HERITAGE

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East Suffolk Council have announced their plans for the Battery Green car park and surrounding area.

The design team are Norwich-based architects Chaplin Farrant and Hemingway Design.

On Wednesday 4th October they presented a small exhibition showcasing the plans for us, the potential users, to examine.

It's not hard to think this is a Good Idea.

It's not all that often that we can congratulate local councils.

Lowestoft Town Council has – it seems – listened to people and made some sensible decisions.

They had proposed bringing down the Triangle sails. Contentious, but not outrageous. This has been done. 

But they also proposed removing three of the four trees gracing the Triangle. There weren't many in the area who understood this idea. And they complained and objected.

To begin we need to go back to 1905 when a fishing smack called the G & E was launched. The G & E had registration LT 649 and was a normal trawler until 1915 when it was taken over by the Admiralty for a short time, before being released back to civilian service. In January 1916 the Admiralty again requisitioned the G & E. This time they fitted it with a 3 pounder gun (some sources say 13 pounder), as it was to be used as a decoy ship.

George Glover (1812–1890) was a British architect who made significant contributions to the architectural landscape of Lowestoft. Born in York, he was the brother-in-law of Joseph Aloysius Hansom, the inventor of the Hansom cab. Glover’s early career included working for Norwich architect John Brown. 

ACHIEVEMENTS: established Balliol College, one of the oldest colleges at the University of Oxford

(c. 1210-1290) She was one of the great women of the Late Medieval period. She became Lord of the Manor of both Lothingland and Lowestoft in 1228, doing a large swap of her family lands in Cheshire, with Henry III, for many royal manors in various parts of England. This, because the King wanted a buffer zone against the Welsh. She would never have visited Lowestoft, but collected the annual rents due from Lowestoft tenants via the manor’s steward.

novel published, Silver Harvest, which is based on Lowestoft's history 1826-1956. The launch is at Waterstone's, Lowestoft, on Thursday, 5th September, 6.30 for 7.00

The hill on which Lowestoft was destined to rise in after ages, was probably often visited by the Roman soldiers as they passed to and fro between their fortress at Burgh and their camp in the interior, but no relics have as yet been discovered bearing testimony to either Roman or British occupation of the site of our town, though Roman coins have been found at Kirkley, and Carlton and other places in our neighbourhood.

Our aim is to connect children and adults with Lowestoft's history, culture and heritage through art, craft, and photographic activities, and by creating a new museum in Lowestoft.

Author: Francis D. Longe, transcribed from the [1899] edition by David Price 

The attached file contain lectures read before the members of St. Margaret’s Institute, at Lowestoft, with additions introduced to render the story somewhat more complete.