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5 unusual facts about Southwold


Cromer Lifeboat Station

The current lifeboat station on the end of Cromer pier was re-built between 1997–1999 to replace the smaller 1923 one which was re-located to Southwold in Suffolk where it is used as a lifeboat museum.

Finding Myself

The story is a comedy about friendship, love, hate and society in the English seaside town of Southwold, and centers on the main characters, female writer Victoria About ("pronounced Abut") and the friends and relatives she has invited for a month.

The plot centers on Victoria About, a prolific female English writer, who has invited some of her friends and relatives to come and stay at a seaside house she has rented in Southwold.

Lady Marjorie Bellamy

Lady Marjorie was born on 6 May 1860, or according to another episode 12 July 1864, at Southwold, Wiltshire in the home of her wealthy parents, Walter Talbot-Carey, 12th Earl of Southwold and Mabel, the Countess of Southwold.

Mercury Grand Marquis

The Grand Marquis was manufactured at the St. Thomas Assembly Plant in Southwold, Ontario, Canada though it was also produced from 1983 to 1985 at Ford's St. Louis, Missouri facility.


Daphne Phelps

Phelps attended St Felix School, Southwold, Suffolk, and subsequently trained in psychiatric social work at St Anne's College, Oxford, and at the London School of Economics.

Lowestoft College

Adult community outreach provision is delivered in the Somerleyton, Beccles, Southwold and Leiston areas.

Michael Imison

Imison is married to the prominent educator Tamsyn Imison and he now spends much of his time with his family at their country retreat in Southwold, Suffolk.

Reydon

Geoffrey Munn OBE, Presenter on the BBC Antiques Roadshow, local historian and author of Southwold - an Earthly Paradise.


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