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	LOWESTOFT ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY PROGRAMME 2008-2009

2008

Sept 11th	Chris Brooks	Lowestoft then and now: a photographic record of changes our town has undergone

Sept 25th	Tim Pestell	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.

Oct 9th	Maureen Long	The changing face of Kessingland through the ages

Oct 23rd	Margaret Griffiths	Bletchley Park

Nov 13th	Frank Huxley	The Garret Family business (to 1932)

Nov 27th	Jon Newman	Recent archaeological work carried out by the Suffolk Archaeological Service

2009

Jan 8th	Terry Weatherley	John owes me sixpence - revelations from a diary of 1912

Jan 22nd	Ron Ashman	"How Did That Get There?" & "Not Many People Know That!" - two items of Local History in and around Lowestoft.

Feb 12th	David Sims	Second World War Defences on the Suffolk Coast

Feb 26th	Don Friston & Keith Davies	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.

March 12th	Ken Hamilton	The Great Yarmouth Archaeological Map

March 26th	Ray Collins	"Koning Olie" - the story of the early oil industry.

April 23rd	John Browning	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

May 14th	June Nice	Kate Elizabeth a journey through time - life in the Muller orphanage

May 28th	AGM