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Sir Bobby Robson Bridge Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/22/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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This Cache is placed at the Sir Bobby Robson Bridge - Should be a fairly straightforward find - as it's a very busy area the hint is quite specific - please replace carefully so it is well hidden

The Sir Bobby Robson Bridge is a 60-metre (200 ft) cable-stayed pedestrian footbridge over the River Gipping , built at a cost of £800,000. The height of the structure makes it the 2nd highest structure in Ipswich. The bridge was named after Sir Bobby Robson, the ex–Ipswich Town manager, Newcastle United manager and England national football team manager, who died in 2009. The bridge was constructed in 2009 - it connects a residential development with the town centre. Before the construction of the bridge, residents had to walk a considerably long way to the next river crossing.

It's also on the site of another long gone Ipswich Engineering Company Reavells - Their engineering works in Ranelagh Road, Ipswich, occupied a large site employing hundreds of skilled local workers. William Reavell, later Sir William, founded Reavell and Company in 1898 on a site purchased from the Great Eastern Railway Company. The company, known as CompAir Reavell from 1969, was world famous for its air and gas compressors and work continued on the site until the company was taken over by Gardner Denver. The Ranelagh Road site closed in 2005 and the company operated on a smaller scale from Whitehouse Road, Ipswich, which closed in 2012.

My Grandfather worked here from the early 1900's until his retirement in the 1950's - something that well may have saved his life as during the 1st World War the site became a munitions factory - as he was required there he didn't go to France. I recently found in an old suitcase all of his paper work relating to working at Reavells during WW1 - see photo .....

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ghpxrq haqrearngu oneevre - zntargvp... frr Fcbvyre Cvpgher sbe ybpngvba

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)