1900s

As part of our tribute to those Lowestoft people who died because of two World Wars. We came across 13 Clemence Street - perhaps the most unfortunate wartime address in Lowestoft?

A Millenium Heritage project from 1999 has been restored and saved by LO&N. It can be viewed here and even has its audio files updated to a current (playable) mp3 format as can be seen/heard here  

https://22villages.manystories.org/

A project funded by the Arts Council is calling on people to share memories of a town's now-closed department store.

Tuttles Tales will examine Tuttles in Lowestoft, Suffolk, which closed in 1981, through personal stories and physical memorabilia.

The stories will be collated to inspire a production of the same name at The Seagull Theatre in March 2024.

The present Bascule Bridge was lowered into position during the weekend of 18th-19th December 1971. The bridge itself opened to traffic on Monday 20th March 1972 and was officially opened on Friday 24th March 1972.

A piece of railway history has returned to Lowestoft with a new sign installed at Coke Ovens Junction, half a mile to the west of the town’s railway station. The name of the junction disappeared in 1970 when the Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth line closed.

Three maps of our Historic High Street, showing the Tramway. 

Lowestoft was bombarded by the German Navy on 24 April 1916 in conjunction with the Easter Rising.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed is working hard to find somewhere to be.

On Denmark Road there's a old, empty warehouse. It's owned by Network Rail. It would make a great green Shed.

Network Rail are thinking of demolishing it. But NLMS is in the mix and fighting hard. We're negotiating, and meeting Network Rail on the premises sometime in the week beginning 21st June.

This postcard is amazingly franked 31st July 1914, just four days before Britain declared war . The message reads "Having a [illegible] time here. [Illegible illegible] great excitement in the camp here about the war. We are [illegible] to a nice? tea."