Editing Southwold (section)

===George Orwell===
[[File:Home of author George Orwell, Southwold - geograph.org.uk - 61720.jpg|thumb|Orwell's home in Southwold]]
[[File:Southwold from pier.jpg|thumb|Southwold from the end of the pier]]
The writer [[George Orwell]] (real name Eric Blair) spent periods as a teenager and in his thirties in Southwold, living at his parents' home. A [[Commemorative plaque|plaque]] can be seen next door to what is now a [[fish and chip shop]] at the far end of the High Street.

After his departure from [[Eton College]] in December 1921, Orwell travelled to join his retired father, mother and younger sister Avril, who that month had moved to 40 Stradbroke Road, Southwold, the first of four homes in the town.<ref name=Binns>{{Cite book |last=Binns |first=Ronald |title=Orwell in Southwold |publisher=Zoilus Press |year=2018 |isbn=9781999735920}}</ref> In January–June 1922 he attended an [[cram school|educational crammer]] in Southwold to prepare for [[Indian Police Service]] exams and his career in [[Burma]]. In 1929, after 18 months in Paris, he returned to the family in Southwold and was based there for most of the next five years. He tutored a disabled child and a family of three boys and wrote reviews and developed ''[[Burmese Days]]''. He also spent nearly 18 months teaching in West London, until struck by a bout of pneumonia. His mother then insisted he stay at home instead of teaching. He spent the time writing ''[[A Clergyman's Daughter]]'', which is partly set in a fictionalised East Anglian town called "Knype Hill". His final visit to Southwold was in 1939.<ref name=Binns/>