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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ruth Bloomfield

Leaving London: how one family swapped their small Sydenham flat for a fresh start and a five-bedroom house by the sea

As a twentysomething with a burning ambition to work in the music industry, moving from her native Southport to London seemed like a no brainer for Louise Baldwin.

Twelve years later Louise headed back to Merseyside as a thirtysomething, with her partner and their young daughter in tow, and for equally compelling reasons.

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