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View across the Market Place
I made a visit again the other day to the market town of Diss, Norfolk. The locals were getting ready for the annual Christmas lights switch-on which is supposed to provide a bit of festive cheer for the shoppers and other visitors during the Christmas season.
Well at least this busker brought some cheer to the shoppers whilst competing with sound of delivery vehicles serving the shops. Recording location arrowed on map above.
Whenever I hear the words ‘Christmas lights’ and ‘Diss’ mentioned together, it always brings a smile to my face, as it tends to bring out not the Christmas spirit and cheer, but more like the ‘diss-spirit’ and ‘diss-content’ amongst the locals. This is usually as a result of either the lack of sponsorship, volunteer help or organisation! However, despite this annual ritual of uncertainty, the Christmas lights end up being fitted, sponsorship attracted, volunteers come forward, and the party gets organised with everyone happy – I think!
View looking South along Mere Street
It was late afternoon when I arrived and the light was fading, but I managed to take some photos to capture the atmosphere of this small market town during daylight, then later as it got dark.
The Town Council employees and stall-holders can be heard in the next audio clip (seen in the photo below) fitting traffic bollards and setting up stalls as the last of the shoppers go about their business, whilst the busker keeps them entertained further down the street. This recording was captured whilst walking down the street – listening back to this, it reminds me of the opening theme to the ”Third Man” which was played on the zither.
View across the Market Place
View looking North along Mere Street towards the Market Place and church
Some last-minute lighting adjustments
Anyone for a cup of tea
Looking North along Mere Street
Some nice looking joints of meat here!
Whenever I go to Diss I always try to have a word with my friends on the Mere - the ducks. This time they were quite excited at the thought of plenty of food coming their way from a nearby barbecue stall; but they were also concerned about the noise from the generator and more importantly whether the stall had BBQ duck on the menu!!
This is what they had to say…..
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