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Local History<br />
Machine for making hemp fibres into sisal circa 1880<br />
Hemp production died out in Victorian times when cheap<br />
hemp was imported from abroad and it was no longer<br />
economical to grow and process it here.<br />
[Further Reading: Rowan Robinson 1996 The Great Book of Hemp: the<br />
Complete Guide. Park Street Press, Rochester Vermont and Evans, N E.<br />
The East Anglian Linen Industry. Gower, Aldershot.]<br />
Information<br />
MOBILE LIBRARY<br />
Visits Brockdish and Thorpe Abbotts every four weeks<br />
on a Thursday, calling at:<br />
Brockdish 11:40 am Waveney Heights<br />
Brockdish 12 noon Grove Road<br />
Thorpe Abbotts 12:15 pm Telephone Box / Post Box<br />
Next scheduled visits are:<br />
Thursday 16 th <strong>August</strong> and Thursday 13 th September<br />
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