Harry, Isobel and Fred wait to cross the road
The Hippodrome Christmas Spectacular, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk - 29th December 2022
We're in Great Yarmouth to see the Christmas Spectacular at the Hippodrome - the grand 1903 Edwardian theatre behind the amusement arcades along the seafront. Isobel also books us in to a flat for the night in order to make it more of a trip, and to avoid having to drive back. The flat is a bit more interesting than usual as it's in the old Lloyds Bank main branch near the river, an area which clearly used to be the rich financial centre of Yarmouth, on account of the many formerly-grand buildings nearby. After a poke around the local area, we head off to the gig, which turns out to be most impressive and which even makes use of the swimming pool under the circus floor - a conversion which seems to happen by magic. The next day we have a quick look at the nearby Mediaeval wall - apparently the second-most complete example in the whole of the UK.
next album: A New Year's Eve Party, Brome, Suffolk - 31st December 2022
previous album: Christmas Day and Other Stuff, Diss, Brome and Norwich - 25th December 2022
The boys take up their default positions
A fixer-upper house behind the apartment
The impressive Fastolff House on Regent Street
Snuggling zebra and piles of rubbish
Isobel and Harry explore one of the famous Rows
A Polski Sklep actually has a product called Crap
Part of the impressive George V Post Office
Graffiti Lou Reeds seem to be around everywhere
Isobel and Harry in front of the Post Office
Another great Edwardian building on Hall Quay
The imposing, but derelict, Star Hotel
Our apartment for the night, in Lloyds Bank
The kitchen/dining room/lounge and bedroom 3
The Prince Regent on the top of Regent Road
An optimistic poster on a windy beach
A curious oilrig support vessel sits offshore
The Funland family diner is boarded up for winter
Fred does a cube in the Lion and Herring
We eat fish and chips on Trafalgar Road
Fred and Isobel in the chipper
The arts-and-crafts Municipal School of Art, 1912
A very derelict terraced house
The sky is filled with a starling murmuration
More starling murmurations
We return to the apartment for an hour
The town council offices are nicely lit up
Leisureland amusements on Marine Parade
We walk the strip on Marine Parade
The Hippodrome has its original Edwardian urinals
Signs on the bog wall
The Christmas Spectacular kicks off
Acrobats from Spain do their thing
There's some super-fast juggling
The rope acrobats finsh their routine
Miami Flow, from Cuba
Isobel and Harry up in the circle
World-record UK cyclist Andrei Burton
Andrei Burton does a standing jump on his bike
Miami Flow are back in action
The stage turns into an actual swimming pool
Synchronised swimming in the arean
Some impressive precision acrobatics
The show reaches an impressive finale
Isobel and Fred get drinks and snacks
Che Guevara on a shop
An interesting building is hidden behind the flat
Harry does a bit more tablet
A view out of the apartment window
Fred on the stairs in the Lloyds Bank building
The back alley down the side of the bank
Part of the mediaeval wall
A bit of the wall references King John
The J Tower Curing Works from 1880
More of the extensive mediaeval wall
Yarmouth scary pub: The Recruit
The boys are in the sand dunes
A derelict pub on South Beach Parade
The Britannia Monument and Monument Road
More Yarmouth dereliction
Isobel and Harry look out to sea
South Beach Parade in the rain
The resurrected Lacons Brewery on Main Cross Road
There's some quality parking in Morrisons
Isobel looks for cheesecake
Harry and Isobel in Morrisons
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Harry, Isobel and Fred wait to cross the road
Harry, Isobel and Fred wait to cross the road
The boys take up their default positions
A fixer-upper house behind the apartment
The impressive Fastolff House on Regent Street
Snuggling zebra and piles of rubbish
Isobel and Harry explore one of the famous Rows
A Polski Sklep actually has a product called Crap
Part of the impressive George V Post Office
Graffiti Lou Reeds seem to be around everywhere
Isobel and Harry in front of the Post Office
Another great Edwardian building on Hall Quay
The imposing, but derelict, Star Hotel
Our apartment for the night, in Lloyds Bank
The kitchen/dining room/lounge and bedroom 3
The Prince Regent on the top of Regent Road
An optimistic poster on a windy beach
A curious oilrig support vessel sits offshore
The Funland family diner is boarded up for winter
Fred does a cube in the Lion and Herring
We eat fish and chips on Trafalgar Road
Fred and Isobel in the chipper
The arts-and-crafts Municipal School of Art, 1912
A very derelict terraced house
The sky is filled with a starling murmuration
More starling murmurations
We return to the apartment for an hour
The town council offices are nicely lit up
Leisureland amusements on Marine Parade
We walk the strip on Marine Parade
The Hippodrome has its original Edwardian urinals
Signs on the bog wall
The Christmas Spectacular kicks off
Acrobats from Spain do their thing
There's some super-fast juggling
The rope acrobats finsh their routine
Miami Flow, from Cuba
Isobel and Harry up in the circle
World-record UK cyclist Andrei Burton
Andrei Burton does a standing jump on his bike
Miami Flow are back in action
The stage turns into an actual swimming pool
Synchronised swimming in the arean
Some impressive precision acrobatics
The show reaches an impressive finale
Isobel and Fred get drinks and snacks
Che Guevara on a shop
An interesting building is hidden behind the flat
Harry does a bit more tablet
A view out of the apartment window
Fred on the stairs in the Lloyds Bank building
The back alley down the side of the bank
Part of the mediaeval wall
A bit of the wall references King John
The J Tower Curing Works from 1880
More of the extensive mediaeval wall
Yarmouth scary pub: The Recruit
The boys are in the sand dunes
A derelict pub on South Beach Parade
The Britannia Monument and Monument Road
More Yarmouth dereliction
Isobel and Harry look out to sea
South Beach Parade in the rain
The resurrected Lacons Brewery on Main Cross Road
There's some quality parking in Morrisons
Isobel looks for cheesecake
Harry and Isobel in Morrisons