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Coastal erosion (South beach, Lowestoft) 1906-2023 approx 200m!   Measuring from the current cliff-top edge to the east of All Saints Church (as was) to the low-water mark on a OS 25-inch map, revised in 1903 and published in 1905.   The lines in red are the old roads and buildings. 

See also Dave Burt FB

Thanks to Marion Hayes for an excellent photo from early 1900’s showing building work on the Town Hall. We had been struggling to find ANY front on old images for this historic building. Now it is pride of place on our stroll 

 This book provides the reader with a concise history of the East Anglian town of Lowestoft. It includes detailed accounts of the growth and development of its fishing industry and of the events of the church. 

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51654/51654-h/51654-h.htm

Our tribute to those Lowestoft people who died because of two World Wars. It is a complete record (we think), and includes photos, dates, places and memories.

https://ourfallen.lowestoftoldandnow.org

It is fully searchable. HOW do I use IT? (video 4mins)also quick links families OR streets most affected

Workmen are busy taking down the roof of the Triangle Sails, and have started to saw down the metal framework.

So far, the trees are still standing.

Lowestoft Town Council intends to improve the area by removing the sails, the structure, and two of the trees. They intend to replace the trees with other, smaller trees.

extract from Lowestoft Journal - Saturday 04 October 1913

https://ourfallen.lowestoftoldandnow.org
 A big thank you to ‘Med Max’ who was kind enough to donate his skills to repairing a damaged photo of George Daley (a marine on the ill fated H.M.S Prince of Wales). Max, a commercial graphic designer, has been using PhotoShop to restore peoples treasured memories since 2020, when one of his friends asked if he could fix his damaged old photos. More of his work can be seen here or email Max

“Lowestoft has of late assumed so prominent a status, not merely among the new watering-places which have acquired more or less popularity within the last few years, chiefly owing to the extension of facilities for railway travelling, but as the entrepôt of the important traffic now being developed between Northern Europe and this country, that a " Guide" to it should be prefaced with something a little more discursive than a purely local introduc-With this view. Added: 23 September, 2023