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5:16 PM February 5, 2021
A public vote has opened to decide a new name for the Black Boy pub in Bury St Edmunds
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A pub in Bury St Edmunds could be renamed after a town abolitionist who sought to end slavery as a public vote is launched.
The town s pubs and brewing giant Greene King is
seeking new names for four of its pubs - including two tenanted ones in Suffolk - because of their racist connotations.
It has now come up with a shortlist for the Black Boy pubs in Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury, with the winner chosen by public vote.