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Re: Lowestoft and Surrounding Area.
Two more from Russell Walker plus information.
1/ Sparrow's Nest ponds and gardens, Whapload Road, Lowestoft including North Denes Caravan Park (top middle right) and what could be an attempt at levelling off where the former outdoor swimming pool used to be in the top middle left on Swimming Pool Road. Early 1950s I reckon.
2/ Kensington Gardens, Kirkley including the bowling greens and St. Luke's Hospital (Empire Hotel). Late 1920s/early 1930s.
1/ Sparrow's Nest ponds and gardens, Whapload Road, Lowestoft including North Denes Caravan Park (top middle right) and what could be an attempt at levelling off where the former outdoor swimming pool used to be in the top middle left on Swimming Pool Road. Early 1950s I reckon.
2/ Kensington Gardens, Kirkley including the bowling greens and St. Luke's Hospital (Empire Hotel). Late 1920s/early 1930s.
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1/ 'Beach Village, 1953 floods', a photo of unhappier times from Slideplayer.
2/ 'You wouldn't think we were at war when this photo was taken. Lowestoft Outer Harbour looking southerly towards the South Pier Pavilion/Reading Rooms, Yacht Basin, South Beach, The Esplanade and the Royal Hotel. The Trawl Dock is in the foreground right. Shot during the early days of WWI during August 1914.' Text and photo come from Russell Walker/Facebook.
2/ 'You wouldn't think we were at war when this photo was taken. Lowestoft Outer Harbour looking southerly towards the South Pier Pavilion/Reading Rooms, Yacht Basin, South Beach, The Esplanade and the Royal Hotel. The Trawl Dock is in the foreground right. Shot during the early days of WWI during August 1914.' Text and photo come from Russell Walker/Facebook.
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Re: Lowestoft and Surrounding Area.
1/ 'North Parade & Ravine Bridge' is provided by Crispin Hook/facebook.
2/ Another Facebook photo, this time from Russell Walker. 'The Street, Lound. Pre-WWI.'
2/ Another Facebook photo, this time from Russell Walker. 'The Street, Lound. Pre-WWI.'
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Re: Lowestoft and Surrounding Area.
1/ Nicholas Everett Park, Oulton Broad. Thanks to Crispin Hook & Facebook.
2/ Sandy Lane, off Herringfleet Road (B1074), St. Olaves. c.1925. Thanks to Russell Walker & Facebook.
2/ Sandy Lane, off Herringfleet Road (B1074), St. Olaves. c.1925. Thanks to Russell Walker & Facebook.
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Re: Lowestoft and Surrounding Area.
1/ 'Nice photo of two young local girls cycling along the wooded lane (the photographer refers to it as a glade) that runs alongside Normanston Drive, Lowestoft. Photo was taken around 13th May 1953.'
2/ 'The splendid and lamented St. John's Church, corner of London Road South, Belvedere Road and St. John's Road, Lowestoft. Also a LCT Brush open top double deck tramcar heading north towards the Swing Bridge. To the left are the Royal Stables which became The Palace Cinema from 1913 and now Notley's. The church was levelled in late 1977/early 1978. Photo is 1903+.'
Thanks yet again to Russell Walker for both photos and the information.
2/ 'The splendid and lamented St. John's Church, corner of London Road South, Belvedere Road and St. John's Road, Lowestoft. Also a LCT Brush open top double deck tramcar heading north towards the Swing Bridge. To the left are the Royal Stables which became The Palace Cinema from 1913 and now Notley's. The church was levelled in late 1977/early 1978. Photo is 1903+.'
Thanks yet again to Russell Walker for both photos and the information.
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Re: Lowestoft and Surrounding Area.
Nice picture Dave. Taken right outside my house.
Didn't live there in 1953 though. I wasn't even born when the photo was taken.
I before E except after C - That's weird
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Re: Lowestoft and Surrounding Area.
It's funny how things work out sometimes, morty, I was born in Leytonstone, London and have seen many photos of the area. Apart from some photos of my own that I've added to Facebook I've never been able to find one of the street my dad lived in as a boy and I grew up in. By pure luck I post a random photo and you see a scene you could see from your window.
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A couple of Russell Walker's photos, both of Somerleyton. They are both fairly modern, only 39 and 32 years old respectively.
1/ 'Wintry village scene and an icy pond at Somerleyton. Photo was taken on 23rd December 1982.'
2/ 'Nice snap of Somerleyton Swing Bridge with a Norwich Lowestoft service provided by Met-Cam Class 101 2-car DMU Set 62 on Friday 31st March 1989.'
1/ 'Wintry village scene and an icy pond at Somerleyton. Photo was taken on 23rd December 1982.'
2/ 'Nice snap of Somerleyton Swing Bridge with a Norwich Lowestoft service provided by Met-Cam Class 101 2-car DMU Set 62 on Friday 31st March 1989.'
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Re: Lowestoft and Surrounding Area.
1/ 'Lowestoft, flooded John Street, Kirkley Ham, c1905', thanks to eBay.
2/ 'The first Mogul Service Station was opened at Lowestoft', thanks to Pinterest.
2/ 'The first Mogul Service Station was opened at Lowestoft', thanks to Pinterest.
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Re: Lowestoft and Surrounding Area.
1/ Thanks to John Boundy & Pinterest for 'Pakefield Street, 1903'.
2/ 'What are your memories of the Morlings, The House of Music shop please? 149-151 London Road North, Lowestoft. Photo was taken on Friday 9th December 1977.' Thanks to Russell Walker & Facebook.
2/ 'What are your memories of the Morlings, The House of Music shop please? 149-151 London Road North, Lowestoft. Photo was taken on Friday 9th December 1977.' Thanks to Russell Walker & Facebook.
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