrave
- Oxfam Charity Shop 53 Buttermarket.
- Pathology dept. at the Ipswich Hospital
- Penalty Two, Chantry Estate
- Pharmacy, Ipswich Hospital
- Richardsons Hardware, Garrick Way
- Scotts Hardware, Hawthorn Drive
- Scout HQ -
Newton Road - Monday and Thursday Nights only - Sophisticuts Hair Salon, 321 Woodbridge Rd.
- Spar Shop, Freehold Road
- Spurdens Newsagent
- St Helens News -
St.Helens Street - Suffolk College Students Union
- Tesco Express, Duke Street
- Tesco Express, St Matthews
- The Beacon, Beaconsfield Road
- The Drop In Centre, Dial Lane
- Tourist Information Centre, Buttermarket
- United News, South Wards
- WH Smiths at the Ipswich railway station.
- Whitton Sports Centre,
- 6 Woodrush Road
- 13 Camden Road
- 18 Fairfield Road
- 19 Arundel Way
- 39 Humber Doucy Lane
- 43 Roundwood Road
- 53 Ramsgate Drive
- 75 Dumbarton Road
- 114 Felixstowe Rd
- 115 Ashcroft Road
- 182 Britannia Road
- 269 Cavendish Street
- 1st Martlesham Scout Hut -
The Drift, Valiant Rd - 2nd Stop Charity Shop near Tesco, Kesgrave
- 4th Ipswich Scout HQ, Hogarth Road
Many Schools & offices also collect cards but are not accessible to the public.
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