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The Triangle Tavern, home to Green Jack Beers and a juke-box-less front bar,  starts a new season of eccentric Quiz Nights.  

1st prize - the pot

The 2nd Prize – good question

The Cost - £2.00 per person (cash only)

The Teams – max 5 per team, min 1 person . One person teams get automatic 5 bonus points

The Rounds – Five rounds – usually 2 general, 1 single category eg 'science', 1 local, 1 sound or picture.

The Points – 50 questions, 2 points each. Single, half and quarter points may be available on some questions

.. but definitely nerdy lol

It would be great when providing an online primary source if you could link directly to the relevant phrase/sentence within a long external page. Well it seems you CAN!

Syntax

[URL]#:~:text=[RELEVANT%20PHRASE]

So instead of 

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25852/25852-h/25852-h.htm  > then telling people to scroll down 300 paragraphs and you will find relevant section. You can do this…

We look forward to welcoming you :-)

Our Next book 

Get the book from: Moral of The Story Bookshop

[UPDATED 17/12 disappointingly Post Office Ltd IS going ahead with the move] It has been brought to our attention as a community group (MECG) that the High Street post office (the most easterly post office) is about to be moved away 

While we intend to lodge our views before the consultation period ends on the 5th December, 2024 the community feel very strongly about it remaining where it is 

We have held meeting and gathered views from our local community and would ask for your support .. please see below:

Most Easterly Community Group

Be there or be bereft

Some  of the work exhibits are a collaboration between Brigitte Quennehen and Debbie Baker.

They met through their sons who are part of The Fools Moon local Band.

Debbie began working 8 years ago. They thought it would be good to explore working together.

The result can be seen at the Mayfly Café as well as some of their individual work.

It is hard to make sense of the lost buildings at the top of High Street when all that is left is a long stretch of grass. So we started with an 1893 map that had TWO buildings that are STILL here today Arnold House (4) and The Flint House (now called The Royal Falcon (26)). 

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: For all of April 2025, I will have an exhibition of my work, art and photography, at The Mayfly Lowestoft. This is very exciting, as I've been thinking about staging an exhibition for a while now. Thanks to the lovely Piers Colby, it's all ahead Warp Factor 5. One of the first dates for your 2025 diary. :-)

Our local film club..

Book tickets 

Next we have 

Here's a peek into The Gallery room in The Mayfly, where the exhibition celebrating sculptor Laurence Edwards' 'The Walking Men' can be enjoyed until 31 October. Please drop in to see works by local artists Desmond Baldry, Robert Fairclough, Michael Gibbons, Sarah McCluskey and Aaron Rutter, among others. :-)

This is an exhibition of a printed monthly community newspaper, which was produced for more than eleven years in various back rooms, first issued in 1973. Some front covers are on display, but more importantly, you can browse original copies. Soon there will be a book, reflecting on its history and its relevance for today.

novel published, Silver Harvest, which is based on Lowestoft's history 1826-1956. The launch is at Waterstone's, Lowestoft, on Thursday, 5th September, 6.30 for 7.00

The Polemical Brothers present your vinyl. The idea is a simple one. You bring your vinyl records. The Brothers play them. The equipment  - ie the needle and arm - is good. Use a post-it (c) note of the track you want played, as the Brother's memory is both inadequate and selective. In between your magic music, the Polemical Brothers will slip in some of their own choices from their enormous library. . . 

Plans are afoot to try and sensitively recreate this 100 year old wall advert. It will reflect and celebrate the restoration and revitalisation going on currently throughout Lowestoft but particularly on the historic High Street. 

 The property owner is supportive of the project so work is now underway to raise the £8,000 the project will require. 

 Any info about 'Football Tea' gratefully received, especially if it's historical evidence.

The Black Death arrived in Lowestoft devastating the population.The national accepted average for deaths in England is somewhere around 60%. Info on Lowestoft is very limited. 

Special thanks to PlantGrow for generously supporting this transformation 

The Mayfly, burgeoning coffee and cultural High Street hub, is turning some derelict land into, well, something else. A community garden? A mini-wildlife reserve? Butterfly haven? Part of a grand scheme to upgrade the whole of the cliff-face? It'll be up to those who get involved, said Piers Colby, le patron of The Mayfly and community catalyst.

