Piper plays on Great Yarmouth beach to keep the peace
Mr Fitzpatrick, who moved to Norfolk in 2021, decided to renew his love of playing the pipes when he moved to Great Yarmouth last year to take up a job as a manufacturing engineer."Playing on the beach, most of the time [the reaction] it's very positive," he said."People are surprised for the most part. I've had people from miles up the beach hear me and have no idea what's going on until they go over a sand dune."But I've not had a bad word so far, so I'll take that as a compliment."He admitted many people had a love-hate relationship with the sounds of the bagpipes."You can tell by the faces of some people," he said."One of my neighbours knows I play; he's an ex-military man so he's quite happy with it, but the other neighbour doesn't know yet and might not ever find out."[On the beach] I'm out of the way of most people... People sit on the benches, and I can only really tell they're listening to me when I stop and they leave."I do quite like the sand dunes out here because it reminds me of my hometown and where I first learned the pipes with the 1st Troon Boys' Brigade, where it's rainy, windy and lovely all at the same time."
Pat Angel, 76, and her husband David, 79, stopped during their walk to take pictures and a video."He's really good. It's lovely to see. It's something different," she said.
Cindy Gough, 57, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was enjoying drinks at Munchies Café on the promenade when the Mr Fitzpatrick was playing."I turned up and thought it was brilliant," she said."It's really nice to hear it but this is what it is to be British, isn't it? It's really lovely [and] beautiful to listen to."Her daughter Emily and grandson Anakin also enjoyed the performance.Emily said: "I think it's lovely... really relaxing to sit here and have a cup of tea and listen to the bagpipes."
Ellen Bygrave, 57, from Stokesby, near Great Yarmouth was out walking on the promenade with her grandchildren."Absolutely lovely to hear. The sound's wonderful," she said.
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