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Lowestoft, the Esplanade 1887
Lowestoft, Punch and Judy, Children's Corner 1952
Lowestoft, the Entrance to the Harbour 1887
Historic maps of Lowestoft and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Lowestoft maps
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Newmarket Town and City Memories
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I went on holiday there when I was only 2. I still have photos somewhere.
Shared on 06 May 2009
My family and I lived in the cottage to the left of the picture from 1944 to 1951 although we retained connections with the Fowler family until the last surviving member, Georgina Fowler, died early in 1960. I was in the choir at the church from 1948 until 1952 and was organist for three years from 1956. My sisters and I have many happy memories of our time at Gunton.
Shared on 05 January 2008
June 1958 a frightening experience!!!!
It was my 4th birthday and we were staying in Caister at the Sycamore Camp in a caravan that my Parents had hired for a 2 week holiday.
So the date 13th June 1958 and we took a trip in Dad's old car up to Lowestoft.
After the usual cup of tea or bottle of Fanta and a Ham roll in the Fisherman's Cafe on Whaplode Road we continued to get on with the business in hand.
Primarily to order some Bloaters to be sent home for my Granddad.
Whilst there we went and sat on the beach close to the old Punch and Judy booth and waited for the show to begin.
Suddenly the show began and all the kids and might I say some of the parents were totally transfixed by the antics in the brightly coloured booth.
It was at this time that I had the shock of my short life when Mr.Punch announced that a kid from Sheffield called Brian had a birthday that day and that he was all of 4 years old.
Being a very shy kid I ran the full length of the beach and when my Dad caught up with me I had filled my new pair of khaki shorts!!!!!!!
Since finding this site I have been in contact with the Punch and Judy Professor Bryan Clarke who has given me the name of the Professor in those days.
So the name of Franklin Spence will live with me for the rest of my life boy did he give me the most frightening day of my life.
Not only that but memories of those holidays will last with me forever.
Shared on 26 October 2007
Rogerson Hall Holiday Camp, Corton, Suffolk
I was just putting in "Rogerson Hall" on search and came across this site. Wonderful. I went to Rogerson Hall with my Mum and Dad in 1956 and 1957. In 1956, when I was 6, Dad booked the holiday and within one day of being there I developed chicken pox and we had to come home to London. I was heartbroken but to help console me, my wonderful Mum took my tin bucket on to the beach and brought me a bucket of sand to take home to London on the train; can you imagine that? I played with it for days and days. The following year, my Dad made up for the disappointment and we went back there for 2 weeks. I remember so many things as if it was yesterday. Two things I remember more than anything are: the chalets didn't have hot water so we had to go to the standpipes in the middle of the pathways each morning to get hot water and the sandmartins who made their nests in the holes at the side of the beach. I have wonderful photos of the camp with my Dad in the fancy hat competition and doing a tug of war competition. Also there are some of me in the fancy dress competition. Mum and Dad hired a tandem bike with a child's seat in the middle and peddled to Blundestone and back which wore them out but I enjoyed it and I know my teddy did too as he is in the photo. Last month, my husband and I went back to the site. Of course it isn't like the old days at all but it was nice to be there....but to be honest, my heart felt quite choked. Lovely times; lovely memories of a wonderful place.
Shared on 21 October 2008
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Lowestoft, inspired by Frith photos.
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
South Lowestoft was developed in the 1840s and 1850s by Sir Samuel Morton Peto. The Esplanade had semi-detached villas and Bath-style terraces for the upper and middle classes, designed by John Thomas. We are looking north from Parade Road to the south pier of the Outer Harbour, begun in 1846. The statue is one of a pair of tritons. They are holding cornucopias, which is unusual - they indicate the bounty Peto would gain from his speculation.
A sailing vessel negotiates the harbour entrance. This is where busy port and tourism came together. The South Pier, which forms the southern part of the harbour, and from where this picture was taken, was a popular stroll for holidaymakers.
Suffolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
Between the High Street and the Beach village, where the fishing community lived, were 12 narrow alleys, known as Scores. This row of fishermen’s cottages took their name from the High Light, the lighthouse we can see in the background. The dioptric light was lit by oil until 1938, when it was electrified. The cottages were demolished the same year and replaced by council houses.
