A beacon is constructed in Diss Park
Mama Afrika, and Richard Hawley at the UEA, Norwich - 16th June 2024
We're at the Cornhall in Diss for a rousing and thoughtful one-woman performance about the life of activist and singer Miriam Makeba. Then, we're at the village hall to play some table tennis, and finally we're off to the Lower Common Room at the University of East Anglia for a Richard Hawley gig, which Isobel gets tickets for on a whim a few days before as a Fathers' Day thing. As we get there early, there's time to have a quick look around at some of the UEA's famous 1960s modernist concrete architecture, including the listed "Ziggurat" student accomodation, before a quick drink in the students' union bar. We then wander round to the LCR to watch a good performance by Richard Hawley and his twenty guitars - seemingly one for each number.
Soundtrack for this album:
next album: The BSCC at Finningham, and Stowmarket Teeth, Suffolk - 21st June 2024
previous album: The Carnival Procession, Diss, Norfolk - 16th June 2024
It's a full house in the Cornhall in Diss
Anna Mudeka at the end of Mama Afrika
Anna Mudeka sings as Miriam Makeba
Mick the Brick at the airfield gate in Eye
Mick pauses before we head across the airfield
Dog Daisies near Gislingham
The Cornhall on St. Nicholas Street in Diss
Baby Lukáš really wants to play pool
Isobel and Sue play table tennis
The boys find an amusing balloon dog
It briefly lashes it down outside Browne's
Isobel and the boys hang around
The UEA and the Students' Union
Stark modernist architecture at the UEA
Part of the UEA's famous Ziggurat
Isobel checks her phone in the UEASU
Stick game in the students' union bar
The stage is set in the LCR
James Bagshaw is the support act
Our view from behind the light and sound desk
Richard Hawley in a sea of green
Another guitarist and the keyboard player
Richard Hawley's got another guitar out
Richard Hawley and the band
More guitar action
The big red Gibson comes out again
The mostly-middle-aged crowd streams out
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A beacon is constructed in Diss Park
A beacon is constructed in Diss Park
It's a full house in the Cornhall in Diss
Anna Mudeka at the end of Mama Afrika
Anna Mudeka sings as Miriam Makeba
Mick the Brick at the airfield gate in Eye
Mick pauses before we head across the airfield
Dog Daisies near Gislingham
The Cornhall on St. Nicholas Street in Diss
Baby Lukáš really wants to play pool
Isobel and Sue play table tennis
The boys find an amusing balloon dog
It briefly lashes it down outside Browne's
Isobel and the boys hang around
The UEA and the Students' Union
Stark modernist architecture at the UEA
Part of the UEA's famous Ziggurat
Isobel checks her phone in the UEASU
Stick game in the students' union bar
The stage is set in the LCR
James Bagshaw is the support act
Our view from behind the light and sound desk
Richard Hawley in a sea of green
Another guitarist and the keyboard player
Richard Hawley's got another guitar out
Richard Hawley and the band
More guitar action
The big red Gibson comes out again
The mostly-middle-aged crowd streams out