"Hadleigh - a good place for old people, apart from the hills" *

STOP PRESS - JUST SOME OF THE REACTION TO THIS PIECE

"I'm outraged.  Setting aside the dubious and snide remarks of this half-wit, can you please check spelling and grammar  before you allow any more spurious outpourings on this site."

"Who the **** does he think he is?"

"As a proud Northerner, but long time resident of Suffolk, I took extreme offence at the reference to economic migrants.  If the author were to travel north of Birmingham he would find house prices to rival anything in Hadleigh"

"I suggest that you visit the Hadleigh Society website for a more balanced view of the whole Tesco debate.  I fear that this site has been hijacked by the pro-Tesco lobby."

"I'm a busy mum and I haven't got time to check out the pubs in the town but I will not be made to feel guilty about taking my kids to Ipswich and giving them burgers and chips.  I was brought up on 3 square meals a day and I would have killed for a big Mac and fries.  I look forward to the day when the a neon "M" sits proudly above the bypass."

"What's with the parks? We've got MTV and playstation."

" 'Course we know who's done the crimes.  It's part of the rich tradition of the town.  Our forefathers were robbin' Customs and Exercise centuries ago.  You never heard of the Hadleigh gang?"

"I think you'll find that there's plenty of support for the Countryside Alliance and fox hunting in Hadleigh.  Every time the pack gathers, there's always a crowd of cheery locals.  This fellow knows nothing of our rich traditions and obviously roars off to his little office in Ipswich, oblivious to the many thousands of honest folk still toiling on the land.  Presumably, he likes his eggs and bacon and is blissfully unaware of where it is produced.  Well sir, if it wasn't for the likes of us, the foxes would rule the roost and you would be reduced to eating Cheerios."

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