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Southwold, From The Pier 1906
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With its broad greens, its sandy beach, the lighthouse on North Green, and its picturesque buildings, Southwold has long been popular. Here is a typical beach scene, in an age when modesty was paramount. Ladies would take to the water from the bathing machines rolled down to the water's edge. The holidaymakers in the deck chairs on the beach will be 'taking the air' rather than working on suntans - a tanned skin would not become fashionable until the 1920s.

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A Selection of Memories from Southwold

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Southwold

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Oh Happy Days!
Spent many happy hours paddling away in the little boats during the summer months when we lived in Southwold!
Southwold, Boating Lake c1955
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Seafront Bungalow
I remember staying here with my parents sister and cousin must have been about 1950. I would have been about 6 or 7. Seem to remember a sort of sunroom located at the front where us kids slept in makeshift beds made up from loungers and easy chairs pushed together. There was a kitchen somewhere at the back and the light from the lighthouse would send it’s beams through the windows. Also remember seeing frogmen ...see more
Southwold, North Cliff and Coastguards 1896
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Acton Lodge
The building with the turret is Acton Lodge where my grandparents Drs John and Mary Leedham-Green lived from 1946 until the late 1980s. The two cottages to the right had been demolished when my mother first visited (in the 1960s - she says it was a garden) and my grandparents built an extension there that housed their GP practice and garage with bedrooms down a long corridor accessible from the main house above. ...see more
Southwold, the Green 1906
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The Boys Own.
I remember the boating lake with very fond memories. We used to holiday with my great aunt and uncle who lived in Reydon every year. My parents, with my brother and I would arrive in late July and they would return home a fortnight later. I would remain for a further 4 weeks and my aunt would then take me home.This was the pattern for a number of years. My uncle (Frederick Valentine Ladd) was a former Lowestoft ...see more
Southwold, Boating Lake c1955
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