A pile of rubble and discarded farm equipment
The Destruction of Padley's, and Alex Hill at the Barrel, Diss and Banham - 12th November 2005
From recent photos it might seem like the whole of Diss is being demolished in one way or another, and this particular session is just behind the former Safeway's in Diss where the old Padley's Chicken processing factory is being trashed, probably to make room for more wasteland. In an increasingly common moment of occupational hazzard, one of the demolition dudes even wanders over to do some interrogation, as they're obviously worried about complaints or something. Almost next to Padley's is the Norfolk Feather Mills - makes pillows and duvets and the like - and whilst this is not actually being demolished at the moment, it nevertheless looks derelict enough. After that, Alex Hill, from a Revolution Records in-store a few months before, emails to ask about taking some gig photos at the Banham Barrel, and so it came to pass. On arriving, it almost looks like some sort of photography class is going on, as everyone seems to have actual cameras.
next album: USA Chicken Catches Fire: Gov and the Ambulance, Diss, Norfolk - 19th November 2005
previous album: Qualcomm Europe All-Hands at the Berkeley Hotel, and Covent Garden, London - 9th November 2005
A digger perches on a pile of rubble
The end of a building remains
A pit in the ground
A tangle of metal in the sun
A solitary digger bucket, and a pylon
Skip, digger and rubble
A portakabin's on the huh
discarded sunglasses
Primitive tags on the wall
A demolisher returns from Morrisons
An open door
The old Feather Mills buildings
Boarded-up buildings
Padley's main entrace
Back at Padley's demolition.
Scattered remains near the 1940s huts
Redundant signage
A derelict building's roof has seen better days
Derelict fatory buildings
An electrical substation
A give-way sign with not much to give way to
Derelict huts
Some random pipes
Danger of death. Bzzzt
The Feather Mills building
The end of Feather Mill's factory
Over in Stuston, it's Geoff's Nissen hut
Geoff and Brenda's back garden
Geoff in the conservatory porch
Geoff in the kitchen
Brenda looks all enigmatic
Brenda's forgotten something
Geoff gets some firewood
Sawing wood up
Geoff and Brenda's garden
Vanilla Kick on at the Banham Barrel
Calum does guitar
Calum Duncan on vocals
Rory Hill on bass
Vanilla Kick
Rob Folkard is on the desk again
Vanilla Kick in action
Rob helps switch bands over
Alex Hill takes to the stage
Alex Hill and the Cracking Daisies
Alex Hill pauses
On stage at the Banham Barrel
The barrel crowds
Paz shreds up a guitar
Tom and Paz get in the zone
Craig Hill thanks the crowds
Rob Folkard looks at the stage
Rob 'The Desk' Folkard
Wavy and The Boy Phil
Wavy's got a few beers on
Packing up after the gig
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A pile of rubble and discarded farm equipment
A pile of rubble and discarded farm equipment
A digger perches on a pile of rubble
The end of a building remains
A pit in the ground
A tangle of metal in the sun
A solitary digger bucket, and a pylon
Skip, digger and rubble
A portakabin's on the huh
discarded sunglasses
Primitive tags on the wall
A demolisher returns from Morrisons
An open door
The old Feather Mills buildings
Boarded-up buildings
Padley's main entrace
Back at Padley's demolition.
Scattered remains near the 1940s huts
Redundant signage
A derelict building's roof has seen better days
Derelict fatory buildings
An electrical substation
A give-way sign with not much to give way to
Derelict huts
Some random pipes
Danger of death. Bzzzt
The Feather Mills building
The end of Feather Mill's factory
Over in Stuston, it's Geoff's Nissen hut
Geoff and Brenda's back garden
Geoff in the conservatory porch
Geoff in the kitchen
Brenda looks all enigmatic
Brenda's forgotten something
Geoff gets some firewood
Sawing wood up
Geoff and Brenda's garden
Vanilla Kick on at the Banham Barrel
Calum does guitar
Calum Duncan on vocals
Rory Hill on bass
Vanilla Kick
Rob Folkard is on the desk again
Vanilla Kick in action
Rob helps switch bands over
Alex Hill takes to the stage
Alex Hill and the Cracking Daisies
Alex Hill pauses
On stage at the Banham Barrel
The barrel crowds
Paz shreds up a guitar
Tom and Paz get in the zone
Craig Hill thanks the crowds
Rob Folkard looks at the stage
Rob 'The Desk' Folkard
Wavy and The Boy Phil
Wavy's got a few beers on
Packing up after the gig