Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Diss and Were Afraid You'd Have to Read on a Street Sign
Created | Updated Aug 5, 2023
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Diss and Were Afraid You'd Have to Read on a Street Sign
Editor's Note: Some more information about Diss can be had by reading the signs. Unfortunately, the photographer did not see fit to actually take any pictures! of the place. So you'll have to be content with the glimpses you get in the reflections on these signs. (People, it's been a long, hot summer so far. Bear with me.)
![People came from miles around to Diss Fair. Local craftsmen sold their wares. Farmers bought and sold livestock. There were pedlars, acrobats and travelling players. Diss bread was sold there, a spiced gingerbread, especially baked for the fair. It was said to keep for a year. Bull baiting and cock fighting were popular. The ale houses did a roaring trade. The fair was finally abolished in 1872 for unruliness and general nuisance. [Transcribed as was because I cannot possibly improve upon that text.]](https://h2g2.com/h2g2/blobs/post_PTO_Diss_info_1.jpg "People came from miles around to Diss Fair. Local craftsmen sold their wares. Farmers bought and sold livestock. There were pedlars, acrobats and travelling players. Diss bread was sold there, a spiced gingerbread, especially baked for the fair. It was said to keep for a year. Bull baiting and cock fighting were popular. The ale houses did a roaring trade. The fair was finally abolished in 1872 for unruliness and general nuisance. [Transcribed as was because I cannot possibly improve upon that text.]") |  |  |
