title	The Lost Pubs of Diss, Norfolk - 26th April 2023
intro	Well, two of them at least: Isobel's having a hair cut, so there's some time to kill with a wander around Diss, this time taking in some of the grand houses on Mount Street and a couple of former pubs. First, there's the Cherry Tree on Roydon Road, visited only a few times just before it closed in 1990 - primarily to rehearse with a band formed with Gerald, the boyfriend of former Stuston neightbour Janet. We'd rehearse in the infamous Spider's Web "nightclub" building out the back, then have a beer at the bar. The band did a single gig at Roydon village hall before folding, whilst the pub is now a vet. There's also another shot of the former White Horse on Market Hill, which closed just a few years ago and which is now a house, and a shot of what could be considered an anti-pub: the former Providence Hotel on St. Nicholas Street, set up to counter the general debauchery of the area by trying to lure pisstanks out of pubs with the offering of hot food and religious education.
imgp2694	There's a poster for Isobel's play near the bins
imgp2695	Bailey's Fish and Chips - once a regular haunt
imgp2698	Grand house on Mount Street
imgp2700	Another nice house on Mount Street
imgp2702	A very fancy Georgian pad near the Saracen's Head
imgp2703	Browne's and the former Midland (now HSBC) Bank
imgp2705	1840s stained glass in St. Mary the Virgin, Diss
imgp2707	Another nice stained-glass window in St. Mary's
imgp2708	The 1857 resurrection nave window of St. Mary 
imgp2711	A mediaeval tableau of the Ten Commandments
imgp2713	The light and airy nave of St. Mary's, Diss
imgp2715	The derelict Christpher Hall and Diss Tandoori
imgp2720	Diss Tandoori is closed up and derelict
imgp2722	A pigeon sits in a hole in a wall
imgp2723	The former Cherry Tree on Roydon Road
imgp2724	A papered-up window in Christopher Hall
imgp2725	There's traffic chaos on St. Nicholas Street
imgp2726	The former Temperance Hotel, now Happy Palace
imgp2727	The new-ish park and boardwalk
imgp2728	Arches of the 1800s Grasmere Lodge remain
imgp2733	A fluffy duckling pootles after its mother
imgp2736	A nice illustration of Diss
imgp2738	The bins of Draper's Row, near the back of Browne's
imgp2741	The former Candies clothes and shoe shop
imgp2742	Diss Market Place and the fruit stall
imgp2743	Diss Museum on the Market Place
imgp2744	The Mere is pretty full at the moment
imgp2748	The Keyhole jewellery place is closing down
imgp2749	The old White Horse is now an anonymous house
imgp2751	Fancy supports on the Saracen's Head
imgp2753	Part of Fred and Harry's Lego people collection