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Walk the historic farms and fields of Oulton and Camps Heath
Sunday 25 April 11:00 to 1:00
with Ivan Bunn
£5.50
Details from: Lowestoft Record Office, Central Library, Clapham Road, Lowestoft
Tel: 01502 405357
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malcolm
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I visited friends this morning on a piece of land they own at Camps Heath. I must now go on this walk. I have seen what used to be The Army Barracks near Manor Field. The spot lights and anti aircraft guns were based there (part of Lowestoft s protection from raids during the war).
Anybody Know anything about the mosaic floor found nearby? Quickly covered up by the farmer who did not want archaeologists tramping about. I understand the land is now owned by Suffolk County Council. Could the floor be Roman? Looking at the views it is the kind of place The Romans would like.
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Forever Yellow
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Jinksy
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That sounds very interesting, malcolm. The Walk Organiser, Ivan Bunn, might know...he knows lots about Lowie history.
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After the the second war the army camp was used to house some families ,I live there for awhile but as I was a baby / toddler at the time do n't remember a thing about .I think Iwas about two when we moved back to kirkley.
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malcolm
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Yes Kerch i heard about families living there.
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kerch
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I wonder who they were and where they ended up .I can remember my mother saying that the were huts were a bit basic and impossible to heat .She was telling me about it several years after we'd left .After all it was an army camp .
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malcolm
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I am researching this Kerch and will keep you informed.
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I wonder who they were and where they ended up .
Kerch -- I have a sister-in law who lived there when she first got married. "Sunny" will know who I mean, a relative of hers.
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kerch
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Thats very interesting ,thank-you both.
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malcolm
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I believe it was temporary accomodation after the war for families who were displaced for one reason or another.
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kerch
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I assume my mum and dad and me moved there because we were living with dads parents and with seven adults and a baby in a terrace house things must have been difficult .
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Blondie
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My Mum and Dad used to live there in the nissan huts at camps heath, so did my husband and his parents, my husband was about 4 or 5.
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kerch
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There's a good chance I was there at the same time ,it was between 1948 and1950 .My brother was born in 50 and i can remember a photo of him and me in the front garden of the house we moved to .
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funkychick
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hi Blondie havent seen you on here for a while, is Mum ok? tell her dad been off colour with a tummy bug
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kerch
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I was told that I had dummy that disappered one day never to been seen again and everyone thought the dog my mum had at the time ate it . later the same dog was accused of chasing the nearby farmers chicken 's and was put down .It was a manchester terrier.
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Blondie
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How strange Kerch my mum and dad also had a manchester terrier called joey when they lived in camps heath but he did'nt eat dummies or chase chickens. haha
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kerch
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From the same litter maybe ? Unfortunately both my mum and dad are dead so no way of checking .
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