A historic town hall and a coastal town's industrial heritage are being celebrated in a new video poem.
Memories from yester-year are captured in a project that has been inspired by working lives in Lowestoft.
Dean Parkin’s latest creation - All in a Day's Work – will premiere this Sunday, February 26 at 2.30pm at The Grit Arts & Heritage Centre in Old Nelson Street, Lowestoft.
He will introduce the first public screening and share stories with the video based on recollections of Lowestoft people's working lives.
The video poem was commissioned by the Lowestoft Town Hall Project — a Lowestoft Town Council initiative supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Towns Fund, Architectural Heritage Fund, Historic England and East Suffolk Council — as part of a wider activity to capture people’s memories and stories of Lowestoft.
Hailed as "a real community arts project", All in a Day's Work is a short film offering an imaginative combination of poetry, animation, interview extracts as well as modern and archive footage.
Written by Dean Parkin, filmed by Lewis Wickwar and produced by Poetry People, Mr Parkin said: "Lowestoft people are fiercely proud of the town and its history and it's been inspiring listening to stories of their working lives — the jobs they did, the tools they used, and how well they worked together to build boats, buses and televisions and more."
With contributions gathered online and in person, the Town Hall Project team - Liz Ballard and Jess Johnston - captured memories at heritage and community events after 'mooring' on the Lowestoft Memories Tricycle, which was produced by Scenic Projects Ltd and designed to look like a fishing smack.
Contributions were also gathered at an exhibition last November at the Parcels Office at Lowestoft Railway Station.
Lowestoft mayor Alan Green said: "The people of Lowestoft are central to the redevelopment of the Town Hall.
"I am delighted that this poem, with its use of interviews and memories given by the people of Lowestoft, will bring local people to the heart of this project."
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