For 40 years without fail, a woman's former lodger has sent her an Easter egg.

Violet Brannan, 83, of Bramston Green, Witham, took in teenager Mick Hart as a lodger in 1960 when he was studying at Braintree College of Education.

And every Easter since, Mr Hart,of King's Lynn, has sent her a letter about what he has been up to during the year, along with an egg.

"He's married now and has a son, but he never forgets me," she said.

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