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<p><strong>By Ian Bred, Norfolk Correspondent</strong></p>
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<p><strong>The hygienic properties of soap are being introduced to Norfolk for the first time, it has been revealed.</strong></p>
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<p>An enterprising Suffolk company has found a stockist in Norwich willing to try out the new-fangled cleaning product.</p>
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<p>The people of Norfolk, which is cut off from the rest of the UK, are still bathing in communal water pools in Norwich and other town centres.</p>
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<p>Rural yokels are content to bathe in a puddle once a year, whether they need a wash or not.</p>
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<p>But the smell wafting over the border into neighbouring Suffolk becomes unbearable when the wind comes from the North and especially when it's hot.</p>
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<p>Now soap manufacturer LatherBeInSuffolk Ltd has won an initial order of three bars of soap for the Norwich department store, Jarrold.</p>
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<p>[AdSense-B]</p>
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<p>Soap queen Lorraine Fisher, 34, said: "We've been using soap in Suffolk for hundreds of years. But it's never caught on in Norfolk.</p>
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<p>"LatherBeInSuffolk had already expanded into Essex and London, but Norfolk always turned its nose up at soap.</p>
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<p>"Now we have a foot in the door, we'll see if the locals in Norwich like using it."</p>
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<p>Norwich retail expert Bubba Spuckler said: "It'll never catch on."</p>
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<p>[AdSense-C]</p>
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