What a magnificent historical document. I was totally enthralled. Thank you

My mother, one of six, grew up in the beach village. When I was a child we were often taken on a summers evening to the Gas House tavern where my sister & I would play on the piano that was in the yard

really enjoyed this....

Wow that’s brilliant! My great grandfather was from Lowestoft and and was a marine engineer ,my grandfather was from Glasgow and grew up in a children’s home,and we never really knew how this happened-now it’s obvious that my great grandmother must have been Scottish fisher girl. To confuse matters even further I was born and brought up in Hertfordshire because my Scottish grandparents moved here in the 1930’s for work opportunities. My surname is Spurgeon so definitely has links to Lowestoft-anyone local will know Spurgeon’s score. Thank you so much for the video

Sigh ... the late sixties was a travesty in so many towns ... a mad scramble for modernisation by pulling down anything that had a human element. It's not a surprise that those unusual towns who kept their older "slum" buildings are now the ones doing well with respect to having visitors boost their local economies, while anything built in the late '60s is now crumbling and looks horrible.

fascinating. but quite sad to see all the cottages and the alms houses demolished! My partners family lived in one of the scores.

I was a trawlerman at Lowestoft in the 1960's, I remember that, when the 'Animals' came out with, 'The House of the Rising Sun', ALL such public Houses with that name, gave out FREE beer to their customers, I must say that a FREE beer taste better than one that requires payment for. The video at 0.32 Sec's came back to me in an instant, though the village was in a more derelect condition if my memory serves me correct. I also remember the net drying grounds, but so much of Lowestoft has been lost & replaced with redevelopment. When ashore for 48 hours, I would stay at the R.N.M.D.S.F in Waveney Road where a shower & sleep occupied most of my time ashore as one of the 'two day millionaire's' in the fishing industry. I note that the company I then worked for are still in operation, a shadow of it's former self. I also note from a recent video, that the Suffolk Hotel had gone the way of many buildings around the harbour. I think that the Royal Hotel has disappeared too? When fishing villages disappear for whatever reason, it erases it's history, but not the memories. For that reason, people should never throw away or dispose of historical photographs that are precious reminders of the history of a particular place - including the folks that made the place tick.

A great pity this was demolished as it would have been a great living history attraction.

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My family are from Lowestoft. My great grand-father lived in the beach village. His name was Arthur Taylor Jenner. I have the book you wrote and love it a lot. This was an excellent film and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you so much. Keep up the research :)

My one claim to fame with regard to the beach village was having an underage half of beer with my dad in the Rising Sun. Sadly, though the last pub to go, I think, it was, together with so much more, razed soon afterwards. Clearly, the words ‘preservation’ and ‘foresight’ were not in the vocabulary of the the planning authorities at the time. Even a partial preservation would have been quite an attraction these days. We don’t know what we’ve got ‘til it’s gone, to quote Joni Michell.

what a brilliant piece of history, just read the book and this just completes the story

What a wonderful video poem.. 🙏

Really well done, thank you so much. :)

Wonderful. Brought a tear to my eye. Well done to all who helped bring it to life.

Subtitles/Closed Captions can be switched on and switched off by clicking on the icon at the bottom of the screen on the film. Hover over the bottom of the screen to bring up the option.

And thanks to Suffolk County Council's COVID Continuity Fund for Culture for funding 'The Voice You Never See' project

Looking forward to watching this wonderful video poem. Welcome!

Many thanks for putting this video together its amazing to see how life in Lowie used to be

Thank you, it was fascinating..I've just returned from Nairn (Moray Firth) where they preserved their 'Fishertown' cottages and have a wonderful museum with no end of the herring fishing archive. In the last few years a simply beautiful bronze statue of one of the fishergirls has been erected. So many lives concerned with herring fishing, livelihoods,..they worked SO hard.The Scottish children collected fir cones for the smokehouses, earning sixpence for a basket of brown ones and ninepence for the green. Does anyone know what happened to all the fish guts???I'll definitely get the book.All so interesting, many thanks, Annie in Pakefield🏥

What a Wonderful and moving Poem, thank you for sharing

This documentary clearly shows how hard life was for the vast majority of people in all walks of working class life. We've definitely got it much easier today.

We love Kirkley. Thanks Dean for the nostalgia and memories, but also for showing the 'Kirkleyness' that thrives today. The Wellington Gardens look in good shape, with the backdrop of those lovely Peto terraces.

Brilliant, thanks Dean. Love to stroll along the High Street, so many beautiful old buildings.

Very intresting . My great, great, granmother use to live there further up the street in row houses on the left before the lighthouse. they were pulled down, and the relive road was built. I can remember going there in the 60,s. the lighthouse use to flash all night at the bedroom window. I can remember lots houses still standing that had been bombed during the 2nd world war. The old houses from the fishing village.down the bottom off the score,s. If im correct they were almost covered in the great floods. At night walking round the fishing docks open to walk round back then. And still had the swing bridge then.

Love this one too. All those shops I used to visit. And many good times at the Crown. Thanks again Dean for an excellent poem and snapshot of this part of Lowestoft.

Once again Dean Parkin you've made an excellent poem, the last one hakesworth whispers being my present home, this one is where I grew up so saw lots of familiar places and memories. I was in the dance school Kirkley Kapers. Also lilians had a fashion show I took part in. Thanks again Dean, for an amazing video. 👏

What a great thing for kirkley

Oh Dean ! Kirkleyness is so full to bursting with "vim" .... Both fabulous and so chock full of truth. Do you remember Vim ? - and perfectly produced by Naomi, of course.

amazing need a part 2

Great poem, Dean, just needed an appearance from Fat Labrador!

Beautiful and moving.

A lovely video Dean, and very well made too! So many familiar and happy faces in our small town.

Wonderful film Dean, somehow I missed this last year. Lovely to hear my Dad get a mention at 8:05 and brilliant to see the colouring of his Scots Girls photo on their tea break.

Thas bouiful

My word, Martin! I learned so much more about you from your poems than you had ever revealed in Dante.

Fab, Dean!

bril

Thank you ... that was very good !... we enjoyed watching.

Yay! Thank you KZbin - double premiere!

We're here too !... in Surrey !

I'm here too

Im here...

A great piece of work, I can remember some of the old streets and houses shown and The Rising Sun pub, we lived in Old Nelson Street

Lovely film, thanks.

Such a tremendous show, funny and moving in equal measures. The songs and performances are so good. The 11 year old singing 'Climbing up the Walls' is also wonderful 😉 🥰

Excellent

Anyone else here for gravel bikes 😂 feel like I’ve been Rick rolled