LOWESTOFT GROUP
INTRODUCTION
Lowestoft, in north Suffolk, is the most easterly town in the British Isles. A few houses from the mid 1500's still survive from the ancient fishing town. Lowestoft is famous for its distinctive and now valuable 'china' made between 1756 and 1802. The town has expanded to a population of over 65,000. Most major industries, fishing, boat-building, food processing, coach-building and television manufacture have declined, or disappeared, with little to replace them. A Maritime Museum is close to the Heritage Trail at the north of the town. The South beach golden sands (EU Blue Flag) are popular with visitors for good bathing.
CONTACT
Acting Chairman: Mr David Belden
Email
PROGRAMME
The Lowestoft group of the Suffolk Family History Society meets at 7.30pm on the 1st Tuesday of each month at the North Lowestoft United Reformed Church, London Road North, Lowestoft.
| 2010 | Title | Speaker |
| June 1st | The Yanks are coming – An American service family arrive in a Suffolk village | Linda Scoles |
| July 6th | Research Evening | |
| August 3rd | NO MEETING | |
| September 7th | The Largest Outing in the World | Colin Tooke |
| October 5th | Unusual Suffolk Graves and Gravestones | Robert Halliday |
| November 2nd | Music Halls/Theatres in Lowestoft | Michael Mills |
| December 7th | Social Evening with quiz and Christmas fayre | |
| 2011 | Title | Speaker |
| January | No Meeting | |
| February 1st | Far Eastern Pavilions (Part II): Music Halls and Theatres of Lowestoft 1939-2000 | Michael Mills |
| March 1st | Prisoner of War Camps in England | Sophie Jackson |
| April 5th | East Anglian Defences – 1940 | Trevor Howard Burlingham |
| May 3rd | A.G.M. Followed by talk entitled: Old Lowestoft Miscellany |
Christopher Brooks |
| June 7th | Frolic, Fervour and Fornication | Pip Wright |
| July 5th | Research Evening | |
| August | No meeting | |
| September 6th | Suffolk Lace and the Lacemakers of Eye | Nicky Howener-Townsend |
| October 4th | Sound and Vision – Local Interest Short Films | H. Whitewood |
| November 1st | Cromwell – The Civil War in Norfolk & Suffolk | Peter Ransome |
| December 6th | Members Research/Social Evening | |
LINKS
Lowestoft Online - This website gives a good deal of useful information about Lowestoft, including how to get there, places to visit and so on.
Lowestoft Porcelain - Examples of a recent revival of this craft can be seen at this Lowestoft Porcelain.
Waveney District Council Cemetery Index - On-line indexes for the cemeteries of Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Kirkley, Lowestoft, Southwold, Wrentham, and the Royal Naval Patrol.