On what had turned out to be  General Election Day, The Mayfly Garden Group welcomed Dr Ian Bedford and Dannny Suggit, Production Manager of PlantGrow Ltd

Great progress being made on community garden

Learn more https://gofund.me/aa2cd224

A Millenium Heritage project from 1999 has been restored and saved by LO&N. It can be viewed here and even has its audio files updated to a current (playable) mp3 format as can be seen/heard here  

https://22villages.manystories.org/

Imagine standing at the top of London Road North, looking north. It's dusk. You can hear a choir, its sound drifting towards you from the market place. 

Christmas lights begin to illuminate the street, some flickering a bit, suggesting oil-lamps and covered candles. It seems every window is aglow. Every shop is open, welcoming your business. You walk up the street. Some people are apparently ghosts of the past. Many others are dressed to promenade. There's a market. Between carols, a town crier is announcing the names of the many businesses in the street.

Milestones is resident at Hotel Hatfield, Esplanade, Lowestoft and opens its doors at 7pm on the first Sunday of every month with an admission price of usually £14

Many of you will be aware of our ongoing efforts to improve the land to the rear of the Mayfly. Despite running battles with flytippers, we’ve made huge progress, and we’re keen to keep going. However, we’ve been told we’re no longer able to access the recycling centre without a waste carriers licence, and haven’t the funds for a skip. So we’re very grateful indeed to Jo Thompson for setting up the below fundraiser. Any donations will be greatly appreciated and will have an immediate and positive impact on the land, environment, and on the improvement of Rant Score. Thanks!

A march for better streetlighting. This is a community initiative by local residents to highlight the number of street lights not working and the length of time it has taken to repair/ replace 

Neighbours come together for a protest march... against broken street lights

Lowestoft Journal writes...For two years parts of the A47 in Lowestoft has been plunged into darkness.

Broken street lights have not been fixed by National Highways - despite numerous reports being raised by locals.

Now to highlight the issues a protest march of around one-and-a-half miles is set to take place in the coastal town.

A group of locals said the ongoing situation had become so bad that it was now "an accident waiting to happen."

Lowestoft Porcelain Factory, between 1757 and 1802, was in production for longer than any English soft-paste porcelain manufacturer other than Royal Worcester and Royal Crown Derby, producing domestic ware such as pots, teapots and jugs. Site roughly where Crown Brushes is now in Crown Street.

by Susan Steward and Harry Grainger

The term denes is an earlier version of dunes. It derives from OE dūn, meaning “a hill”, and became applied to coastal sandhills during the late medieval period – being first identified in a printed source dating from the year 1523. In Lowestoft’s case, any undulating effect may never have been very great as a result of tidal action and the effect of the wind, and the progressive development of scrub-growth of one kind and another would have moderated this even further.

On Saturday 3rd June 2023 disaster hit Lowestoft's High Street, but all is not doom and gloom.  

145, High Street suffered a crippling fire. At least two people were rescued by firefighters. Nine fire appliances of various types attended. Electricity was turned off for part of the High Street for a few hours. Not only did the flat-dwellers lose their homes, but High Street Furnishings lost their shop and store.  

The fire destroyed the top floor, and severe water damage affected the rest of the building. 

extract from Lowestoft Journal - Saturday 04 October 1913

see also our Lowestoft maritime timeline page

#LowestoftDaysOfChristmas 7th day.. SECOND LIGHTHOUSE "Lowestoft...oldest established Lighthouse Station in Great Britain" (Caister had the first Trinity House leading lights (1607) - and Lowestoft was second (1609))

This is a timeline of Lowestoft's Lighthouse Stations. 

When a fish-house, in the southern part of the town, was entirely washed away, and another fish-house and barn were so exceedingly damaged, as to make it necessary to have them taken down. credit:Gillingwaters History of Lowestoft.   

On this day King George II was rescued from the sea on Lowestoft beach in 1737.

North Lowestoft Heritage Action Zone "The North Lowestoft Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) covers Lowestoft High Street and Scores, the Sparrow’s Nest Park and the Whapload Road area.   The aim of the HAZ is to promote the renovation and repair of historic buildings and public spaces to stimulate the economic revival of the area.

A project funded by the Arts Council is calling on people to share memories of a town's now-closed department store.

Tuttles Tales will examine Tuttles in Lowestoft, Suffolk, which closed in 1981, through personal stories and physical memorabilia.

