Francis Frith Collection – Suffolk Coast Photographic Memories

Francis Frith started his photographic business in the 1870s, seeing an opportunity to sell souvenir photographs to holiday visitors.  He soon employed teams of photographers around the country and soon started producing postcards.  After his death in 1899, his sons, and later his grandson, took on and developed the business.  The business continued until 1969 when it finally closed, but the amazing archive of over 300,000 images was saved, and now, almost 50 years later is in the final stages of being digitized and made widely available through the publications and websites of The Francis Frith Collection.

Suffolk Coast Photographic Memories is a collection of vintage photographs of locations along the coast of Suffolk, taken at various times of the twentieth century.  Places featured include:

Aldeburgh
Alderton
Bawdsey
Burgh St Peter
Carlton Colville
Corton
Covehithe
Dunwich
Felixstowe
Felixstowe Ferry
Kessingland
Leiston
Lowestoft
Orford
Sandsend
Shotley
Shotley Gate
Sizewell
Southwold
Thorpeness
Trimley St Martin
Walberswick
Walton
Walton-on-Thames
Westleton
Woodbridge
Wrentham