title	Palgrave Players and the Opening of the Museum, Diss - 15th March 2025
intro	Isobel and the Palgrave Players are in Diss to participate in the opening of Diss Museum for its 2025 season, along with a small crowd in 1940s period dress and the Gislingham Variety Club singing 1940s songs - all on account of it being the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII. It's also the 50th anniversary of the museum itself, the the former curator comes along to do a speech. Before that, it's the first ride of the year across the airfield to the Mellis Railway, and there's another ride to Gislingham and back. Also, we head up to Brome Village Hall for a meeting about a proposed solar farm, which is planned to take up about 1,500 acres of local farm land.
imgp0006	A dead caravan and the new housing estate
imgp0008	The sun sets over Eye airfield
imgp0016	Mick the Brick heads off across Eye Airfield
imgp0017	St. Margaret of Antioch in Thrandeston
imgp0018	The road just outside Thrandeston
imgp0020	The plantation at Eastlands Lane near Gislingham
imgp0025	Fred's got a copper lampshade on his head
imgp0026	Isobel and Suey look at solar farm plans
imgp0030	There's a meeting about the solar farm in Brome
imgp0688	Construction of the new Aldi continues
imgp0692	Isobel and the Palgrave Players are by the Mere
imgp0695	Suzanne, Cathal and Isobel
imgp0696	Doug waves around a Betsy Ross US flag
imgp0698	The parade heads off up Mere Street
imgp0702	More people in 1940s gear
imgp0704	The Palgrave Players
imgp0708	The head of the parade outside Flour and Bean
imgp0720	Cathal and the gang outside Diss Discount
imgp0722	Isobel waves on the way past
imgp0725	There's a brief interaction with the Gaza demo
imgp0729	A Spiv shows off a collection of watches
imgp0730	Joined flags on the marketplace
imgp0741	A bearded dude with a Union flag on a rake
imgp0745	The parade assembles on the Market Place
imgp0766	The Gislingham Variety Club do some singing
imgp0771	Palgrave Players in black and white
imgp0779	Suzanne and Cathal do a bit of jiving
imgp0807	More WWII singing from Gislingham Variety Club
imgp0814	The view from behind Doug's flag
imgp0819	A patriotic sausage dog
imgp0831	Cathal with a kit bag
imgp0841	The unfeasibly-tall former curator of the museum
imgp0848	The former curator does a speech
imgp0851	A pair of scissors is wielded around
imgp0857	The 2025 Season of the museum is officially open
imgp0871	Diss Museum, in the former Shambles
imgp0880	A Home Guard soldier has a ciggie
imgp0892	An RAF type shares a cigarette with the Home Guard
imgp0897	Cathal with the bearded dude
imgp0909	Isobel and the gang do a photo by the truck
imgp0916	The US Army truck on the Market Place
imgp0919	Cathal and his bag head back up Mere Street
imgp0923	We stop for a drink in Flour and Bean
imgp0926	Isobel in 1940s gear in Morissons