UPDATED ON 28th APRIL 2021 —
Heritage campaigners took to the streets to mark the "sad, disappointing" end of an era,
as historic archives were controversially moved … to the £20m The Hold in Ipswich.
You can read more at
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/lowestoft-archives-removal-anger-suffolk-7930020 .
You can read about the history of the archives-move here.
UPDATED ON 24th OCTOBER 2018 —
The Town Council's complaint to Suffolk County Council can be read at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1478276968936926/permalink/1814353381995948/
POSTED ON 21st OCTOBER 2018 —
Suffolk County Council announced on 21st Sept that the Consultation into the future of Lowestoft Record Office is open until 11:59pm on 1st Nov.
For more information and to reply to the consultation document
The Save our Record Office Group are not happy with the proposal as Suffolk County Council have indicated that they will not provide a new strong room at the Lowestoft Record Office and the majority of records will be taken to new Heritage Centre at Ipswich Record Office and the new building at The Hold.
The petition can be found here.
Work has currently started on The Hold which is the new Record Office that is due to open in late 2019. This project which is partly funded by The Heritage Lottery Fund is to replace the current Ipswich Record Office as well as hold part of the archives that are currently held at Bury St Edmunds.