For the past six-and-a-half years Jack Fountain has run the welcoming neighbourhood pub, Livingstone's Freehouse.

But after 25 years in the hospitality industry - featuring countless hours of waitering tables, pot washing, pulling pints at four pubs and running his own business - Mr Fountain is preparing to embark on new challenges ahead.

And marking the end of an era this week, his patrons gave him "a superb send off" during a special leaving party on Sunday.

Mr Fountain has now sold the lease of Livingstone’s Freehouse pub on Whites Lane, Kessingland near

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