Black Boys Inn

An early Blip today because we are going to see the new 'Paddington' film later (I know, but we enjoyed 'Paddington 2' so thought we'd give this a go even though the reviews aren't great!).  This morning W wanted to have a look in the bookshop at Blickling Hall so first we drove down to Aylsham for a little wander round.  A pleasant little town with some nice shops but it probably only takes about fifteen minutes before you're pretty sure you've seen everything.

This is the 'Black Boys Inn' in town; an imposing building on the Market Place.  Apparently the name came from King Charles II who was known as the 'Black Boy' due to his black hair and swarthy complexion.

I was sad to hear of the death of Roy Haynes yesterday, at 99 years old.  Roy was a Jazz drummer who, during his career, played with some of the greats of Jazz including Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Miles Davis and Sarah Vaughan, to name but a few.  We were lucky enough to see him at the Village Vanguard Club in New York when he was in his 80's and he played a superb and energetic set.