| Repository |
Suffolk Record Office
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| Address |
The Library, Clapham Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 1DR
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| Title |
Harbour - Lowestoft
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| Ref No |
1176/2/2/8/16
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| Level |
Item
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| Date |
1958-1994
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| Description |
Lowestoft Journal presscutting file with accompanying photographs and papers
Includes presscutting re:
- Edward Evans MP to ask Parliament re the threatened closure of the harbour by the British Transport Commission, nd [c1958]
- threat to close the harbour, nd [c1958]
on reverse:
general information on Bud Flanagan [real name Robert Winthrop], Jimmy Evans and Michael Holliday, nd [1966]
- Edward Evans MP states that there is no question of the port closing, nd [c1958]
- Edward Evans MP withdraws question to Parliament re the closure of the harbour, nd [c1958]
on reverse:
press report from British Lion Films Limited of Broadwick House, Broadwick Street London re an injury to Teddy Knox of The Crazy Gang, nd
- impact of changes to the railway system, 12 Dec 1958
- increase in dues proposed by the British Transport Commission, 14 Oct 1960
- impact of a new Transport Bill going through Parliament, 8 Dec 1961
- unofficial visit of the Royal Danish Navy, 23 Nov 1962
- profitability of the harbour, 1 Mar 1963
- opinion of I Trewlaney re the future of East Anglian ports, 13 Dec 1963
- decision by the Lowestoft Town Council to proceed with a plan to widen the channel to the harbour, 24 Jan 1964
- visit by Sir Arthur Kirby, chairman of the British Transport Docks Board, 20 Mar 1964
- sandbank off the harbour entrance, 26 Mar 1965
- fears over changes to the sand bank, 30 Apr & 23 Jul 1965
- proposal of a lighted buoy to warn shipping of the sandbank, 21 Jan 1966
- financial improvement with the port in the black, 3 Jun 1966
- fencing in of the outer harbour to prevent theft, 22 Jul 1966
- plans to move 2 wrecks off the South Pier, 16 Sep 1966
- increase in cattle exports, 29 Oct 1965
- retirement of George Nightingale from the post of safety office to the chief civil engineer, 8 Mar 1968
- bubbling harbour as a result of compressed air escaping from a tunnel being driven under the harbour, 8 Mar 1968
- dredger Lake Lothing crashing into the harbour bridge having been set adrift by vandals, 6 Dec 1968
- trading links to Cyprus, 7 Mar 1969
- proposed increase to harbour dues, 6 Mar 1970
- pollution from C W S canning factory, 25 Sep 1970
- new bridge expected to open at the end of 1971, 22 Oct 1971
- floodlights at the harbour entrance, 16 Feb 1973
- port record for the most valuable trawling landing for Suffolk Harvester skippered by David Athorn, 30 Mar 1973
- Sladdens Pier, 24 Sep & 22 Oct 1976
- introduction of a new cargo service between Lowestoft and Casablanca, 2 Sep 1977
- decommissioning of the dredger Lake Lothing, 17 Mar 1978
- increase in income, 5 May 1978
- discussions to turn Lowestoft into an international cargo port for bigger ships, 16 Jun 1978
- current facts and figures re the port, 27 Oct 1978
- visit of the Golden Wistara, a 110m and 8429 tonne cargo ship, registered in Liberia - the largest vessel to use the port, 12 Jan 1979
- visit of the Esso Carmarthan, a 1500 tonne oil tanker, 16 Nov 1979
- plans to use the port for importing cars, 24 Nov 1979
- notification of the start of a £690,000 project to deepen the harbour, 30 Nov 1979
- report on sea safety training, 27 Jun 1980
- start of a new cargo link to the Caribbean by Netag Line vessel Harco, 4 Jul 1980
- new deep water channel inaugurated by James Prior MP for Waveney, 27 Mar 1981
- increase in annual profit to £427,000, 15 May 1981
- improvements to the harbour, 22 Jul 1985
- traffic jams as a result of 100s of lorries arriving in Lowestoft due to the local dockers voting against heeding a national strike, 7 Aug 1985
- The Ark of Papendrecht, Holland levelling the harbour bed, 4 May 1985
- possibility of EEC aid for UK ports, 13 Jun 1986
- half year profits of £13.3m, 18 Sep 1987
- port news, 13 Nov 1987
- plans to make the harbour a tourist attraction, 8 Nov 1991
Includes photograph of:
- view across the harbour towards the South Pier, nd
in silhouette
- fishing boats moored in Hamilton Dock, Lowestoft, nd
