ACTIVITIES

Triangle Local and General Knowledge Quiz - 8pm start, 2 quid (cash only) per person, max 5 in a team.

14th March is PI DAY and to celebrate it I have put up a display in the Library of fun activities for the general public to enjoy (!)
Susan will be in the Library on Saturday 18th March from 10am - 2pm talking and doing funky maths and able to advise on maths courses and 'what next'.
"Celebrate PI DAY this Saturday in Lowestoft Library - investigate special numbers and maths in history and other parts of the world. Lowestoft Library, from 10am - 2pm on 18th March

CREDIT:Susan Steward

Finally. We have a base of operations!

North Lowestoft Men's Shed has become 'custodians' of a piece of land just to the east of the signal box next to Denmark Road.

We're officially 'Station Adopters' and we have a free hand with the land, though of course we can't build on it. Current thinking is wildlife area, a few fruit trees, and area to sit and contemplate...

We're hoping to get a container – our first Shed' - within the next few months.

A few things have to happen first, though.

You go beneath some scaffolding, through a couple of doors, turn left and suddenly there's a different vista in front of you. Fairy lights, huge Desmond Baldry local landscapes, there's Books and Prints, an array of tables. Even a real piano. A counter. And quite likely, a smiling Piers. It all draws you in.

The Grit is an inviting place, which is odd as it's housed inside a brutal fortress County Court constructed in 1989, then closed twenty seven years later.

Shovel-It-Yourself – Waterlane Leisure Centre, Lowestoft, Friday 12 May 10:00-15:00

A free event at which compost, processed from the material that residents separate into their garden waste bins in east Suffolk, will be given away free as a thank you to residents for recycling and closing the loop between the garden waste we generate and the compost we add to the soil and grow with. This event will help mark International Compost Awareness Week to help celebrate composting as the most sustainable way of dealing with our garden waste.

Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet Parish Council’s green and environmental group will be hosting the first Green Day in Somerleyton Village Hall on Saturday, May 13 from 11am – 4pm.

The public are invited to learn how to encourage wildlife in their garden, reduce waste, recycle more, save water, discover local footpaths, compost waste and much more to make their lives greener.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed has taken up residence in Denmark Road!

Shed members have been working on the land – courtesy of Greater Anglia – just west of Lowestoft Railway Station.

We've removed some bramble bushes, started to level where the temporary shed will go, got a load of pallets, and crocked at least one back.

We hope to have a shed of sorts on the land within six weeks – probably a bit optimistic, but you never know.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed is gradually transforming the bit of land to the west of Lowestoft Central Station.

Our steel garden shed is due to arrive on 5th July. Then we've got to construct it.

We're creating the foundations next week.

We've cleared some brambles, excavated industrial archaeology, sourced some pallets, and generally made progress. 

The land was originally – 1900 to 1950's – a siding, dedicated to loading and unloading livestock – cattle and pigs.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed landed last Wednesday 5th July 2023.

The lorry hove into view around 5.30pm. 

We were taking delivery of a 6m x 2.3m flatpack steel shed – with windows, and, usefully, a door.

We've spent the last two weeks pondering on and creating the foundations – not finished yet.

Once they've been done and cured, we'll start the build. The instructions look simple...

Right now, we can't take on any more members, but once our shed is built, we hope to be able to do so.  

Milestones Jazz Club

is back!

Brandon Allen Quartet - Australian tenor Saxophonist

Hatfield Hotel

7pm £14/£7 (u25s)