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Armed Forces Day
Sat 28 Jun
|Diss Museum
Diss Museum will be displaying a replica Blacker Bombard. Kids of all ages come along and pose for that much sought after selfie wearing a replica tin helmet.


Time & Location
28 Jun 2025, 11:00 – 15:00
Diss Museum, The Shambles, 4/5 Market Place, Diss IP22 4AB
About the event
Come along to see and touch a replica of the Blacker Bombard similar to the one that would have been on the mortar mounting recently discovered on Denmark Lane.
Indulge in the story of how if tanks rolled into Diss in WW2 they would have got a nasty shock!
Blacker Bombard Story
If German tanks had approached Diss past Roydon School during the Second World War, they would have had a nasty shock.
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