Ilkeston - Bank Holiday
Fun
w/e 01 September
2002
You could tell it was a summer Bank Holiday by the way these
spectators were muffled up but can you guess what they were watching?
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The answer is the final concert of the season by the town's band,
Ilkeston Brass. The event took place in the grounds of the Erewash
Museum which is the building in the background. During the summer
a maze is cut into the lawn but on Bank Holiday Monday the concert
took precedence.
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Meanwhile at Kirk Hallam another crowd had assembled near the
Cat and Fiddle car park.
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The attraction here was a 180 foot bungee jump and even at £25
a time there was no shortage of takers. And yes, that is a human
being on the end of that rope!
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This jumper had just come back to earth
and the platform was being lowered for the next adventurer. I
can assure you it wasn't me!
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Something else coming back to earth during the Bank Holiday weekend
was this balloon. It caused some consternation to local householders
as it passed close to the chimney pots but it seems a much safer
proposition to me than bungee jumping.
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