Golden Jubilee 2002

From: Royalty

Philippa Tyrwhitt Drake lighting Jubilee beacon on Park Hill, photo by Edward Tyrwhitt Drake

Brooklyn & river bank dressed in bunting, photo by Adrian Pelly

Heycroft House with bunting commemorating Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee, photo by Adrian Pelly

Jubilee Tea on Glenthorne Green

Stall selling ducks for duck race..

The finish of the duck race.

Duck Race winner plus organisers

East Meon organised a street party – tea, sandwiches and cakes – and the lighting of a beacon to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2nd, 2002. As in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations ten years later, there was a duck race on the River Meon, and a beacon was lit on Park Hill.

Date of creation

02/06/2002

Date of coverage

02/06/2002

Place

East Meon

Reference number

EM/0061/0005

Accession number

2014-08-056

Storage location

Photos Album E/11 & E/27

Format

Digital scans of photos

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