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| Dervorgille de Balliol | 
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ACHIEVEMENTS: established Balliol College, one of the oldest colleges at the University of Oxford / 26 January, 2025 |
| Devereux wall advert restoration | 
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Plans are afoot to try and sensitively recreate this 100 year old wall advert. / 30 July, 2024 |
| Diana Moore | 
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Achievements: A celebrated British mezzo-soprano known for her warm and plush voice, particularly in Baroque repertoire. / 26 January, 2025 |
| Dorothy Dallimer | 
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ACHIEVEMENTS: Ensured that vital wartime communications remained operational. / 26 January, 2025 |
| Dragon Mural | 
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Local designer, Joe Thompson, gave this games room an oriental look using a projector and a steady hand. / 29 September, 2026 |
| Drupal London Presentation | 
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9 June, 2026 |
| Dynamic Maps | 
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The map functionality requires no additional coding to show the user what they wish to see, it simply takes the last part of the web address as a filter. / 20 February, 2024 |
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| Emma Ratzer | 
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ACHIEVEMENTS: CEO of Access Community Trust / 26 January, 2025 |
| Exciting technical discovery | 
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.. but definitely nerdy lol / 11 January, 2025 |
| Executive Summary | If we are successful in this grant bid we will deliver the following innovative features and make them available to these and all future projects: / 29 September, 2026 | |
| EXIF Metadata Idea | 
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Wouldn't it be great if the photo archive digital images that we curate for future generations contains MORE than just the image. / 13 May, 2024 |
| Featured in National Magazine | 
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#ourfallenlowestoft FEATURED IN BBC NATIONAL MAGAZINE! Current issue of “Who Do You Think You Are? / 29 September, 2026 |
| Fen Park | Site of a council notice board, if you are a community organisation you can take your events poster to the Council offices and request they be displayed. / 12 March, 2026 | |
| Fiammetta Wilson | 
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ACHIEVEMENTS: A fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, remarkable contributions to astronomy / 25 January, 2025 |
| For my friend BP | 6 August, 2026 | |
| Former Street Names slider | Drag vertical mid line left/right (landscape best) / 20 June, 2026 | |
| From Counting House to Cosy House! | 
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From 'Counting House' in 1812 to now a welcoming private residence , via a Bank manager taking refuge under his bed covers to avoid wartime bomb damage and a 1960's modern refit, this building has been through more than most! / 3 August, 2024 |
| FROM SWAN INN and CROMWELL's HQ | 
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#LowestoftDaysOfChristmas 10th day.. FROM SWAN INN and CROMWELL's HQ to well loved shops in many guises. Nos. / 29 September, 2026 |
| Gainsborough Drive | Site of a council notice board, if you are a community organisation you can take your events poster to the Council offices and request they be displayed. / 12 March, 2026 | |
| Garage High street | 
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One of Lowestoft's Our Fallen lived here... Watson’sGarage/ BP / 8 December, 2025 |
| Garden before after | 
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Special thanks to PlantGrow for generously supporting this transformation / 23 July, 2024 |
| Garden3 | 26 September, 2024 | |
| George Glover | George Glover (1812–1890) was a British architect who made significant contributions to the architectural landscape of Lowestoft. / 2 February, 2025 | |
| Get the story in the picture | 
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In an effort to make local history images more accessible whilst also respecting the owners of the images wish not to have them copied everywhere, we came up with an interesting idea.. / 29 September, 2026 |
| Getting the most out of old photographs | 
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We are using cutting edge machine learning AI to enhance old photographs to find details that otherwise would have been lost in the original old photographs. / 20 February, 2024 |
| Getting yer Bins Right! | 
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East Suffolk Council are asking us to be more careful with the way we use our recycle and waste bins. / 7 September, 2026 |
| Google features | 
