Happy Days

I was born in Kensington Road in 1954 to Derek and Reki Smith and was one of four children. We moved away in 1960`s but always returned as my grandparents all lived there. My dad's parents were Reg and Ida Smith (nee Cutts) who lived their married life in Stradbroke Road, Pakefield. Mum`s grandad was Frederick Bezant and her mum was Edna Jamieson (nee Bezant) who then remarried and was Edna Dines, they lived in Windsor Road, Lowestoft. The Cutts and Bezant family history stems from Suffolk, way back in history. When we were students in the 1970s we all spent many happy summer seasons working at "Tides Reach" on the Esplanade for Viv and Mabel Tallamey, happy times! My memories include the beautiful Kensington Gardens and the electric boats, the great beaches, how clean Lowestoft always was, walking along the prom, thinking nothing about walking from Pakefield to the South Pier (now we drive everywhere!), the great fish and chip shops (where have they gone?) and the Trowel and Hammer with its fantastic juke box and of course the midnight swims (those were the days!). We still return, but not so often these days, but our happy memories will always remain with us.