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One of my sons just sent me this link. I don't know if it has ever been featured on this site before. The film footage from the East Anglian Film Archive (at the UEA) certainly brings back memories to me. My first visit to Lowestoft (courtesy of the Royal Navy) was in 1960. I met my wife to be then and eventually settled in the town in 1965. We married in 1962.
This should also bring back lots of memories to those Lowestoft born members. Hope you all enjoy it.
http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/274
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Education is what you get when you read the fine print - Experience is what you get when you don't!!
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What a nice film. Thanks for posting Robbie. So many interesting things in it. It's interesting to wonder how many families have enjoyed the old Brown Boats and Waveneys over the years. It looked like there was a naval ship in the dock by Waveney Road - too big to be a trawler. My uncle and aunt lived in a little caravan on the grass by the water on the Little Ships site before they got a house, I remember staying there for the weekend one summer and fished off the quay there. It was nice to see all the young boys fishing off the free jetty, you don't see that much nowadays. There were lots of clear shots of faces and I'm sure some of them could be recognised by members here. We were only talking about the boats on Kensington gardens recently and there they were in all their glory. Does anybody recognise any of the passengers?
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Thanks so much Robbie that brought a tear to my eye to see what the council and town planners have taken from us in the name of progress about the only thing left is the weekly speed boat racing.
Lovely film I will show that to Dad when he comes to mine at Christmas
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Can hardly wait to watch it later(I have errands to run this morning).We were married in 1959.Thanks for posting. I am sure I will enjoy it.
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Excellent! Thanks for posting it, Robbie. What a pity it hasn't been restored - to see the colours as they were.
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Thanks everyone for the comments. I agree FC, the town has been messed up by the powers that be. It's a pity though that it didn't show London Road North, especially the Baptist Church (where Boots the Chemists now stands) - this is where my Lowestoft lass and I were married (1962). Every time I go in that shop I try and work out exactly what 'space' I occupied when I took my vows!!!! In January we celebrate 50 years of marriage!! I love the old girl and her hometown !!!! My wife's father worked at Richard's Shipbuilders at the time the film was made and she had an uncle who was a welder at Brooke Marine. Another uncle was the landlord of the Rising Sun in the Beach Village. All three, like the jobs they did, are now sadly all gone.
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Thank you for posting that, it was fun to watch. Although it was made a year before I was born it seems that lowestoft was still the same in the 60s when I first started visiting.
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I was looking for myself on the kensington boats and my uncle at the fish market didnt see either but lovely to watch
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frankiesays
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if only the planners had listened to people's fears about out of town shopping! At least the Gateways store and first Tesco brought people into the towns.
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Thanks so much for posting it robbie.I am sending it to some ex-pats who aren't members and even folks in Lowestoft who I think will enjoy it.
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Thanks so much for that Robbie. What a great film. I could have been at any number of the locations, and my dad worked on the broads at the time, hiring out cruisers from Newson's boatyard. It took me right back to my childhood during, what seemed like, those glorious days by the seaside.
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Really enjoyed that film Robbie - thanks. 
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and my dad worked on the broads at the time, hiring out cruisers from Newson's boatyard
Did Newson's own those two houseboats that used to be moored off the marshes by the old MTB's Charles? I used to have to deliver groceries to there by boat on Saturday afternoons when I was a kid.
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I'm sorry Frankie, I've no idea. It's possible. I was still very young at the time, and, other than the odd visit to the boat yard in Commadore Road, I was not really aware of the business side. Interesting story about the groceries delivery.
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I wouldn't have been doing it at the time the film was made as I was only born in 59. I started doing it in the late 60's I would guess. Just one of my saturday chores for my pocket money.
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................. I was only born in 59. ..................
Are you sure? Check your your profile.
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Sorry , it's usually the current Mrs that pulls that stunt - I meant '53 of course 
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