It has been a privilege during my life to write about some wonderful men and women from all walks of life.

lt is now a quarter of a century since one legendary Norfolk character died at the age of 97.

The late, great Norfolk artist John Mann (Image: Newsquest)

And if you have a painting on the wall signed S. J. Mann, then you will know who l am writing about.

Salem John Mann was an artist often described as Van Dauber, Mr Paintbrush and the Master of Brush Strokes.

Born in 1903, his father James was a farm labourer at Shotesham and he was was the sixth of eight children.

Home on leave. John outside the family business in the 1920s (Image: Family collection)

The family moved to Norwich to run a milk delivery business called the Swainsthorpe Dairy in Pembroke Road.

One tragedy John did not talk about was........

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