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16 High Street

    Current

    16
    High Street
    Lowestoft
    United Kingdom

    The Town Green was originally a northward extension of the High Street but the space on which the green now stands was created out of property destruction and damage caused by WW2 air raids, and one devastating raid in particular in May 1943. CREDIT:Andy Pearce

    See also Lost End of High St

    History
    CREDIT: Ford Jenkins
    CREDIT: Ford Jenkins
    CREDIT: Ford Jenkins
    CREDIT: Ford Jenkins

    12 May 1943, 2100 hours. Some 25 FW 190s, each carrying a single 500 kg HE bomb, swept across the town at 50 ft causing death and destruction on a dreadful scale. 4 bombs in High Street caused very serious damage to cottages and property in the area pictured. CREDIT: Bob Collis 

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