There's a poster for Isobel's play near the bins
The Lost Pubs of Diss, Norfolk - 26th April 2023
Well, two of them at least: Isobel's having a hair cut, so there's some time to kill with a wander around Diss, this time taking in some of the grand houses on Mount Street and a couple of former pubs. First, there's the Cherry Tree on Roydon Road, visited only a few times just before it closed in 1990 - primarily to rehearse with a band formed with Gerald, the boyfriend of former Stuston neightbour Janet. We'd rehearse in the infamous Spider's Web "nightclub" building out the back, then have a beer at the bar. The band did a single gig at Roydon village hall before folding, whilst the pub is now a vet. There's also another shot of the former White Horse on Market Hill, which closed just a few years ago and which is now a house, and a shot of what could be considered an anti-pub: the former Providence Hotel on St. Nicholas Street, set up to counter the general debauchery of the area by trying to lure pisstanks out of pubs with the offering of hot food and religious education.
next album: Pizza at the Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 30th April 2023
previous album: Bike Rides and a Visit to the Farm Shop, Eye, Suffolk - 25th April 2023
Bailey's Fish and Chips - once a regular haunt
Grand house on Mount Street
Another nice house on Mount Street
A very fancy Georgian pad near the Saracen's Head
Browne's and the former Midland (now HSBC) Bank
1840s stained glass in St. Mary the Virgin, Diss
Another nice stained-glass window in St. Mary's
The 1857 resurrection nave window of St. Mary
A mediaeval tableau of the Ten Commandments
The light and airy nave of St. Mary's, Diss
The derelict Christpher Hall and Diss Tandoori
Diss Tandoori is closed up and derelict
A pigeon sits in a hole in a wall
The former Cherry Tree on Roydon Road
A papered-up window in Christopher Hall
There's traffic chaos on St. Nicholas Street
The former Temperance Hotel, now Happy Palace
The new-ish park and boardwalk
Arches of the 1800s Grasmere Lodge remain
A fluffy duckling pootles after its mother
A nice illustration of Diss
The bins of Draper's Row, near the back of Browne's
The former Candies clothes and shoe shop
Diss Market Place and the fruit stall
Diss Museum on the Market Place
The Mere is pretty full at the moment
The Keyhole jewellery place is closing down
The old White Horse is now an anonymous house
Fancy supports on the Saracen's Head
Part of Fred and Harry's Lego people collection
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There's a poster for Isobel's play near the bins
There's a poster for Isobel's play near the bins
Bailey's Fish and Chips - once a regular haunt
Grand house on Mount Street
Another nice house on Mount Street
A very fancy Georgian pad near the Saracen's Head
Browne's and the former Midland (now HSBC) Bank
1840s stained glass in St. Mary the Virgin, Diss
Another nice stained-glass window in St. Mary's
The 1857 resurrection nave window of St. Mary
A mediaeval tableau of the Ten Commandments
The light and airy nave of St. Mary's, Diss
The derelict Christpher Hall and Diss Tandoori
Diss Tandoori is closed up and derelict
A pigeon sits in a hole in a wall
The former Cherry Tree on Roydon Road
A papered-up window in Christopher Hall
There's traffic chaos on St. Nicholas Street
The former Temperance Hotel, now Happy Palace
The new-ish park and boardwalk
Arches of the 1800s Grasmere Lodge remain
A fluffy duckling pootles after its mother
A nice illustration of Diss
The bins of Draper's Row, near the back of Browne's
The former Candies clothes and shoe shop
Diss Market Place and the fruit stall
Diss Museum on the Market Place
The Mere is pretty full at the moment
The Keyhole jewellery place is closing down
The old White Horse is now an anonymous house
Fancy supports on the Saracen's Head
Part of Fred and Harry's Lego people collection