Tag Archives: Lowestoft

Book Sale update

Posted on December 21, 2013 by G. A. Michael Sims

As a result of the book sale a cheque for £445.08, two thirds of the proceeds, was presented to Angie Buxton-King, the principal fund raiser for the East Coast Hospice at their London Road North charity shop in Lowestoft, on … Continue reading →

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Charity book sale!

Posted on October 28, 2013 by G. A. Michael Sims

Added 16th November 2013: Grand Charity Book Sale, 10.00am-3.00pm Thursday 21st, Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd November at the Stella Maris Hall, Gordon Road, Lowestoft, in support of the new East Coast Hospice. Original post 28th October 2013: As a … Continue reading →

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WW2 letters from Lowestoft

Posted on September 11, 2013 by G. A. Michael Sims

After the best part of twenty years I’ve finished but was it worth it? I’m not the best judge of that. The discovery of a collection of letters from one member of my family to another, recording events in my … Continue reading →

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RNPS Silver Badge File (II)

Posted on October 21, 2012 by G. A. Michael Sims

On delving deeper into the file about the Royal Naval Patrol Service Silver Badge in the National Archives (the account of the discovery of which was first published in the RNPS Newsletter), we find it lays to rest some of … Continue reading →

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Fr. Anthony E. Sketch

Posted on October 11, 2012 by G. A. Michael Sims

On 10th October we said goodbye to Fr. Tony Sketch who had been our parish priest for nearly twenty years and who had, in his own words and after a long illness, ‘gone home to God’. The formal occasion of … Continue reading →

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Lowestoft ChurchFest

Posted on September 30, 2012 by G. A. Michael Sims

Now that the event has finished I have edited this post slightly to bring it up to date but an amazing couple of weeks has come to an end. In that time some 38 churches in the district from the … Continue reading →

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Lady Emma Kitchener, LVO

Posted on September 14, 2012 by G. A. Michael Sims

At the Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre we were delighted to learn that Lady Emma Kitchener, aka Lady Fellowes of West Stafford, has agreed to be our new Patron following the death of her uncle, and our previous Patron, Lord … Continue reading →

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Lord Kitchener

Posted on December 30, 2011 by G. A. Michael Sims

It was with great sadness that I learned just before Christmas of the death of Henry, 3rd Earl Kitchener on 16th December 2011. As previously mentioned I have an interest as one of the trustees of the Lord Kitchener Memorial … Continue reading →

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AGM of Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre at Lowestoft

Posted on September 22, 2011 by G. A. Michael Sims

Wearing one of my other hats I recently attended the Lord Kitchener Memorial Holiday Centre for their Annual General Meeting. The LKMHC is a prime building facing the sea in the Suffolk coastal town of Lowestoft which provides serviced holiday … Continue reading →

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Lowestoft and Plaisir Twinning

Posted on May 22, 2011 by G. A. Michael Sims

With delight I have discovered the Lowestoft and Plaisir Twinning Association blog. Choisissez une langue de traduction: What seems like a lifetime ago in 1979, when I was still serving in the Suffolk Fire Service, my wife and I were … Continue reading →

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