title GSB Carols and Beer With the Lads, Thornham and Thorndon, Suffolk - 18th December 2021 intro The Gislingham Silver Band play the carol service at St. Mary's church in Thornham Magna - a gig which was touch-and-go on account of Covid surges but which goes ahead in the end because it's easy to keep the band separated from the congregation, there's plenty of room, and the fridge-like temperature of a church in winter probably keeps things a bit more under control. Then "the lads" have their annual meet-up, this time at the Thorndon Black Horse. imgp1327 The GSB sets up at St. Mary's in Thornham imgp1328 The horn section waits imgp1329 Fred waits with a mask on imgp1333 Harry sits in the choir and plays on a tablet imgp1336 Isobel comes over at the end of the gig imgp1341 A horn player leaves the church imgp1343 A small group hangs around outside the church imgp1347 Ron heads off down the path imgp1348 The band disperses along the street in Thornham imgp1349 Isobel starts decorating the Christmas tree imgp1350 A bundle of fairy lights imgp1351 The lads meet up at the Thorndon Black Horse imgp1352 Mikey-P's on the phone imgp1353 Wavy shows his legs off imgp1358 Jimmy shows Bill something on his phone imgp1363 The Elf on the Shelf is up to no good in the fridge imgp1364 St. Nicholas Street in Diss imgp1365 The basket shop at the top of Market Hill imgp1366 Market (or Pump) Hill in Diss imgp1367 Harry scopes out tools in Larter and Ford imgp1368 Harry roams around in the hardware shop imgp1369 Classic old-school ironmongers: Larter and Ford imgp1370 The wet tiles of Norfolk Yard imgp1371 The glow of warm lights at the Natural Foodstore imgp1372 Harry points at neon lights in Hillary and Alice imgp1373 Harry tries to escape from the photo