Lowestoft & the Suffolk Coast Through Time

Michael Rouse

ISBN 10: 1848680732 / ISBN 13: 9781848680739

Published by Amberley Publishing, 2011

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Seller Inventory # ss001061

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lowestoft & the Suffolk Coast Through Time
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848680732
• ISBN 13: 9781848680739
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 11 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Local Interest - Norfolk & Suffolk

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Synopsis

Lowestoft, on the Sunrise Coast, is as far east as you can be in the United Kingdom without getting your feet wet. Once a major fishing port, the town was reinvented by Samuel Morton Peto in the nineteenth century as a resort to rival Brighton. Suffering from the decline of these industries, Lowestoft now seeks to become the onshore centre for the renewable energies industry. Michael Rouse's photographs chart some of these changes, from the loss of the old fishing industry to the town's need to cater for modern holidaymakers with car parks and enhancement schemes along the beautiful South Beach. He travels outside Lowestoft to the once sea-threatened villages of Pakefield and Kessingland, to the crumbling cliffs of Corton and its holiday villages, and finally to the colourful Oulton Broad.

About the Author

Ely-born Michael Rouse specialises in local history books, especially photographic collections, of which he has put together a great number including Ely in Old Postcards and A View in Cambridgeshire. He edited the official guide to the city of Ely for some 20 years, and has written numerous freelance articles for magazines. After some years teaching at Soham Village College, he now does storytelling at Ely Museum and takes photographs for Viva Youth Theatre in Soham. He also acts as a local councillor for Ely.