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From: "Mary George" <>
Subject: Re: GLORIOUS SUFFOLK
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 10:57:34 +0100
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Diane wrote<. Indeed, nothing could have prepared me for the stillness of
the villages or the remoteness....... on a day so perfect, and in places so
removed from the stresses and bustle of today's times. I never realised
Suffolk was quite so beautiful.>

Ssshhhhhhhh! (whisper) don't tell too many people ...... us Suffolk folk
would like to keep it that way. However, on the other side of the coin,
some churches do have to be closed, some villages have lost all services, no
bus, no post office, no shop, no pub, no village school. Young people
driven away because there are no local jobs or affordable housing ( as our
ancestors had to move to towns and cities or emigrate to find work). A
large agricultural workforce is no longer needed, so hardly anyone works on
the land. Some "honeypot" villages have become so full of traffic and
tourists peering into our windows that life for the locals gets unbearable
in Summer, although to compensate, the lovely countryside is never more than
15 minutes walk away. Farm lorries the length and width of a whole street
thunder through lanes and medieval villages not intended for such heavy
traffic. But yes, the part of Suffolk you visited is still one where you
can stand in the middle of nowhere and hear nothing but birdsong, the breeze
in the trees and crops, and the odd animal noise, and you can transport
yourself back to the time of ancestors quite easily.

Mary G



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