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
Chairman: Mr A. S. Pye
345 Beccles Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk
NR33 8HW
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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.
| 2009 | Title | Speaker |
| January | No meeting | |
| 3rd February | Victorian Sickness and Health | Katrina Siliprandi |
| 3rd March | Peto’s Lowestoft | Christopher Brooks |
| 7th April | Murder, Crime and Policing in Norfolk & Suffolk | Neil Storey |
| 5th May | Goldsmiths of East Anglia | Mary Fewster |
| 2nd June | Frolic, Fervour and Fornication | Pip Wright |
| 7th July | Research Evening | |
| 5th August | No meeting | |
| 1st September | Life and Work of George Skipper - Norfolk Architect 1856-1948 | David Summers |
| 6th October | Nelson's Navy | Peter Cook |
| 3rd November | War Memorials | June Marriage |
| 1st December | Research and Social Evening | |
| 2010 | Title | Speaker |
| January | NO MEETING | |
| February 2nd | The History of Lighthouses | Keith Seaman |
| March 2nd | Great Yarmouth Herring Industry | Simon Partridge |
| April 6th | Churches of Norwich – Sacred and Profane | Kate Smith |
| May 4th | A.G.M. Followed by an informal evening viewing the collection of memorabilia belonging to Arthur Patterson courtesy of Mrs Brenda Pawsey, his Grand-daughter. | |
| June 1st | The Yanks are coming – An American service family arrive in a Suffolk village | Linda Scoles |
| July 6th | Victorian Sickness and Health | Katrina Siliprandi |
| August 5th | NO MEETING | |
| September 7th | The Largest Outing in the World | Colin Tooke |
| October 5th | Unusual Suffolk Graves and Gravestones | Robert Halliday |
| November 3rd | Music Halls/Theatres in Lowestoft | Michael Mills |
| December 1st | Social Evening with quiz and Christmas fayre | |
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.
