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Thursday, 24th July 2008

 
 
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Crowds enjoy the fireworks in Diss
Our video slideshows feature pictures of people and events from the local community captured by our photographers. From the local summer carnivals to fireworks displays we try to feature the pictures we don't always have room for in paper. You can also order any pictures you see from our Photos Today website.
Diss 
Diss town sign
Diss is a picturesque market town with parklands, live entertainment facilities, and has won the ‘Best Kept Market Town in Norfolk’ award. There are fine examples of period architecture in the town, including timber-framed buildings with Georgian and Edwardian facades.The central attraction to the town is the Mere, which is a six-acre lake with a park and children's play area next to it. The town has many shopping and leisure facilities as well as great transport links, being on the main line from Norwich to London. In the Domesday survey the town had been recorded as Dice, Dic, Dize, Disce, Dysse, Dis and Diss. The name may come from the Anglo-Saxon for a ditch, moat, earth or embankment, which refers to the Mere or to the bank on which the town began.
Attleborough 
Attleborough village sign
Attleborough is a market town believed to have been founded by Atlinge, a king of the province. It had a population of nearly 10,000 in the 2001 census, is in the district of Breckland and has rail links with Norwich and Cambridge. A large part of the town was destroyed by fire in 1559 - the time when the Griffin Hotel was built and prisoners on their way to the March Assizes in Thetford were kept overnight there, chained to rings in the wall. Traders began to set up a fair in the town for the arrival of the prisoners on the last Thursday in March and this became known as Attleborough Rogues Fair. Records show that there has been a weekly market in the town on a Thursday since 1285, which is now run by the Town Council and takes place in Queens Square car park. Attleborough was also the location for what is believed to be the first turnpike road in the country at the end of the 17th Century.
 
 
 
 
Harleston 
Harleston village sign
Harleston is a small market town on the Norfolk side of the river Waveney. It has a surprising array of independent specialist shops and stores and a market is held every Wednesday. The town has many historical buildings; there is the Corn Exchange that was built in 1850 for the many market traders that gathered in the area and the St John’s Chapel of Ease dates back to 1469. The attractive Italianate clock tower which overlooks the Market Place is a well-known landmar. The town has a population of 4,500 and many local amenities to support this, including a high school and many food outlets.
Eye 
The centre of Eye
Eye is named after the old English word meaning island, and used to be surrounded by marshes and water. The small town not only houses many local amenities, such as schools, pubs, shops but also many architectural features. There is a castle ruin dating from the 11th Century, a church - St Peters and St Paul’s - and an unusual crinkle crankle wall. The town centre has a dominating town hall and the area supports many social and sporting activities, on the large green and community centre.
 
 
 
  

 
 
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