HERITAGE

Two elderly Lowestoft women, Rose Cullender and Amy Denny, were tried for witchcraft at Bury St Edmunds Assizes, having been accused by their neighbours. Found guilty, they were sentenced to death by judge Sir Matthew Hale and hanged at Bury St. Edmunds on March 17th.

Lowestoft was badly damaged in a substantial fire in 1645. Beginning in a fish house at the base of Lighthouse Score, buildings as far south as Rant Score and to the west of High Street around Crown Street were damaged or destroyed. 

Annott's free grammar school was founded.

1928 The bus service was extended to other areas, and in 1929 it was introduced along the route of the tramway.

1927 The first Corporation bus service was introduced, along the seafront. The redundant trolleybus poles were used for street lighting.

1931 8th May saw the last ever Lowestoft tram service, driven by the oldest driver who had been with the service since 1903. In almost 28 years the trams had carried around 80 million passengers, and driven about 8 million miles.

1930 The Corporation saw the spark was failing, and decided to abandon the tram system

New Use It All Collection Point - 141 High Street

Saturday 1st Jan 12 - 2pm

Friday 7th Jan 

Introduction to Carbon Literacy – a webinar for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) 16 February 13:30-14:30

Robert Smith from the University of East Anglia will provide a high-level explanation of the causes and impact of climate change and introduce and explain the concepts of carbon literacy including how a business can gauge their carbon footprint and go about decarbonising. For more information and to register visit Introduction to Carbon Literacy - East Suffolk Means Business

Art exhibition at The Art Gallery, High Street, Lowestoft

11th May to 11th June

Private View Sunday 15th May 2-4pm

The Private View sounds intriguing and a little bit different to yer average - a lot of masks involved...