sentences:  The village primary school, which also served surrounding villages, opened in 1853 and closed in 1986, and a number of its former pupils are still resident in the village.Like many small villages, Bredfield was unable to sustain not only the school but also a privately run grocery shop, the last one also closing in 1986.However, the villagers got together and started a community shop, initially in a portacabin but eventually moving into a purpose-built extension to the village hall.