There are millions of pigeons stuck to the bogs
The Stowmarket Christmas Tree Festival and the GSB at Mellis - 20th December 2024
We're off to Stowmarket again, as obviously the nearest NHS dentist has to be at least 20 miles away. Whilst there, we have a look at the Christmas Tree Festival in the church of St. Peter and St. Mary, and stop for a quick bite in the Osier Café, also in the church. Before that, the Gislingham Silver Band is playing its final gig of the year at the Railway Tavern in Mellis, for an evening of carols and beer.
next album: A Santa Tractor Parade and the SYWO in Ipswich - 23rd December 2024
previous album: A Weekend of Music with the GSB, Gislingham and Thornham - 15th December 2024
Isobel wanders up Mere Street
Isobel by the art installation at Mere's Mouth
Comedy log-and-stick reindeer at Cotton
There's a beet mountain on the top road to Wickham
The band sets up at the Mellis Railway
It's busy in the Railway Tavern
Will, Sarah, Clive and Suzanne have joined Isobel
Kenny checks his music
Bella and Ewan do cheers from the bar
Isobel's out with the collecting bucket
Looking up to St. Peter and St. Mary's
The old Fox coaching inn and its coach arch
Classic-pattern Post Office, this one from 1937
A 1970s Wilco in Stowmarket
Looking up Ipswich Street
More 1970s architecture
The curious box that is the empty M&Co
Peacocks of Stowmarket in its 50s building
The John Peel Centre in Stowmarket
Old-school Player's No. 6 advert on a tobacconist
The early-90s-ness of the shops near Asda
A street noticeboard
Christmas trees in the church
People look at sparkly trees
The choir and altar are full of Christmas trees
Some music from a squeezebox and fiddle duo
More trees
Looking down the nave in St. Peter and St. Mary's
There's a random tat market near Asda
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There are millions of pigeons stuck to the bogs
There are millions of pigeons stuck to the bogs
Isobel wanders up Mere Street
Isobel by the art installation at Mere's Mouth
Comedy log-and-stick reindeer at Cotton
There's a beet mountain on the top road to Wickham
The band sets up at the Mellis Railway
It's busy in the Railway Tavern
Will, Sarah, Clive and Suzanne have joined Isobel
Kenny checks his music
Bella and Ewan do cheers from the bar
Isobel's out with the collecting bucket
Looking up to St. Peter and St. Mary's
The old Fox coaching inn and its coach arch
Classic-pattern Post Office, this one from 1937
A 1970s Wilco in Stowmarket
Looking up Ipswich Street
More 1970s architecture
The curious box that is the empty M&Co
Peacocks of Stowmarket in its 50s building
The John Peel Centre in Stowmarket
Old-school Player's No. 6 advert on a tobacconist
The early-90s-ness of the shops near Asda
A street noticeboard
Christmas trees in the church
People look at sparkly trees
The choir and altar are full of Christmas trees
Some music from a squeezebox and fiddle duo
More trees
Looking down the nave in St. Peter and St. Mary's
There's a random tat market near Asda