This year marks the Diamond Jubilee of HRH Queen Elizabeth
II. Sixty years as the monarch of is a
wonderful achievement, now second only to Queen Victoria who reigned for just a
few months shy of 64 years.
I do remember the Silver Jubilee in 1977 when I was 9 years
old. For a months before the celebratory year money was
collected each week from houses on several streets around where I lived all in readiness
for a huge street party. Around the
corner from me was Coronation Avenue so this was an obvious choice for
location.
We had a fancy dress parade in the morning, me as a Spanish
Flamenco dancer, my brother as a clown.
A girl dressed up as the Queen won…imagine that J.
After the parade was a kids
party tea and then later Coronation Avenue was cleared and tressle tables set
up that were soon covered with food and drink and music blared from a
neighbours stereo that poked out the living room window. What a time we had! All the kids were given a
Silver Jubilee coin at school which I still have today and will pass along to
my kids one day.
There is a great website up right now www.thediamondjubilee.org with all kinds of stories, history and photos for the Diamond Jubilee.
Wherever you are in the world I hope you find time to celebrate this milestone and join me in wishing Her Majesty many more years to come.
