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Happy Chick
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Empire Hotel « Posted: 09 December 2011 at 10:41 PM »
Hi all, could anyone tell me where the Empire hotel was in Lowestoft?
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Re: Empire Hotel « Reply #1 Posted: 09 December 2011 at 10:44 PM »
Im not sure, but was that possibly where McDonalds is now? 
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Re: Empire Hotel « Reply #2 Posted: 09 December 2011 at 10:47 PM »
No I think that was the The Suffolk, the empire is featured in the journal this week, looked a beautiful building, just wondered were it was
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Re: Empire Hotel « Reply #3 Posted: 09 December 2011 at 10:47 PM »
* where !
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Re: Empire Hotel « Reply #4 Posted: 09 December 2011 at 10:49 PM »
Yes that was the Suffolk Hotel and the Imperial was on the corner of Denmark Rd and Bevan street.I never heard of the Empire hotel and lived there from 1938 til 1959.
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Re: Empire Hotel « Reply #5 Posted: 09 December 2011 at 10:52 PM »
Have a look at this link.  This is probably the one you mean.

http://suffolkcamra.co.uk/pubs/pub/2701
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Re: Empire Hotel « Reply #6 Posted: 09 December 2011 at 10:54 PM »
It was opened in 1900 and was described as 1 of the finest hotels in Europe !
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Re: Empire Hotel « Reply #7 Posted: 09 December 2011 at 10:57 PM »
Yes thats the 1, I have heard of St Lukes hospital, cant believe this building was pulled down!!!
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Re: Empire Hotel « Reply #8 Posted: 09 December 2011 at 11:14 PM »
I only remember it as St.Luke's hospital.
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Re: Empire Hotel « Reply #9 Posted: 10 December 2011 at 06:43 AM »
Yep Meg it was The Empire before it was St Lukes before our time but thats the one, absolutely magnificent building  but like all magnificent buildings gets scraped

Perhaps those who scorned why some locals were trying to save Tuttles will understand what we once had here
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