One of my customers has just told me today that she grew up in that village, they had nothing. She spoke of a horrible flood too. Hence I searched and found this video so that I can learn more about it. Thank you.
I used to work out of Lowestoft in the early 1960's trawling & this video brought back some memories.At 2.01, the 'Rising Sun' pub was where I had a free pint one day, it was when 'The Animals' song by that name,'The House of The Rising Sun' came out & every pub in England of that name gave out free beer to their customers. I used to drink in the Suffolk Hotel,where the skippers would drink,also the Duke of Wellington,which was a bit too lively at times with the young trawlermen. I remember the old beach village well, the net drying grounds where the wooden post were situated,that whole area had laid waste save for the pub more or less, though I would take a walk up through the 'Scores' to London Road North & the 'Eagle' Pub at the top of the steps. I would pay a launderette lady £5 to do my 'dobying', go to a nearby restuarant,then off to The Odeon to watch a film before going to collect my wash. They called us 'two-day-miliionaires' as we were big spenders,we would hire a taxi driver for the two days,travelling throughout Suffolk-Norfolk on a pub crawl, keeping to the countryside mainly, because we could escape the licensing laws on the pubs without being caught, both landlords & taxi driver were happy. I did like Lowestoft because of it's character born out of it's fishing history & my friendships with the local girls.
