Households in Leggatt Drive, Bramford, have now held a socially distanced lockdown disco every day for an amazing 70 days... and counting!

Ipswich Star: Claire Bickers and son Zack dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHYClaire Bickers and son Zack dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY)

Neighbours first decided to do some street dance on April 3.

Ipswich Star: Residents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHYResidents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY)

Ever since then, they have danced around their drives and doorways every morning at 11am, whatever the weather.

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Organiser Claire Bickers said: “The whole of the street has been coming out and dancing to different songs. It’s great fun.

Ipswich Star: Residents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHYResidents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY)

“A few of the other streets in the village have been doing it a couple of times a week, but we do it every single day.”

Ipswich Star: Residents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHYResidents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY)

Claire said, to start off with, they appropriately danced to the sounds of Dancing in the Street, but since then they have been moving along to a number of different tunes.

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She is normally out at work full-time, but during the coronavirus lockdown she has been working from home and has got to know her neighbours much better as a result of the disco sessions.

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“The whole idea was really because of not being able to see family and friends. I knew that wouldn’t be good for me,” she said.

Ipswich Star: Residents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHYResidents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY)

Residents of all ages have been joining in the fun, from children to retired people. Sometimes they wear fancy dress for a change, including the odd Santa outfit, even though it is now early summer.

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Although the idea is partly to have exercise and keep fit, Claire admitted that they sometimes stop for a chat... from a safe distance.

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After getting to know each other so well, the neighbours all celebrated VE Day with picnics in their own gardens, and they are planning more get-togethers in future when lockdown is over.

Ipswich Star: Residents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHYResidents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY)

Ipswich Star: Residents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHYResidents dancing in the street in Leggatt Drive, Bramford Picture: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY (Image: ROBYN FAYERS PHOTOGRAPHY)