Autumn leaves hang on in the Oaksmere's grounds
Christmas Lights and St. Mary's Church, Diss, Norfolk - 29th November 2004
It's a rare treat: a day off to do not much at all - no travelling, no plans, just a wander into Diss. Roger Browne - local celebrity and butcher - is in the middle of putting up Christmas lights. Then, there's a look inside the attractive 500-year-old St. Mary's Church followed by the switch on of the Christmas lights in Diss. The lights have become fairly infamous following a BBC website exposé of the fact that the lights fund had only £5 in it the year before. This year, supposedly, there was £15,000 in the kitty, and whilst what's there is nice enough, it's hard to wonder where the extra cash went, as the lights seem more-or-less the same as last year's.
next album: The BSCC Annual Dinner, The Brome Swan, Suffolk - 4th December 2004
previous album: A Trip to East Lane, Bawdsey, Suffolk - 28th November 2004
Roger Browne roams around Diss
Roger untangles Christmas lights
The tower of St. Mary's church
Mount Street in Diss
Dan returns from an errand at the bank
Richard in Browne's
The front of Browne's the butchers
Roger's up a ladder, installing lights
Dan pokes around outside the front of the shop
Roger hangs more lights
Roger's causing a blockage on St. Nicholas Street
Loads of embroidered cushions in the church
The baptismal
A stained glass window in St. Mary's
An eagle-shaped goldern lecturn
The crisp and clean nave of St. Mary's
The rood screen of St. Mary's in Diss
A sunset over the side field
An aircraft contrail looks like a meteor
Electricity pylons near Stuston
The Rotary's Christmas tree floating on Diss Mere
Mere Street and its lights
The market place
The White Horse, and HSBC bank
Looking back down Mere Street
More of Mere Street and the lights
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Autumn leaves hang on in the Oaksmere's grounds
Autumn leaves hang on in the Oaksmere's grounds
Roger Browne roams around Diss
Roger untangles Christmas lights
The tower of St. Mary's church
Mount Street in Diss
Dan returns from an errand at the bank
Richard in Browne's
The front of Browne's the butchers
Roger's up a ladder, installing lights
Dan pokes around outside the front of the shop
Roger hangs more lights
Roger's causing a blockage on St. Nicholas Street
Loads of embroidered cushions in the church
The baptismal
A stained glass window in St. Mary's
An eagle-shaped goldern lecturn
The crisp and clean nave of St. Mary's
The rood screen of St. Mary's in Diss
A sunset over the side field
An aircraft contrail looks like a meteor
Electricity pylons near Stuston
The Rotary's Christmas tree floating on Diss Mere
Mere Street and its lights
The market place
The White Horse, and HSBC bank
Looking back down Mere Street
More of Mere Street and the lights