Residents are learning about what is going on in their village through specially made talking tapes.
The talking tapes were first produced in Little Clacton seven years ago.
Maureen Carter, chairman of Little Clacton Community Care, said: "One of my friends had poor sight and couldn't read the parish magazine."
She had the idea to put the village news on to a cassette tape for her friend to listen to instead and the project grew from there.
At first, it was just for villagers with poor eyesight, but then other elderly residents became interested in the project and listened to them as well.
Now a team of five of six villagers get together to record the items for the tapes.
"We have recorded interviews with about ten different residents of their life stories and I have kept all of them," she said.
Published Monday August 2, 2004
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