High Street, Aldeburgh, 1954

Aldeburgh is famous for its Art and its Annual Music Festival

The Esplanade, Aldeburgh

Ravine Bridge. Lowestoft

Bombardment of Lowestoft, April 25th 1916.

The shell was fired from the sea, went through 13 houses and was taken out of a bedroom unexploded. Nobody was killed or injured. The shell weighed 96lbs.

The Moot Hall, Aldeburgh

This unusual building was once in the centre of town but is now on the seafront due to erosion of the beach. The building was built in the 16th Century. It is still used for Council meetings today and also has a museum.

Moot Hall & Wentworth Terrace, Aldeburgh

High Street and Swan Hotel, Southwold.

The Lighthouse at Southwold is still in operation and was built in 1887.

High Street, Southwold

Southwold is at the mouth of the River Blythe. The Dutch and English fleets fort the battle of Sole Bay here in 1672.

Crag Path and Beach, Aldeburgh

The Felixstowe Hotel from the Promenade, Felixstowe

This beautiful building is actually the Felix Hotel designed by Thomas Cotman for Douglas Tollemache in 1903. It is now known as Harvest House and has been turned into retirement flats. It was used for years by Fisons and was also a lookout post in WWII.

The Model Yacht Pond, Felixstowe

Hamilton Cliffs & Gardens, Felixstowe

This photo show the steps leading down to the Seafront through the Gardens. Harvest House (Felixstowe Hotel) can be seen on the cliff to the left/ This postcard was posted in 1930.

Hamilton Road, Felixstowe

This view is looking up Hamilton Road from the top of Bent Hill. 

The Church to the right is the Trinity Methodist Church, and the building just behind it on the corner is/was Coe's... And I think the building opposite is/was Barclay's Bank. The road running across horizontally is Orwell Road.

The Bay Looking East, Felixstowe

Constable's Cottage, Felixstowe

Postcard posted Aug 1904. I think this cottage is/was a farmhouse situated in the Constable Road/Brook Lane area of Old Felixstowe but I'm not sure...

Promenade and Spa, Felixstowe

In the distance can be seen the Pier, which was half a mile long and had tram lines on it to take passengers to the paddle steamers that used to sail up to the end. In World War II the end was blown up to prevent enemy planes or boats landing on the end. It still stands today, albeit a good deal shorter!

Felixstowe - The Felix Hotel

Another view of the Felix Hotel, now called Harvest House. The postcard is dated from 1907 and was sent from Felixstowe to Trimley St. Martin.

The Spa Gardens, Felixstowe

Posted in 1936

Felixstowe Cliffs No 1

This view shows Harvest House in the background.

West Cliff, Felixstowe

This was posted in 1904 to London

Parish Church, Felixstowe

This is the church of St Peter and St Paul in Old Felixstowe. It was posted in 1904 to Ilford in Essex.

The Quay, Oulton Broad, Suffolk

Very popular holiday destination!

Oulton Broad, Suffolk

Lowestoft, The Pierhead

Sent 1929

Men at The Fish Market, Lowestoft

The Southwold Express

The caption reads; "The Guard goes birdnesting & thinks an egg in the nest is worth two in the eye - NB the speed limit is strictly observed on this line."

Sent 1914

Felixstowe Bay Looking West

Note the length of the Pier again and the bathing huts set out on the beach. This postcard was sent 1st June 1928.

Women's Ward, Bartlet Convalescent Home, Felixstowe

Another hospital photo. This time of the Bartlet, which is in Undercliff Road. 

Norfolk Links

The Sands, Gorleston-On-Sea

Gorleston-On-Sea is now part of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was originally part of Suffolk. This postcard was sent in 1936, postmark Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (hence the inclusion in the Norfolk section). 

Beach and Pier, Gorleston-On-Sea

Notice the temporary bathing huts for the swimmers

Row 139, one of the 145, Yarmouth

The 145 Rows in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk were built to house the growing number of poorer people in the town. Eventually the Rows were taken over by the Herring Trade employees. The narrow rows meant that more houses could be crammed into the Peninsula between the Sea and the River Yare.