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Many aspects of these website templates are enhanced by 'free' features that Google provides, BUT despite costing nothing they insist on the account being linked to a credit card :-(. / 20 July, 2024 |
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Grass next to lighthouse he warning light. / 24 November, 2024 |
| Green paint | 6 April, 2025 | |
| Greenhouse / Bar / Storage Project | 
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Biitumin paint / 1 June, 2025 |
| Gunton Residents Meeting Hall | Site of a council notice board, if you are a community organisation you can take your events poster to the Council offices and request they be displayed. / 12 March, 2026 | |
| Handmade by... hands! | Hi, I make your personal handmade dentures, NOT a machine! Just like a tailored tailored suit, exactly the same care consideration goes into their manufacture. / 7 December, 2023 | |
| Hanson Slider | This is a new feature - please let us know what you think! / 19 January, 2025 | |
| Herring Fishery Score | 
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Read David Butcher's FULL Scores article / Read David Butcher's FULL Scores article / 8 December, 2024 |
| High Res Images | 
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#LowestoftSKYLINE T-11 ** High Res Images ** The SKYLINE project will not only show the WHOLE building but it will do so in unprecedented detail. / 29 September, 2026 |
| High Street Surgery | 
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The High Street Surgery Well we have come to the end of the High Street in Lowestoft and the last building does not even have a number, the High Street Surgery. As it says above, it is the most Easterly doctors surgery in the country. CREDIT: Lowestoft High Street, The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker by Crispin Hook 2016 Get the book / 10 September, 2026 |
| History | The history and traditions of Lowestoft and its society, including the stories of some of today’s companies and businesses. / 29 September, 2026 | |
| Hive mind and History | 
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Here is a great example of how working together we can achieve a lot, what I like to call the 'Hive Mind'. I spotted an FB post about a 'lost street' called Prairie asking for any information. / 3 April, 2026 |
| Honey I shrunk the houses | 
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#LowestoftSKYLINE T-14 upcoming online resource to celebrate architecture of historic High St. / 29 September, 2026 |
| How Do I.. Tooltips | 
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In order to make adding content as easy as possible we have added tooltips for each field. / 26 July, 2024 |
| How Do I?.. | Add People?click for more..From top menu / 29 September, 2026 | |
| How old is that photo? | Most photos have clues you can read. Pictures with cars in then can show that the photo must be AFTER a particular date. / 20 February, 2024 | |
| How was it done: Lost End Map | The end result is here / 3 December, 2024 | |
| Ice Factory | 
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26 June, 2024 |
| Ill-fitting Dentures | 
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Why? and what are my options?These can occur for a variety of reasons / 7 December, 2023 |
| Image25TreesBRot | 
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19 November, 2024 |
| Image26TreesCRot | 
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| Image27TreesDRot | 
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19 November, 2024 |
| Janis talk | 21 January, 2025 | |
| Jess Asato MP | 
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ACHIEVEMENTS: Our FIRST female MP / 28 January, 2025 |
| KDP Our Fallen Book | 
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What I wish I had written down somewhere / 22 December, 2024 |
| Kensington Gardens | Site of a council notice board, if you are a community organisation you can take your events poster to the Council offices and request they be displayed. / 12 March, 2026 | |
| Kim’s Story | 
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Kim had always been interested in local history and heritage and had passed this interest onto her children. / 20 February, 2024 |
| Kirkley Centre | 11 March, 2026 | |
| Lady Pleasance Smith | 
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ACHIEVEMENTS: her generosity and philanthropic work / 24 January, 2025 |
| Leanne Mitchell | 
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ACHIEVEMENTS: winner of first national talent contest The Voice UK / 26 January, 2025 |
| Learn More About This Stroll | 
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HISTORIC HIGH STREET GOES DIGITAL An innovative online project has just gone live on our local webscene. Supported by Lowestoft Town Council, The Historic High Street Stroll can be found on on THIS community website Lowestoft Old and Now. / HISTORIC HIGH STREET GOES DIGITAL An innovative online project created by Joe Thompson of VenturaCottage.com has just gone live on our local webscene. / 29 September, 2026 |
