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Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1DL. Tel:
01449 612229. East Anglian firms such as Garretts, Burrells,
Boby, Smyth and Fison are represented in evocative displays.
These firms made a wide range of products to support agriculture;
including agricultural machinery, malting equipment, bricks and
fertiliser. www.eastanglianlife.org.uk. Location: In the centre
of Stowmarket.
Haughley Park and Gardens,
nr Stowmarket, IP14 3JY. Tel: 01359 240701. A seventeenth century
house (1620) with park, garden and bluebell wood. The estate
now consists of the park and about half of the original woodland
and covers 267 acres. About 4 miles west of Stowmarket.
Mechanical Music Museum and Bygones Trust, Blacksmith Road, Cotton,
Nr Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1QN. Tel: 01449 613876. A selection
of fairground organs and pipe organs, street pianos, music boxes,
polyphons and many other musical items, housed in a purpose-built
building. About 5 miles north of Stowmarket.
The Guildhall of Corpus
Christi, Market Place, Lavenham, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 9QZ. Tel:
01787 247646. Tudor building in the heart of a remarkably preserved
small medieval town. Stunning early 16th-century timber-framed
building. Local history museum, with exhibitions on medieval
cloth industry. National Trust. Charges apply. About 10 miles
south west of Stowmarket.
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