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Nostalgia Thread -Old Lowestoft

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Nostalgia Thread -Old Lowestoft

Post by funkychick » Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:26 am

Taking a leaf out of FB which has some wonderful old pictures on their Lowestoft pages lets start a nostalgia thread

I'll start it off with a picture of the Scottish fisher girls down at the market
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Post by nikkai » Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:32 am

Nice picture FC
you may need to correct the subject line though :D :D
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Post by boatbuilder » Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:48 pm

I have amended it! :D (from tread to thread)
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Post by funkychick » Sat Feb 22, 2014 3:51 pm

Told you half my laptop letters are missing i have to punch the little, very little knob underneath the square thanks for changing it BB i ll post some more pics tomorrow I m sure some others have got old ones tucked away in boxes
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Post by frankiesays » Sat Feb 22, 2014 4:40 pm

I'm not sure that lady would like being referred to as an "old boat" though - shouldn't it have been "old boiler"?
It's grim up North...

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Post by funkychick » Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:39 pm

Haha Frankie that was in my 'Old Boats' folder

Do you remember when the railway station had a roof on it and a shop and a café and a lovely waiting room with a fire and you had to buy a ticket to go on the platform
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Post by kerch » Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:26 pm

South pier.
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Post by funkychick » Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:59 pm

Loved going up the space tower and going to shows I remember going to see wrestling there
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Post by Suffolkboy » Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:05 pm

Children's corner. The wife with her bucket and spade
Children's corner. The wife with her bucket and spade
Here are some of our photos from our albums.
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Great Aunt who lived on the boat at Oulton Broad.
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Wife's Grandad outside South Pier.
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Post by Suffolkboy » Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:06 pm

Some more photos from our albums.
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Smarter young lady. The front near Wellington gardens
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Girls out for fun along the front near Wellington gardens.
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Post by Suffolkboy » Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:43 pm

Hoping these will be posted.
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Post by boatbuilder » Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:47 pm

Although it didn't show in my browser I was going to look at it elsewhere on my computer SB but you seem to have removed it!!!
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Post by Suffolkboy » Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:03 pm

Lost it BB so will have another go.
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Family day out on the South Beach.
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Post by morty1753 » Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:07 pm

Cannot see any .tif files here so I am missing some of what you are posting SB
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Post by boatbuilder » Sun Feb 23, 2014 8:09 pm

Thanks SB. Would you like me to post it in your last post as a jpeg as well?
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