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Suffolk phone box tells tales of buildings lost to reservoir

BBC News Published image copyrightSuffolk County Council image captionJane Kirk said some of her favourite archive material was vivid descriptions of the lost landscape An old red telephone box has been turned into audio booth where people can hear stories of the land and buildings that disappeared when a reservoir was built. The village of Tattingstone in Suffolk was split in two when Alton Water was constructed in the 1970s and 80s. It was created after it became clear in the 1960s that the water supply for nearby Ipswich was inadequate. Locals including Griff Rhys Jones have retold stories from the time.

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