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HISTORIC HIGH STREET GOES DIGITALAn innovative online project has just gone live on our local webscene.Supported by Lowestoft Town Council, The Historic High Street Stroll can be found on on THIS community website Lowestoft Old and Now. / HISTORIC HIGH STREET GOES DIGITALAn innovative online project created by Joe Thompson of VenturaCottage.com has just gone live on our local webscene. / 29 September, 2026 |
| Learn More About This Stroll | 
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| left | See also LEFT | CENTRE | RIGHT / 29 September, 2026 | |
| Legacy | We were committed to ensure that the heritage information on our sites will be available for future generations and for decades to come. / 29 September, 2026 | |
| Lemon Drop Martini | 
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Serves 4 / 15 December, 2024 |
| Light House 01a High Street | 
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THE LIGHTHOUSE Once you've past Belle Vue Park and Crossed over Cart Score you have entered the High Street and once you've pasted the entrance to Sparrow's Nest the first building you come to is the Lighthouse or as it was once known, the High Light. / 31 August, 2026 |
| Light Up The High Street | 
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Imagine standing at the top of London Road North, looking north. It's dusk. / 10 May, 2024 |
| Lighthouse Score | 
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During the late 16th and early 17th century, there was a tannery located on either side of the bottom of the score - which wasn’t described as such, but referred to as a common way. / Score is still there / 28 July, 2025 |
| Lindsey Moore | ACHIEVEMENTS: igniting imagination and curiosity about the natural world / 26 January, 2025 | |
| LO&N | A voice and resource centre for the individual and the group. / 15 May, 2024 | |
| Looking into podcasting.. | 
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As a way of sharing how the project goes, getting feedback and also documenting this year long National Archives Suffolk initiative / 16 July, 2024 |
| Loose Dentures and Adhesive is not a Permanent solution | 
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There are many denture adhesives on the market designed to ‘grip’ your dentures, or partial dentures to the tissue of your mouth. For legal reasons we cannot use brand names but please read on. / 7 December, 2023 |
| Lost End Of High Street.. | 
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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. / 3 November, 2024 |
| Lowestoft High Street Buildings | 29 September, 2026 | |
| Lowestoft Hussars in the Holy Land | 
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#LowestoftDaysOfChristmas 8th day.. LOWESTOFT HUSSARS IN THE HOLY LAND / 18 December, 2023 |
| Lowestoft Mortality Rates 1561-1750 | This reconstitution of the Lowestoft parish registers was carried out during the mid-1980s and took eighteen months to complete. / 23 April, 2026 | |
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A great free way to keep your team and supporters regularly informed of how your heritage project is going. / 15 May, 2024 |
| Maltsters Score | 
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Yet again, another of the old town’s access paths between the High Street and the Denes, but one which seems to have gone out of use at some point during the late 17th-early 18th century and become part of the site of what is now No. 88 High Street - whose plot once ran down the cliff-face as far as Whapload Road. / This Score leads down between distinctive “crinkle crankle” walls. / 30 July, 2026 |
| Margery Fry | 
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ACHIEVEMENTS: first woman to serve as a justice of the peace in Lowestoft. In 1921, she was among the pioneering women appointed to this esteemed position. / 31 May, 2025 |
| Mariners Score | 
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Most northerly of the town’s original footway-only scores, with its southern wall carrying a Grade II listing from Historic England because of its architectural and historical worth. It consists of brick and flint masonry dating from the 17th century in the lower courses, with 18th and 19th century work above. / This score is situated near the Town Hall and considered to be the most picturesque with its pointed arch at the top framing a view of the sea. / 25 July, 2026 |
| Mariners St Car Park | 29 September, 2026 | |
| Marmalade Cocktail | 
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MAKES 4 / 18 January, 2025 |
| Martins Score | 
