Love the title great pun by Betjeman.. when i stayed in Norwich (last stop on train) Diss was either the penultimate station or two stops before but i remember always seeing Diss 7:05 😂 great wordplay from narrator
Such a wonderful place to visit .Watching this film has many enjoyable memories for me,especially in later life when I visited and purchased some beautiful Jacob's fleece to spin with. Would love those days back again.
@@junenursey9063 No connection. Just that I went to school in Bungay many years ago and Nurseys was a well known local company who made and sold sheepskin coats, jackets etc.
As the train that he has arrived on is shown departing, the very distinctive sound of a Southern 'DEMU' with its 4SRKT engine can be heard setting off. A but of creative sound dubbing in the studio, methinks!
Just a thought. Why oh why has this never been issued on DVD? I would think the East Anglian Film archive could shift a few hundred copies in the Diss area if they put it out on DVD.
My son owns what was Gostlings the Chemist in Part 2. I bought it in 1986 and it was a bit sad. Now it looks fantastic and, I think, even better than it did when this film was made. Horribly expensive to do though and the Council was taking £9,000 a year in business rates until the last review.
I was so infatuated with Annie Haslam back in the day. She still sounds great on Tuscany and on Grandine il vento recently. I think several key members have passed though. :-(
Funnily enough, since I made the vid, I too have bought a signed example of this mug with AH's full signature - it cost about £12 from Gaze's, the auctioneers in Diss. Why some are signed and some not is a long story. I think 20 was the shape number and C the pattern style.
I visit Diss weekly. It isnt as bad as Thetford for minorities though, trust me. I couldnt believe all the shops closing in Diss. They should have put an Argos in where Woolworths used to be.
Not quite as bad as that - its long closed but the building still stands - its a couple of doors down from the Halifax and is split into a chemist and a shoe repair shop repair shop. Most of Diss is remarkably similar, and all those derelict houses at the end were done up and are now worth of fortune! So not all gloom
What an lovely, interesting video. I've got a doulton jug inherited from my Granny. I'm gong to have a look underneath! There's a circle mark, lion and crown but the numbers are embossed typewriter letters..3579 under the circle, and an L:B 635 and also three Ds or 0s. I've even got the bill! "Tea hobjug 22/11/1910 1/9p Mr Bensham" It's a brown, light brown and beige jug with handle and relief figures. What can you tell me about it? thanks. Do you have a webpage?
Just looking on Google street view, and I'm shocked to see what happened to that "Elizabethan Coaching Inn" The Kings Head. Really sad. Go to Market Place, Diss and the Halifax building society is the spot. What happened to the old pub?
Quite wonderful - JB, in the County of Norfolk which he loved (and if I'm not mistaken, in the middle section, the Swingle Singers performing Bach's Prelude number 9 from Book 2 of his 48 and more Bach later on!). Thank you for posting this.
Hi Its a shame you didnt have time to add Malcolm Freegard's introduction as it is very informative and explains a great deal. This is one of my most watched East Anglian UEA film archives that I have in my collection. Thanks for posting it on here, so many people who live in Diss will love watching it, and some like myself brings back many happy memories. :-)
