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| 1900 Town Hall Builders | 
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Thanks to Marion Hayes for an excellent photo from early 1900’s showing building work on the Town Hall. We had been struggling to find ANY front on old images for this historic building. / 9 April, 2024 |
| Beach Erosion Pakefield 1906 | 
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Coastal erosion (South beach, Lowestoft) 1906-2023 approx 200m! / 9 April, 2024 |
| Decision taken to pull the plug on tram system | 
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1930 The Corporation saw the spark was failing, and decided to abandon the tram system / 9 April, 2024 |
| End of the Lowestoft Trams | 1931 8th May saw the last ever Lowestoft tram service, driven by the oldest driver who had been with the service since 1903. In almost 28 years the trams had carried around 80 million passengers, a / 9 April, 2024 | |
| Grammar school founded | 
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Annott's free grammar school was founded. / 9 April, 2024 |
| Destroyed by fire | 
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Lowestoft was badly damaged in a substantial fire in 1645. / 9 April, 2024 |
| Zeppelin was shot down | 
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Zeppelin was shot down over the sea near Lowestoft, the date of which coming close to the moment when Robert Leckie arrived at the station and yet to make his mark and be known as one of “the Zeppe / 9 April, 2024 |
| Lowestoft Trams employ women | 
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1914 - 1918 First World War eventually meant that Lowestoft Corporation Transport trams women drivers, inspectors and conductors were introduced / 9 April, 2024 |
| Almost Trolley buses | 1920 - The Corporation installed poles and span wires were erected for trolleybuses. But the overhead wires were never installed, and trolley buses never graced our streets. / 9 April, 2024 | |
| First Bus service introduced | 1927 The first Corporation bus service was introduced, along the seafront. The redundant trolleybus poles were used for street lighting. / 9 April, 2024 | |
| More Bus Services introduced | 1928 The bus service was extended to other areas, and in 1929 it was introduced along the route of the tramway. / 9 April, 2024 | |
| Tramway built | Early in 1903 construction started of the Tramway from Florence Road in Pakefield to Yarmouth Road in north Lowestoft. / 9 April, 2024 | |
| hydroplane invented on Lake Lothing | 
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In the autumn of 1908 a hydroplane of the two-plane variety was tried with success on the Norfolk Broads, and over 20 miles per hour was reached with only 12 H.P. Surprise, as the little craft was / 9 April, 2024 |
| New Lowestoft High Light House built | 1872 - 74 The present High Light was built. It had a new optical revolving light, flashing at half-minute intervals. / 9 April, 2024 | |
| Lowestoft Low Light House moved | 1881 Low Light now also flashes. And had to be moved 80 yards inland, because of erosion. / 9 April, 2024 |