The old man came to the sea wall almost everyday. He came to listen to the roll of the surf and to look out on the North Sea. And to rest and breathe the air. He started coming after his wife died after a long battle with cancer. He had been born here in this village and had spent his whole life here. Things were different then, before the Americans started to come with their hairy legs and their beautiful white teeth. And their money. Things were changing fast here. In the last year the Bakery and a hardware store closed for lack of business. There was a huge new American style grocery store up the road in Ipswich. People went there to get bread and plumbing needs. Course, you needed use of a car to do that. He had no car. He had only the use of his feet. So he came here to the sea wall to watch the sea birds and the brave few who swam in the cold water. And to enjoy the energy of youth that was all around him. 

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