title	The Stowmarket Christmas Tree Festival and the GSB at Mellis - 20th December 2024
intro	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.
imgp0001	There are millions of pigeons stuck to the bogs
imgp0004	Isobel wanders up Mere Street
imgp0005	Isobel by the art installation at Mere's Mouth
imgp0008	Comedy log-and-stick reindeer at Cotton
imgp0009	There's a beet mountain on the top road to Wickham
imgp8500	The band sets up at the Mellis Railway
imgp8504	It's busy in the Railway Tavern
imgp8507	Will, Sarah, Clive and Suzanne have joined Isobel
imgp8508	Kenny checks his music
imgp8509	Bella and Ewan do cheers from the bar
imgp8514	Isobel's out with the collecting bucket
imgp8521	Looking up to St. Peter and St. Mary's
imgp8522	The old Fox coaching inn and its coach arch
imgp8524	Classic-pattern Post Office, this one from 1937
imgp8525	A 1970s Wilco in Stowmarket
imgp8527	Looking up Ipswich Street
imgp8528	More 1970s architecture
imgp8529	The curious box that is the empty M&Co
imgp8532	Peacocks of Stowmarket in its 50s building
imgp8533	The John Peel Centre in Stowmarket
imgp8538	Old-school Player's No. 6 advert on a tobacconist
imgp8540	The early-90s-ness of the shops near Asda
imgp8542	A street noticeboard
imgp8546	Christmas trees in the church
imgp8548	People look at sparkly trees
imgp8553	The choir and altar are full of Christmas trees
imgp8557	Some music from a squeezebox and fiddle duo
imgp8558	More trees
imgp8559	Looking down the nave in St. Peter and St. Mary's
imgp8562	There's a random tat market near Asda