shows LT 165, LT 317, Valhalla LT 511 and Betty of Klyne Winney Tugs in the foreground and Hamilton House in the background
Photographer: Peter Calvert, Oulton Broad
- north quay of Lowestoft inner harbour, nd
Photographer: Peter Calvert, Oulton Broad
- fishing boats moored in Lowestoft habour, nd
shows Fertile LT 441 in the foreground, LT 263 and LN 298 in the background
Picture Reference: LT 4159 - 39
- fishing boats with fishermen at work on board, nd
including Shepherd Lad of Grimsby, Kristand of Aberdeen and Incentive KY 50
- fishing boats with fishermen at work on board, nd
including GY 240, YH 43 and Oor Lass
- fishing boats with fishermen at work on board, nd
including Shepherd Lad of Grimsby, Kristand of Aberdeen, Incentive KY 50, YH 43 and Oor Lass
- boats moored on the South Quay by the silo, nd
including Corella LT 767, Clione of Lowestoft
Picture Reference: LT 3953 - 29a
- view of the inner harbour looking west , nd
shows the silo, Co-op factory
Photographer: Peter Calvert, Oulton Broad
- view of the inner harbour looking west and showing part of Brooke Marine on the south side, nd
Photographer: N L [Nolan Lincoln]
- yachts moored in the yacht basin, nd
includes Myfaney
- loading/unloading of bundles of paper, nd [post 1966]
- Norwich Belle, the Great Yarmouth pleasure boat, ferrying passengers between the north and south quays
Eastern Counties Newspapers Limited
Photographer: Lovett [Alfred Lovett]
Handwritten date: 17 Jan 1969
Typed date: 15 Jan [1969]
- Golden Wistaria of the Celtic Line loading cargo
Stamped: 11 Jan 1979
- Golden Wistaria of the Celtic Line loading cargo, nd [11 Jan 1979]
- Han Behrens, a 106m ship, approaching the pier heads
Photographer: Peter Calvert, Oulton Broad
Stamped: 25 Jan 1984
Handwritten date: 25 Jan 1985
- Hans Behrens, a 106m ship, entering the pier heads
Photographer: Peter Calvert, Oulton Broad
Stamped: 25 Jan 1984
Handwritten date: 25 Jan 1985
- Gerry Wood standing in front of the Marine Service Station
Stamped: 7 Aug 1984
- container lorries queued up on the North Quay
Photographer: A L [Alfred Lovett]
Stamped: 7 Aug 1984
Handwritten date: 30 Aug [1984]
- The Ark of Papendrecht, Holland working in the inner harbour
Photographer: N L [Nolan Lincoln]
Stamped: 24 May 1985
Handwritten date: 8 May 1985
[2 photographs]
- LT 321, Hebble Sand, Boston Whirlwind and Boston Sea Vixen in the inner harbour
Photographer: N L [Nolan Lincoln]
Stamped: 8 Nov 1985
Handwritten date: 23 Sep 1985
- view across the harbour looking towards the South Pier Pavilion
Photographer: N L [Nolan Lincoln]
Handwritten date: 28 Nov 1986
- LT 187 moored in the harbour
Photographer: N L [Nolan Lincoln]
Stamped: 11 Sep 1987
Handwritten date: 2 Sep [1987]
- rusting anchors artistically arranged on the North Quay
shows the silo in the background
Stamped: 31 Dec 1986
[2 colour photographs]
- ship entering the pier heads
Photographer: N L [Nolan Lincoln]
Stamped: 11 Mar 1988
Handwritten date: 19 Feb 1988
- aerial view of the harbour looking east to the North Sea taken from the grain silo
also showing the Co-op factory
Stamped: 11 Mar 1988
[2 photographs 1 colour]
- aerial view of the harbour looking east to the North Sea taken from the grain silo, nd [11 Mar 1988]
also showing Commercial Road, dry dock, railway station and the Co-op factory
[colour photograph]
- Norna under construction at Richards Shipyard
Stamped: 13 May 1988
[colour photograph]
- Dawn Sky passing under the harbour bridge
Stamped: 16 Sep 1988
[colour photograph]
- Queen Galadrial off the pier heads
Photographer: M J Howes, Lowestoft
Stamped: 14 Oct 1988
- assorted items dredged up from the harbour
Photographer: B D [Bill Darnell]
Stamped: 23 Nov 1990
Handwritten date: 11 Apr 1990
- cargo ships moored on the North Quay including Arco Trent of Southampton
Stamped: 17 Aug 1990
- 3 masted sailing ship moored near the silo
Stamped: 24 Aug 1990
- benches by the harbour at the end of Pier Terrace
Stamped: 8 Nov 1991
- anchor by the harbour at the end of Pier Terrace
Photographer: M J Howes, Lowestoft
Stamped: 2 Sep 1994
Also includes:
- notes on a speech on the future of the harbour given by the Mayor W H B Sanders to the Lowestoft Engineering Society, 23 Jan 1959
- article on the Dock Board entitled 'Prospects Loom Bright for Lowestoft' by May Rustom , Sep 1978
- press release from the British Transport Docks Board re the publication of a new brochure, 25 Sep 1978
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| Access Status |
Open
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| Extent |
91 items
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