@30pics4jackiesdiamond I also had a friend that lived there & then of course there was some family by the name of Sandford! Sorry to hijack your post Richard 😊
@30pics4jackiesdiamond@carole_sandford Wasn't quite the reaction I was expecting! To explain my son is a big Dads Army fan so we visited the museum and then had a wander around the town. Its actually quite pretty with the river and bridges and somewhere I would visit again!
@rjb71 Richard apologies for my conversation here with Carole @carole_sandford and yes some parts of the town are pretty and there have been reports of otters being seen at the Nun's Bridges, so it must be healthy river. The towns history is diverse and interesting, had no idea a museum to Dad's Army there!!
I think the Captain Mainwaring statue is brilliant! The town after ww2 became a London overspill & its population increased dramatically! Though there are priory ruins & evidence of the Norfolk flint buildings. Also old caveman flint mines (Grimes Graves). The town itself has died a little ( probably like others) when Phil & I visited a few years ago there places boarded up & lots of charity shops.
Whilst the filming of Dads Army was on going the cast & crew were a regular feature in the town & believe Phil has drunk with some of them in local hostelries - Ian Lavender being a particularly pompous character!
I always think of it as a place that you would visit if you knew someone there, as in my case. I had forgotten that there was now a museum. Most of the people we knew there have either moved or passed away, so not somewhere we go now very often.
@carole_sandford we enjoyed our time there yesterday although we weren't there for long as we went to the Bressingham Steam museum just up the road as well.
August 21st, 2022
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Whilst the filming of Dads Army was on going the cast & crew were a regular feature in the town & believe Phil has drunk with some of them in local hostelries - Ian Lavender being a particularly pompous character!
I always think of it as a place that you would visit if you knew someone there, as in my case. I had forgotten that there was now a museum. Most of the people we knew there have either moved or passed away, so not somewhere we go now very often.