Advent Day Essays

The hospital opened in 1882 and closed down completely in 2016, having originally been built on an undeveloped site between Tennyson Road and Alexandra Road to replace the Infirmary of 1839 

The railway swing bridge crossing Lake Lothing, at the western end of this stretch of water, carrying a small section of the track running between Lowestoft and Ipswich and allowing shipping to pass

Down on the Denes, again, with the Birds Eye Factory dominating the middle ground and with the Gulliver wind-turbine in the distance beyond.

Looking southwards, along the North Sea Wall, to Ness Point - the most easterly part of the UK mainland. The presence of the Gulliver wind-turbine and the Orbis Energy Centre building just beyond it reminds us of Lowestoft’s role in the new world of renewable supplies of electricity - though it seems ironic that the turbine itself never seems to have its blades turning sufficiently to make any notable contribution to the National Grid.

The building seen dominating this picture, which stands on the corner of Regent Road and Police Station Road, was once Lowestoft’s centre of law enforcement

Another of the Front-line Services, to be considered, now - following on from previous policing theme - as the building seen here was once the Kirkley fire station. 

Kensington Gardens is a park located on Kirkley clifftop, in the heart of the Lowestoft seafront. Within the park there are 4 public-use tennis courts, 2 bowling greens and a boating lake. With a friendly tearooms and café with indoor and outdoor seating, overlooking the bowling greens.

A good close-up of a section of Kensington Gardens, which was officially opened to the public by the Lowestoft Borough Council on 8 June 1922.

A different kind of warning light from that referred to in Beacon Stones, with safety at sea the main consideration rather than warning of attack by an enemy.