Alde Valley School is a comprehensive school in Leiston in the English county of Suffolk.
Famous American test pilot and fighter ace General Chuck Yeager (who, later, first broke the sound barrier) flew out of RAF Leiston.
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Since the closure of Garrett's, the town's economy has been dominated by the two nuclear power stations on the coast at Sizewell: the now decommissioned Magnox reactor of Sizewell A and the more modern Pressurised Water Reactor of Sizewell B. A number of smaller companies operate from industrial areas within the town.
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Adult community outreach provision is delivered in the Somerleyton, Beccles, Southwold and Leiston areas.
Richard Garrett (1755–1839), agricultural machinery manufacturer, founder of Richard Garrett & Sons, Leiston, Suffolk
During his life, Thurlow completed many works for local people and various churches, including a memorial to Sir C. Blois from Cockfield Hall in Yoxford Church, a life-size statue of Samuel Clouting in Kelsale Church, a marble bust of Richard Garrett III in Leiston Church, and a commission from William Long of Hurts Hall to carve a rose and spray for the entrance to his mansion.