The Norfolk Feather Company, Diss - December 2023

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Landie_Man

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Visited with @mookster a few weeks ago (Wow; I’m actually uploading it in relatively fast time here!). This is one I had wanted to do for a while; and with it being in the arse end, of a part of the country I rarely venture to, it was one I really wanted to do as it isn’t a bad little mooch.

I collected Mookie in the car and we made the 2 and a half hour drive in utter torrential rain; honestly, it was bad. Once inside we were able to do the main building and a few other ones, but a couple were sadly sealed.

The whole place stank of rotting duck feathers; which was interesting…

The Norfolk Feather Company was one of the oldest in Diss and its roots can be traced back 90 years. It traded from these premises since 1993 but announced its closure in April 2021; finally closing in October 2022. This closure was blamed on both Supply Chain Issues, Bird Flu and of course ultimately; Covid…

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And finally; to me it isn’t Christmas till I have worn my derpy red Santa Hat to an explore

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