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Initially created and run by John Ellerby and Joe Thompson, to provide useful information to the community, the site continues to expand.  

Originally it was a list of recycle centres and businesses in the High Street, now it also contains 'mini' sites for North Lowestoft Mens Shed and UseItAll among others.

Recently it has created a highly acclaimed wartime commemoration site called OurFallen, which is to be featured in the BBC programme "Who Do You Think You Are?"s National magazine (December issue).

As the digital resources we are creating (StreetStroll and OurFallen) have been determined as having important heritage value we have been asked to 'ensure' they will be available for future generations.

If they were physical books, it would be straightforward, we would send copies to local, regional and national libraries and the job would be done! Digital is more of a challenge but we think it is important to address, both for our projects and also for other resources.

Lowestoft Old and Now, focused on the local, embracing the past, changing the present and celebrating the future. A voice and resource centre for the individual and the group. A website created with the community at its core, which reflects the community is made up of a mosaic of overlapping, but independent identities. It’s a community website containing many other community websites which are dynamically linked together. What are the benefits?

Exciting times, we are planning on relaunching the site soon. We are making it simpler to use and pairing it back (initially) to its core features .

dive deep into the world of science and look at how science shapes the modern world we live in with a few loud bangs along the way!

They’ll take an anarchic approach to science communication whilst looking at the scientists, engineers and inventors who have shaped the modern world that we live in whilst proving that each and everyone of you have the ability to change our world for the better!

The Scores are a series of narrow lanes and steep pathways running from Lowestoft High Street to the site of the town's former beach village. They formed a vital link between the town, which was built on a cliff, and the village, which had developed as a result of the fishing industry. With herring one of the most profitable exports, many workers came to live on the High Street and would have used the scores to go and work in the beach village processing fish.

Name: Old Lowestoft Scores Trail
Difficulty: Hard - several sets of steep steps. Not suitable for mobility scooters, prams, push chairs
Length: 2.5k (1.6 miles)
Terrain: Steps, pavements, paths, crossing roads

Summary: The walk follows most of the Lowestoft Scores (and passes or crosses them all).The map is interactive. Scroll down for text, photos and video clips.

(Darren has ideas on this!) I love Ness Point but I am in minority because I am a nerd and just wax lyrical about all the maths I could do with kids down there - most people don’t appreciate this so I will stop there… but I still want to promote it. Again, another contention because previous MP (BB) did not want to promote ‘Lowestoft: The Most Easterly Town’ nor ‘Ness Point - Britain’s most easterly point’ (Land’s End? S+W John O’Groats? N so why not E?).

Tuesday's warning that gas shortages in this coming winter might lead to interrupted electricity supplies – that is, power cuts – reminded me of Lowestoft's own new power station.

High Street - Ness Point Circular Walk 1 Distance: 1.4k Difficulty: Easy Terrain: Pavements, concrete Obstacles: Steepish road descent/ascent (Herring Fishery Score - no footpath); galvanised steps (Hamilton Road); ramp (Hamilton Road; crossing busy roads The walk starts at the entrance to Lowestoft's Historic High Street. Cross at the Pelican Crossing, then turn right down Herring Fishery Score (link to article) with the Wheatsheaf pub on your left. The pub's closed for the duration of the CV pandemic.

Mirrormask In this fantasy adventure story, written by Neil Gaiman, a young girl from Brighton, England, journeys into a magical world of her own imaginations, where she must search for the fabled Mirrormask. Produced by the Jim Henson Company, Mirrormask is a phantasmagoric journey loved by all ages.

East Point Pavilion transformed into a lively beer hall for the Bavarian-style event, which will feature beers sourced from all six designated Munich Oktoberfest breweries and served in steins.

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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.