After four years as a website an archive is currently being created of materials and memories relating to the fairs.

In September 2008 this is to be given into the care of the County records Office at Lowestoft Library.

A few of us met up recently and assembled the start of the collection. This included posters, programmes, photos and film, an incomplete run of the Waveney Clarion, plus meeting minutes and other evidence of planning. We are putting the whole thing in order and noting the gaps. We will post a list of identified items on the website.

A further part of the project is to create an exhibition space suitable for its subject. At the least this will be ready for the handover next September, at the best it will be this winter's work and will result in a travelling exhibition stopping, from spring onwards, a week or two at different venues across the region, gathering more for the archive as it goes.

Got anything to contribute? This doesn’t have to be a donation, loans can be scanned and the originals returned. Individual creators copyright will be protected.

If you live in East Anglia and want to help, send us your phone number. If you live anywhere and want to help develop the web site, tell us how.

www.fairsarchive.org.uk

fairsarchive@googlemail.com