Lowestoft Beach, Piers & Esplanade.

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Latest post of the previous page:

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'.

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Two photos from eBay featuring Pakefield.

1/ Lowestoft the Children’s corner Pakefield.

2/ Lowestoft the beach Pakefield.

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Two from eBay, ' South Cliffs, Lowestoft' first and 'Lowestoft, South Pier, 1906' second.

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Both images come from eBay, 'Lowestoft Beach and Pier1906' and 'Lowestoft, The Sands, 1909'.

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Thanks again to eBay for the following two postcards.
1/ The Pier Lowestoft, Edwardian c 1905 - 1910.
2/ The Pier, Lowestoft, 1921.

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Two relatively modern looking photos, the first, plus information, from Russell Walker and the second from eBay.

1/ When we were more of a serious seaside resort but where did it all go wrong? The Swinging Sixties at Lowestoft with the Esplanade, Miniature Railway, Putting Green, Royal Hotel, sandy South Beach and the South Pier + Pavilion. Postcard photo is late 1960s-no later than 1970.

2/ Lowestoft - Boating Lake & Esplanade. No date to go with it unfortunately.

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Two eBay postcards, 'Sea Front. Lowestoft, 1950' and 'Jubilee Promenade, Lowestoft, 1949'.

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Two more from eBay.

1/ Kirkley Cliff, Lowestoft, Suffolk, Posted 1914.

2/ View from Claremont Pier - Posted 1907.

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The first card is from Robert Whybrow/Facebook and the second from eBay. No dates for either I'm afraid.

1/ Very old view from the South Pier showing the Royal Hotel and the guest houses which used to be along the promenade.
2/ The pier Lowestoft.

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Two postcards from eBay, 'Beach from Claremont Pier Lowestoft, 1906' is number one. 'Lowestoft, The Pier & Children's Corner' is the second one.

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1/ 'Kirkley Cliff and the new Claremont Pier, Lowestoft, 1904.' With thanks to Russell Walker/Facebook.
2/ 'Lovely photo of Corton Cliffs looking south. Bathing Tents and a Bathing Machine. Pre-WWI.' With thanks to Russell Walker/Facebook.

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Two photos of the Promenade, thanks to eBay for number one and Crispin Hook/Facebook for number two.
1/ Promenade & Claremont Pier, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
2/ Lowestoft Promenade.

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Two more from from Russell Walker/Facebook.

1/ 'Show on the South Beach at Lowestoft. c.1900.
The traditional Punch & Judy Puppet Show is very much a part of British culture, certainly since 1662. The show is performed by a single puppeteer inside the booth, known since Victorian times as a "professor" or "punchman", and assisted sometimes by a "bottler" who corrals the audience outside the booth, introduces the performance, and collects the money ("the bottle"). The bottler might also play accompanying music or sound effects on a drum or guitar, and engage in back chat with the puppets, sometimes repeating lines that may have been difficult for the audience to understand. In Victorian times, the drum and pan pipes were the instruments of choice. Today, most professors work solo, since the need for a bottler became less important when street performing with the show gave way to paid engagements at private parties or public events. In modern shows the audience is encouraged to participate, calling out to the characters on the stage to warn them of danger or clue them in to what is going on behind their backs.'

2/ 'Nostalgic postcard photo looking along Jubilee Parade, South Lowestoft towards Pakefield with the South Beach, Kirkley Cliffs, Upper Esplanade, Hotel Victoria, Kirkley Hotel and Putting Green. The Grand Hotel and the top of St. Luke's Hospital (Empire Hotel) also of note in the distance. Late 1930s.'

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1/ 'Lowestoft 1904 The Beach and Pier, Donkeys Royal Hotel'. An eBay card that seems to taken by a mobile phone camera rather than scanned, hence the wonky donkeys.
2/An eBay postcard again, slightly straighter than the first. 'Lowestoft Pavilion & Pier, 1907'.

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Two eBay postcards, both featuring Children's Corner.

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1/ 'South Beach at Lowestoft including Bathing Machines. Note no Reading Room and Bandstand on the South Pier in the distance as they both burnt down in 1885. The replacement Pavilion / Reading Room wasn't built until 1889-91. Photo is c.1887.'

2/ 'Edwardians sauntering along the South Pier with the Pavilion / Reading Rooms behind at Lowestoft. Early 1900s.'

Thanks to Russell Walker/Facebook for both photos.