Tributes have been paid following the death of Jane Jacomb-Hood
- Credit: Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall
Tributes have been paid following the death of a lovely, kind and warm-hearted Aldeburgh stalwart who spent a life working with the rich and famous.
Jane Jacomb-Hood was well-known to visitors of Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall, where she would check tickets on entry and sell programmes but also devoted an enormous amount of time and energy to encouraging theatre companies, musicians and others to perform at the hall .
Born in 1952, she also started the popular biannual Aldeburgh Craft Fair and supported the Aldeburgh Summer Theatre and the town s Jubilee Opera, while also working as an administrator at Aldeburgh Parish Church.
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