The Sock on the desk
Embrace the Forest, and a Night at the Fat Cat, West End Street, Norwich, Norfolk - 9th June 2006
Nosher gets back from a few days working in Spain just in time for a Friday trip up to Norwich: there's a taxi from The Swan to Diss Station, a train to Norwich, and then a cab from there to the Fat Cat off Dereham Road. From there, The Mikey-P Massive and Jen plus Simon join us to continue the beer theme, and then give us a lift down to the Reindeer on the corner of Valentine Street and Dereham Road. The Reindeer is only feet away from Nosher's old house on Valentine Street, and it's a bit strange sitting there looking at the old pad. In 1987, The Reindeer was a smaller pub with its own brewery, but it's good to see that the old barber - "Sweeny's" - is still there. After the Reindeer, it's a short walk down St. Benedict's Street to the Ten Bells, opposite Norwich Arts Centre. Finally, it's another lift, courtesy of Mikey-P, who drops us off at the station, where we just make the last train back to Diss with around 5 seconds to spare. Later on, we're at Embrace the Forest - a gig featuring the band Embrace, held at High Lodge in Brandon Forest, near Thetford.
next album: Ben Leaves "The Lab", Fort St. George, Cambridge - 16th June 2006
previous album: Working at Telefónica, Malaga, Spain - 6th June 2006
The Sock rolls around on some physics coursework
The Boy Phil's parents have a sign in the garage
Waiting rooms on the platform at Diss Station
Dave, Marc and Sue arrive along the platform
Marc, Phil, Sue and Jen at the Fat Cat
Jen, Simon, Dave and Bill in the evening sun
The Fat Cat pub on West End Road, Norwich
Marc punches some air
Dave and The Boy Phil
Bill looks back outside the Fat Cat
Bill and Marc
Entertaining old sign on the wall of the Fat Cat
Nosher's old barber: Sweeny's on Valentine Street
Nosher's 1987 Norwich pad: 4 Valentine Street
In the Reindeer
The Mikey-P Massive in the Reindeer
Marc in the Reindeer
Dave looks up
Nosher in the Reindeer, the former 'local'
Inside the Reindeer
Mikey-P Massive, Lou, Jen and Simon
Bill on the train
On the 'One' train back to Diss
Bill pouts
A dead rook hangs from a pole at Marc's pad
Marc fries some stuff up
Suey sorts out bacon sandwiches
Marc and Suey on a picnic blanket
Jimmy's on hog-roast duty
Allie helps out with the hog roast
The crowds build up at High Lodge
Embrace on stage
Chains of lights
An Embrace finale
Streaks of light on the way home
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The Sock on the desk
The Sock on the desk
The Sock rolls around on some physics coursework
The Boy Phil's parents have a sign in the garage
Waiting rooms on the platform at Diss Station
Dave, Marc and Sue arrive along the platform
Marc, Phil, Sue and Jen at the Fat Cat
Jen, Simon, Dave and Bill in the evening sun
The Fat Cat pub on West End Road, Norwich
Marc punches some air
Dave and The Boy Phil
Bill looks back outside the Fat Cat
Bill and Marc
Entertaining old sign on the wall of the Fat Cat
Nosher's old barber: Sweeny's on Valentine Street
Nosher's 1987 Norwich pad: 4 Valentine Street
In the Reindeer
The Mikey-P Massive in the Reindeer
Marc in the Reindeer
Dave looks up
Nosher in the Reindeer, the former 'local'
Inside the Reindeer
Mikey-P Massive, Lou, Jen and Simon
Bill on the train
On the 'One' train back to Diss
Bill pouts
A dead rook hangs from a pole at Marc's pad
Marc fries some stuff up
Suey sorts out bacon sandwiches
Marc and Suey on a picnic blanket
Jimmy's on hog-roast duty
Allie helps out with the hog roast
The crowds build up at High Lodge
Embrace on stage
Chains of lights
An Embrace finale
Streaks of light on the way home