Lowestoft Beach, Piers & Esplanade.

[boatbuilder]

Latest post of the previous page:

No need to look there Dave, I've probably got a pile of those somewhere in my loft.

[Dave]

That is a great story Dave, well found

Thanks, Mel, there are other 'coincidence' stories on the site, it was just a lucky find.

[Dave]

Two colourful images this time, number one from eBay and number two from Russell Walker/Facebook.

1/ Lowestoft, The Beach 1905.
2/ Bathing Station beneath Kirkley Cliff and the Hotel Victoria on the South Beach at Lowestoft. c.1910.

[Dave]

1/ South Beach & The Esplanade, Lowestoft. 1965 or before. (Russell Walker)

2/ The Beach, Lowestoft, 1913. (eBay)

[Dave]

1/ 'Lowestoft Esplanade, no 17 on the left Beach Restaurant (Tides Reach) photo 1949'. Thanks to Robert Whybrow and Facebook.

2/ 'Who remembers when the seafront looked like this? Boating Lake, Esplanade and a new-looking South Pier Pavilion, Lowestoft. Late 1950s in my estimation'. Thanks to Russell Walker and Facebook.

[Dave]

Thanks to eBay for the next two.

1/ Pakefield beach.
2/ Pakefield beach and Grand Hotel.

[Dave]

Two eBay postcards of the Esplanade.

[Dave]

1/ Pakefield Beach. Pre-WWI 1910s, thanks to eBay.
2/ From Crispin Hook/Facebook comes 'Not sure on year? But no pier yet!'

[Dave]

1/ 'Fine tinted Edwardian postcard photo of the South Beach beneath Kirkley Cliff and before the Bathing Huts/Chalets were built including Jubilee Parade. The Claremont Pier provides the main background. 1909.' Credit goes to Russell Walker for this photo.

2/ 'Lowestoft Beach and Promenade. Posted 1928.' Thanks to eBay for the second photo.

[Dave]

1/ Photo and information from Russell Walker/Facebook.
'Children's Corner, South Pier + Reading Room, and the two Harbour Pier Heads at Lowestoft. The current South Pier dates from 1846 and a Reading Room was added in 1853-54 and a Bandstand jetty in 1884. The Bandstand and Reading Room were destroyed by fire in 1885. Taken from a Stereoscopic photo.'

2/ ' Suffolk, Pakefield, The Beach, 1905' comes from eBay.

[Dave]

1/ The Grand Hotel, off Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, on Kirkley Cliffs. Late 1930s, I think. In 1955, MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food) moved in and have occupied the site ever since (the buildings being locally called "The Fishlabs"), later being re-named CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science). The building was mostly, if not totally, demolished in late 2017 and 2018 for a purpose-built facility for CEFAS. To the right is Cliff House, the home of the Tuttle family, which later became a pub called The Cliff Bar (AKA the American Bar), being demolished around 1966. (Thanks to Russell Walker/Facebook.)

2/ Royal Hotel, St. John’s Church & Yacht Club. (eBay.)

[Dave]

1/ Lovely photo of a view along the South Pier and Lowestoft Harbour Mouth including the Northern Extension pier head. Yarmouth Steam Paddle Tug 'United Service' is on passenger excursion duty as she departs the harbour. Photo is 1898-99. Thanks to Russell Walker and Facebook.

2/ South Beach, Lowestoft 1929. (eBay)

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[Dave]

1/ Lowestoft, South Beach 1930. (eBay)
2/ Another old view of the lovely guest houses which used to stand on the promenade, look at that lovely lamp. Thanks to Robert Whybrow and Facebook.

[Dave]

Two more from our old friend Russell Walker/Facebook.

1/ Corton Beach below the newly named Warners Holiday Camp which was formerly the Civil Service Holiday Camp. Photo was taken in 1946. Note the Thames Trader Sailing Barge at sea.

2/ Lovely view looking up The Esplanade and Wellington Esplanade on a bright summer's day in Kirkley in 1899.

[Dave]

1/ Thanks to Crispin Hook/Facebook for 'The Esplanade'.

2/ Thanks also to eBay for 'Lowestoft Beach Scene, Band, Bathers and Pier'.

[Dave]

1/ 'Donkey Rides on Beach; Lowestoft Suffolk 1923'. Thanks to eBay.
2/ Thanks to Russell Walker/Facebook for 'South Beach and Claremont Pier, South Lowestoft. Photo was taken in 1965'.