Aldeburgh 1902 to 1926

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A short movie of aldeburgh showing photos of the Coronation party in the high street in 1902, the burning of the golf club 1910, the beach, the mere before trees, slaughden with the three mariners pub (washed away in 1953 floods)and Dr Elizabeth Garrett Anderson as Mayor - she was the first female doctor in the UK and also the first female mayor.

See also the film of the Aldeburgh to Saxmundham railway which mentions the garrett family of which Elizabeth was a member. The Garrets had also owned the Snape Maltings, which became home to the internationally renowned Aldeburgh festival started by Benjamin Britten.

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