He is a regular sight in Beccles as he sells cakes to raise funds for war heroes.
Now David Brown's selfless charitable work in raising more than £120,00 for military charity Help for Heroes has been honoured with a special award from the prime minister.
On Saturday he was handed a prime minister's Points of Light award - which recognises outstanding volunteers who are making a change in their community.
Mr Brown, 80 and from Burgh St Peter, started baking with his late wife Patricia in support of the armed forces after their daughter Sally returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2009.
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Spurred on by his daughter to continue after the death of his wife in 2016, Mr Brown, fondly known as 'Lord Drizzle of Beccles', continued his baking and cake sales.
To date, he's raised over £120,000 for Help for Heroes.
Mr Brown, who makes more than a thousand cakes a year, said: "It was a great honour to receive this award.
"It made me very proud, and it is all because of my daughter coming home in 2009 and telling my wife about the new thing, called Armed Forces Day.
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"I often wonder if she did that on purpose, knowing what her mum would say about doing something. What do they say, from little acorns great oaks grow, and this certainly has.
"It has made me proud of all the support I get from everyone round here, Norfolk, Suffolk, and the people from my village of Burgh St Peter, who came to the first stall at home in the garden.
"I no longer do any at home now, I had to cut back a bit as age is creeping up, but they still come and support me.
"As for the award, I proudly accepted that on behalf of my late wife and all these wonderful people, who without we couldn’t raise this amount.
"After Saturday's stall I have just banked over £1,000 and I will be sending off another £5,000."
Mr Brown received his award from the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, Lucinda Hutson, with a Help for Heroes representative looking on.
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