Here's Episode 3 of the second series of High Street Histories featuring illustrated conversations between historian Ivan Bunn and writer Dean Parkin, this time exploring Kirkley & the south of Lowestoft.
Episode 3 revisits the swimming pool in London Road South that became a cinema and the connection it had with another intriguing building in Waterloo Road.
Each episode of High Street Histories will have an accompanying worksheet, ideal for young people age 5-11, which will be available shortly from - www.historicengland.org.uk www.poetrypeople.org www.thinklowestoft.co.uk
Filmed, created and edited by Dean Parkin, this episode features archive photographs from the Jack Rose Collection, the Bert Collyer Collection and from Ivan Bunn and Robert Whybrow. The opening credits also includes contemporary footage of Kirkley filmed by Joshua Freemantle.
High Street Histories is a partnership collaboration between Historic England’s Heritage Schools programme, the London Road Lowestoft Heritage Action Zone, Poetry People and Ivan Bunn.