Historically, children from the Fields have had the right to attend primary school in Pagford, a place of flower baskets and other middle-class comforts, and the town has also supported a drug-treatment clinic that serves the neighborhood.

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The trustees of the foundation will follow Mrs Flower's wish to invest the sum in the William And Jessie Flower Fund, which will finance the education of the 50 foundation students currently at the school.

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