Places to see in ( Diss - UK )
Places to see in ( Diss - UK )
Diss is a market town and electoral ward in Norfolk, England, close to the border with the neighbouring East Anglian county of Suffolk. Diss railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line, which runs from London to Norwich.
The town of Diss lies in the valley of the River Waveney, around a mere that covers 6 acres (2.4 ha). The mere is up to 18 feet (5.5 m) deep, although there is another 51 feet (16 m) of mud. Diss takes its name from dic an Anglo-Saxon word meaning either ditch or embankment. Diss has a number of historic buildings, including an early 14th-century parish church, and a museum.
Four miles east of Diss is the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum at the former RAF Thorpe Abbotts airfield. In March 2006, Diss became the third town in the UK to join Cittaslow, an international organisation promoting the concept of 'Slow Towns'. The rail journey from London to Diss is the subject of a famous poem by the late Sir John Betjeman,'A Mind's Journey to Diss'.
The town is home to several sporting organisations, including football club Diss Town FC, who won the FA Vase at Wembley in 1994, Diss RFC (based in nearby Roydon) who won the London 2 North league in 2009 earning promotion to the National leagues, Diss & District Cycling Club and Diss & District Bowls Club, Diss ladies netball club and Diss and District athletics club.
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Bressingham Steam Museum 'Heritage Steam Gala' - 04.05.2019
The May bank holiday weekend would see the Bressingham Steam Museum hold there 'Steam Gala' with their 4 railways in use alongside a wide variety of steam road vehicles and other attractions.
This years gala would see the return to steam of Hunslet saddle tank 3193, which would be sharing the standard gauge line with 662 'Martello'. Also at the gala was....
A collection of miniature and full size traction engines and steam rollers, with engines taking trips around the site.
Quarry Hunslet 'Gwynedd' , Vertical Boiler 'Fernilee'* and visiting Quarry Hunslets 'Winifred' from the Bala Lake Railway and 'Cloister' from the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Society on the 2ft Fen Railway.
0-4-0ST+T 'Alan Bloom' on the 10 1/4 Inch gauge Garden Railway
2-6-2T 'St Christopher' on the 15 inch Waveney Railway
The weather was hit and miss, with sunny skies followed by hail and rain, but still an enjoyable steam filled day.
Enjoy!
*Not seen
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