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Our Town - Lowestoft

Amateur colour footage of streets, buildings and factories give viewers a nostalgic look around Lowestoft, Suffolk in the mid seventies.

Amateur film 1975 4 mins Silent

From the collection of:

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Overview

Amateur film captured by Mr Alan Reginald Moltino, a collection of scenes around his home town, Lowestoft; streets, a tower block, council houses, a war memorial, the harbour entrance and the Denes. Evidence of working life and industry are the factories including Bird's Eye, the Morton factory, the Pye factory and Swallow Pram Manufacturers. In the town centre are ABC and Odeon cinemas, and finally, Oulton Broad.