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Brenda Picking has published 'Portrait of a Suffolk Village'
"There's no book on the village of Hessett," she added. Mrs Picking had moved from London to Hessett in 1962, a year after marrying Don, who took up a job at RAF Mildenhall. The couple bought a home on The Green in Hessett where they brought up their two daughters, Diane and Janice. When they first arrived the local farms employed many of the men in the village and there was a wide range of home-grown entertainment. Regulars at the Five Bells in the 1890s - Credit: Supplied by author News was exchanged in the pub – The Five Bells – and at the butcher’s and local shop and post office. ...
Source: eadt.co.uk