WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK MY NEIGHBOURHOOD

LOOKING FOR A FRESH START, JEMMA WATTS MOVED TO HER GRANDPARENTS’ OLD HOME IN A HISTORIC MARKET TOWN AND FOUND A WHOLE NEW CREATIVE COMMUNITY

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When life throws you more than your fair share of curveballs, sometimes the only thing to do is to retreat to a place that feels like home. In 2015, after a tough couple of years of unsuccessful IVF treatment and losing her mum to cancer – and inspired by happy childhood memories of sailing on the River Deben and strawberry picking in the Suffolk countryside – Jemma took the plunge to begin a new chapter of her life in Woodbridge. “I LOVE TO THINK OF MY GRANNY ENJOYING THE FLOWERS BEFORE ME” “My grandparents had downsized to this Victorian coach house in 2000. When my mum’s illness brought my parents back from Greece, they took over the property, so it already felt like home,” explains Jemma. After her mother passed away and…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2022

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