The sign still says Eastern Electricity, years later
Thrandeston History, and Scouts Duck Race, Eye, Suffolk - 24th September 2022
It's the Scouts annual duck race down at the Pennings, where a flock of plastic ducks is unleashed into the River Dove to drift down to Abbey Bridge, and where the first across the line wins a prize. Before that, we're in Diss for the usual Saturday morning shopping, then Nosher stops by Thrandeston Village Hall for a bit, where there's an extensive exhibition of old photos of the village, including a project to photograph the whole village in 1991 and again in 2021.
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Council dudes get a photo as they take over the Octagon
Extensive renovations, but this shop still isn't open
Sadly, You Can Brew It in Diss has shut up shop
Lloyds Bank looks like it's finally being converted
Christopher Hall becomes increasingly derelict
Looking down Market Hill in Diss
It's fairly dark over Mere Street
The Baptist Chapel on Mere Street
Bunting holds out against the oncoming rain
Mere Street in Diss
Harry, Fred and Isobel walk back up Mere Street
Fred's found a great new pop-up plant shop
Harry's bought himself a cat mask
The pop-up shop is playing tiunes on a record player
There's traffic chaos in Diss
An 1860s engraving of St. Margaret of Antioch
An exhibition of photos of Thrandeston
Ruth and Uncle Mick look at photos of Thrandeston
The history exhibition in the village hall
Thrandeston village hall in the old National School
The pond life-belt is now somewhat redundant
Millie and Soph roam around in costume
The ducks are all laid out in rows
The ducks are scooped up and chucked in the river
A pantomime genie roams around promoting the panto
The ducks are 'helped' up the river Dove
The ducks move up the river
The mass of yellow plastic nears the finish line
A sea of plastic ducks
The ducks speed up as they near the finish line
Plastic ducks cram into the channel under Abbey Bridge
The ducks are all collected and bagged
Chickens' dog bounces around chasing straw
There's a massive pile of straw
Harry has a go at the crockery smash
Harry's got a stuffed seal from somewhere
Fred does a bit of cubing on a bale
A bit of magnet fishing reveals a big stash
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The sign still says Eastern Electricity, years later
The sign still says Eastern Electricity, years later
Council dudes get a photo as they take over the Octagon
Extensive renovations, but this shop still isn't open
Sadly, You Can Brew It in Diss has shut up shop
Lloyds Bank looks like it's finally being converted
Christopher Hall becomes increasingly derelict
Looking down Market Hill in Diss
It's fairly dark over Mere Street
The Baptist Chapel on Mere Street
Bunting holds out against the oncoming rain
Mere Street in Diss
Harry, Fred and Isobel walk back up Mere Street
Fred's found a great new pop-up plant shop
Harry's bought himself a cat mask
The pop-up shop is playing tiunes on a record player
There's traffic chaos in Diss
An 1860s engraving of St. Margaret of Antioch
An exhibition of photos of Thrandeston
Ruth and Uncle Mick look at photos of Thrandeston
The history exhibition in the village hall
Thrandeston village hall in the old National School
The pond life-belt is now somewhat redundant
Millie and Soph roam around in costume
The ducks are all laid out in rows
The ducks are scooped up and chucked in the river
A pantomime genie roams around promoting the panto
The ducks are 'helped' up the river Dove
The ducks move up the river
The mass of yellow plastic nears the finish line
A sea of plastic ducks
The ducks speed up as they near the finish line
Plastic ducks cram into the channel under Abbey Bridge
The ducks are all collected and bagged
Chickens' dog bounces around chasing straw
There's a massive pile of straw
Harry has a go at the crockery smash
Harry's got a stuffed seal from somewhere
Fred does a bit of cubing on a bale
A bit of magnet fishing reveals a big stash