Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
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Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Beacon lit in Chapeltown park

Celebrating The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee!

The Parish Council would like to offer a big ‘Thank You’ to the thousands of you who joined us on Thursday 2 June 2022 at a series of events across the Ecclesfield Parish to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee – which marks Her Majesty the Queen’s 70 years of service.

The festivities began with the Town Crier (Councillor John Housley, Chairman of the Parish Council) making a proclamation across various locations heralding the lighting of the beacons later that day.

This was followed in the afternoon by a ‘Decorate a cake a fit for the Queen’ competition and the announcement of the winner of the school’s bunting competition.

The day culminated with music, entertainment, community singing and other festivities as well as the lighting of beacons at Grenoside and Chapeltown parks.

Our ‘Decorate a cake fit for The Queen’ winners are as follows:

Under 11s category-WINNER- L Mellors

Under 11s category-RUNNER UP – B Noble

11-14 category- WINNER – G L Waldron

11-14 category – RUNNER UP – K Noble

A selection of photos from the day is shown below.

 

Town crier John Housley at Ecclesfield Parish Council offices with girl Crowds at sword dancing and proclamation in Grenoside Cake judging panel jubilee cake winning entry for over 11s category Winning entry under 11s cake decorating competition Cake judging panel Councillor John Brownrigg, PC Matt Cook and Councillor Susan Davidson Chapeltown park bandstand View of the hill Chapeltown park Sughra Begum DP, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire and town crier John Housley Sughra Begum DP, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire and Councillor Dr John Bowden Towncrier John Housley with Pc Matt Cook and Celebration Cheeses View of crowds looking down the hill in Chapeltown park Town crier John Housley with Councillor Tim Whitaker Sughra Begum DP, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire and Councillors Dr. John Bowden & Susan Davidson with Parish Clerk Andrew Towlerton Sughra Begum DP, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire and Councillors Dr. John Bowden & Susan Davidson with Parish Clerk Andrew TowlertonLighting of the beacon Crowds posing in front of lit beacon Beacon lit in Chapeltown park

 

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In 2022, Her Majesty The Queen will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, seventy years after having acceded to the throne on 6th February 1952, when Her Majesty was 25 years old.

There is going to be an extended bank holiday from Thursday 2nd June to Sunday 5th June, which will provide an opportunity for communities and people throughout the United Kingdom to come together and celebrate this historic milestone.

The national events are going to include:

*Trooping the Colour & Beacon Lighting (Thursday 2nd June)

*Service of Thanksgiving in St. Paul’s Cathedral (Friday 3rd June)

*Platinum Party at the Palace (Saturday 4th June)

*The Big Jubilee Lunch (Sunday 5th June)

Ecclesfield Parish Council would like to encourage people to come together within the community and celebrate this momentous occasion together.

We have established a ‘Queens Jubilee Celebrations Working’ Group to help plan for and coordinate activities across the Parish. If you want to hear more about its plans or have any practical suggestions on how we can best make the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee special in Ecclesfield please contact Natalie Richardson at the Parish Council by email on natalierichardson@ecclesfield-pc.gov.uk

There is a national guide to taking part which will be updated monthly (until 1st June 2022) and can be found on the following website:

www.queensjubileebeacons.com