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 Not a great deal of ephemera survives from before 1914 but there are some sought after books about the area to look out for including:

'An Historical Account of the Ancient Town of Lowestoft', 1790, Edmund Gillingwater

'History and Antiquities of the Hundreds of Blything and part of Lothingland', 1847, Rev. Alfred Suckling

Although there is not much printed ephemera pre-1914 there are any number of early photographs, sadly many of them unidentified. When time permits I may publish a selection that need identification.

For anyone investigating local history the Suffolk Record Office is a treasure house. They have linked with the National Archives and many of their records are indexed so that you can get an idea of what they hold even if it means a visit to view anything physically.

There are a number of other online research resources available such as the Times Newspaper archive, Census records, etc. that can also help any researcher into local history.

Odd bits of research that I have made will be listed here when I have the time. The first is a Timeline of 10 Kirkley Cliff, Lowestoft from it's build date of 1870 until 1914.

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Recent additions

In pre 1914 there is a timeline of the history of 10 Kirkley Cliff, Lowestoft, since 1919 the home of the Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre.

WW2 Letters from Lowestoft

A collection of letters from Lowestoft, sent by resident A J Turner to his son J P Turner, of local news during WW2 which is linked directly from the WW2 link. AJT was one of the original members of the management team of the Kitchener which is described in the 'background to AJT' on that site.

Floods 1912 Directory

Find the Floods Directory of Lowestoft Fishing Vessels as at 1912 in the pre 1914 section.

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