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Local Historian David Butcher has the following to say about today's image: / Originally it was named as Gowing's Score until 1850. This score has two claims to fame. The first records the visit of John Wesley on the 11th October 1764. / 29 September, 2026 |
| Mary Barton | 
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ACHIEVEMENTS: development of assisted reproductive technologies / 27 January, 2025 |
| Mayfly Garden for the Community | 
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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. / 7 April, 2025 |
| Melbourne Road car park | 29 September, 2026 | |
| Milestones Jazz | 
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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 / 5 May, 2024 |
| My dentures look OK but... | 
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There are two key stages in denture creation - Impression and then Jaw relationship. If either of these are not correct, it doesn't matter what your dentures look like, you will quite probably have problems or issues that will need sorting. ...are painful, uncomfortable, loose, ill fitting and have no suction This sounds like an issue at the Impression stage, where an inaccurate mould of your mouth was taken. To resolve this we need to retake the impression and sometimes take a secondary impression, using a customised tray designed specifically for your mouth. / 7 December, 2023 |
| Name, Colours, Team building | 13 February, 2025 | |
| National Archives Lowestoft Endorsement | 
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“Dear Joe / 29 September, 2026 |
| National Recognition for Lowestoft | 
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'Lowestoft Our Fallen' will feature in the December issue of the Who Do You Think You Are? magazine, the official c / 29 September, 2026 |
| Ness Point Car Park | 29 September, 2026 | |
| New Local History Book | 
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Lowestoft, 1550-1750: Development and Change in a Suffolk Coastal Town by David ButcherA detailed history of the town of Lowestoft, its society, economy, / 5 September, 2025 |
| New Year’s resolutions kept?.. | It is now FebruaryHere are some thoughts for your bucket list regarding your dentures. Loose fitting, ill fitting, stained, over 10 years old perhaps. / 7 December, 2023 | |
| Normanston Park | Site of a council notice board, if you are a community organisation you can take your events poster to the Council offices and request they be displayed. / 12 March, 2026 | |
| North Lowestoft Men's Shed | We're a Shed in the Making. / 27 January, 2025 | |
| NOT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS | 
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On 15 December 1914 the sailing trawler Queen of Devon left Lowestoft for the fishing grounds. It was reckoned that the vessel would be home on 22nd December / 20 December, 2024 |
| Old Lowestoft Scores Trail Walk with live map | Name: Old Lowestoft Scores TrailDifficulty: Hard - several sets of steep steps. Not suitable for mobility scooters, prams, push chairs / 29 September, 2026 | |
| Olive Centre | 
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SCENARIO: Its 15th January 2045, flying cars have FINALLY become commonplace and in a dusty corner of a UK library a local history book has been found "Our Fallen, a tribute to those 2,051 Lowestof / 29 September, 2026 |
| OPMS Budget | Introduction | Form | Month/Milestones | / 10 September, 2026 | |
| OPMS Digital Executor | Introduction | Form | Month/Milestones | / 10 September, 2026 | |
| OPMS Highlights | Introduction | Form | Month/Milestones | / 10 September, 2026 | |
| OPMS Month/ Milestones | Introduction | Form | Month/Milestones | / 10 September, 2026 | |
| OPMS Resilience Bid | Introduction | Form | Month/Milestones | / 10 September, 2026 | |
| OPMS Resilience Grants Form (draft) | Introduction | Form | Month/Milestones | / 10 September, 2026 | |
| OPMS Support Letters | Introduction | Form | Month/Milestones | / 10 September, 2026 | |
| OPMS WIP Tool | Introduction | Form | Month/Milestones | / 10 September, 2026 | |
| Our Fallen Maps | 
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What do over 2000 casualties look like (large file)? / 29 September, 2026 |
| OurFallen near YOU | If you want to get really local you can put in your street or postcode. [more to follow...] / 29 September, 2026 | |
| Page error reporting system | 
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If a user spots an error, they can click on a prominent link on every page that generates a new email, addressed to the webmaster and containing THAT specific page ID and title. / 20 February, 2024 |
| Pagoda 360 | 6 August, 2026 | |
| Paige Shorten | 
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ACHIEVEMENTS: A UEFA A and FA Youth Award Coach specialising in the development of female football players. / 26 January, 2025 |