LOWESTOFT ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY PROGRAMME 2008-2009
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2008
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Sept 11th
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Chris Brooks
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Lowestoft then and now:
a photographic record of changes our town has undergone
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Sept 25th
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Tim Pestell
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East Anglian Monasteries
This lecture will discuss some of the recent work that has been conducted into the archaeology of the region's monasteries, which is shedding new light on our view of both the history of East Anglia, and on monastic life more generally.
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Oct 9th
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Maureen Long
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The changing face of Kessingland through the ages
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Oct 23rd
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Margaret Griffiths
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Bletchley Park
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Nov 13th
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Frank Huxley
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The Garret Family business (to 1932)
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Nov 27th
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Jon Newman
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Recent archaeological work carried out by the Suffolk Archaeological Service
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2009
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Jan 8th
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Terry Weatherley
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John owes me sixpence -
revelations from a diary of 1912
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Jan 22nd
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Ron Ashman
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"How Did That Get There?" & "Not Many People Know That!" - two items of Local History in and around Lowestoft.
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Feb 12th
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David Sims
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Second World War Defences on the Suffolk Coast
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Feb 26th
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Don Friston & Keith Davies
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The funding and building of Corton Village School 1894-5 - The old school had been condemned and the energetic vicar campaigned very successfully to ensure a replacement was constructed.
How the forces of nature have shaped our coastline and its human occupation 700000 BC - 2008AD. Part1.
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March 12th
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Ken Hamilton
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The Great Yarmouth Archaeological Map
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March 26th
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Ray Collins
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"Koning Olie"
- the story of the early oil industry.
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April 23rd
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John Browning
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Problems resulting from owning a Roman Historical site -
a talk which will include fighting court cases in New York, international trade in antiquities and, closer to home, problems catching illegal metal detectorists and attempting to educate our judiciary
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May 14th
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June Nice
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Kate Elizabeth a journey through time - life in the Muller orphanage
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May 28th
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AGM
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