The stories will be collated to inspire a production of the same name at The Seagull Theatre in March 2024.

Lowestoft, 1550-1750: Development and Change in a Suffolk Coastal Town by David Butcher

A detailed history of the town of Lowestoft, its society, economy, and topography. `A superbly researched study.... An excellent addition not only to the history of Suffolk but of early modern society and economy more generally.' Professor RICHARD SMITH, University of Cambridge.

A £10m transformation of a former town hall building will bring "social and economic benefit", a council said.

The granting of planning permission means the building in Lowestoft, Suffolk, will become a multi-use hub and will include a cafe, gallery and a community event space. CREDIT: BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-67433556 

#LowestoftDaysOfChristmas 10th day.. FROM SWAN INN and CROMWELL's HQ to well loved shops in many guises. Nos. 41-42 High Street, as seen today, are replacement buildings for "The Swan" inn, which once occupied the site and served as one of Lowestoft's premier hostelries during the 16th and 17th centuries. It was where Oliver Cromwell stayed overnight on 14 March 1643/44, when he came to Lowestoft (from Cambridge) with a force of cavalry, having heard tell of a shipment of arms either entering or leaving the town (it has never been established which).

This is a chronological account of Lowestoft's Triangle Market, which has been in existence for over 700 years. 

1208 King John issued Charter to Great Yarmouth creating Great Yarmouth as a free Burgh and other useful things, but were “...not being allowed to receive any custom of goods bought or sold in the market in Lothingland at any time of the year.” (Gillingwater's History of Lowestoft A reprint: with a chapter of more recent events by AE Murton 1897)

1251 Kessingland Market Charter granted in the reign of Henry 111

Lowestoft Town Council are busily working on rejuvenating The Triangle Market Place. The ex-Bob the Grocer's van is being re-furbished and re-roofed right now. Word has it that the new permanent stalls will be in place in the near future. Rock on, LTC..

Quiz NIght at the Triangle. 5 rounds, £2 per person, MAX five in a team.

Vinyl Night at Triangle Tavern featuring The Polemical Brothers. Bring your own Vinyl to guarantee at least one track you like!

Suffolk Recorders https://slhc.org.uk/recorders/ 

https://bit.ly/SocDayProg2024 

https://historicengland.org.uk/campaigns/help-write-history/everyday-heritage-grants/ 

Ipswich zoom meeting Cllr Carole Jones Contact in bury Suffolk sight meeting + newsletter article 2.5k Scanner - business dir idea 

Meeting with LADIA 

Ambassador event 8th mar John/christine to attend 

A collection of musings and ideas that may benefit the local community.. if only we could remember what they are! lol

• High Street leaflet highlighting the amazing diversity of businesses we have
• Use content from above as features on Facebook
• High St traders group (see Tim for details)
• Mini beach train but serving High St (hey all ideas welcome)
• A mailing list with regular updates/ offers
• umm .. other things that Piers said

Please add other ideas in the comments below...

Thank you for expressing your interest in using the Lowestoft branding assets.   Within the google drive there will be access to the Lowestoft Story, The Lowestoft Toolkit (brand guidelines), The Font, visual identity, visual language and the photography elements.   The link to access the documents is below

If you have any questions regarding anything within the google drive, then please let me know.

The mindless, unnecessary, criminal damage that is currently happening to the most easterly landmark in the UK must stop. The recent damage, (5/12/23) to the Euroscope at Ness Point will cost thousands of pounds of tax payers’ money to repair. 

The damage has been reported to the police. Please come forward with any information you may have on why this damaging action is happening and who the perpetrator may be. Please contact Suffolk Police on with any information by reporting online https://orlo.uk/Ci52d, 

Sometimes we have big household items which we need to replace. Quite often the replacements are second-hand, and households are left with large things which are difficult to get rid of, especially if you don't have access to a van or a trailer or something. And so sometimes they get dumped in back alleys or on the street. Fly-tipping. No one wants that.

Lowestoft Town Council has a remedy. They are funding a trial scheme 'Bulky Waste Free Collection and Disposal' service.

Historic England's Missing Pieces Project invites you to share your pictures and stories of the unique, significant and memorable places on the National Heritage List for England (otherwise known as ‘the List’). The List is a register of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites across England.

Your view of a place, including Lowestoft,  is as unique as you are, so every snapshot and story you add is an important piece of the picture.