A few questions:
Was it on television!? Live or later!?
Were shops and businesses open as normal that day!?
There were street parties, right!? Were there a lot or was it quite a rare thing!?
Thanks very much for your help!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>History> The Queen's Silver Jubilee, 7th June 1977...?Question: The Queen's Silver Jubilee, 7th June 1977!.!.!.!? A few questions:
Was it on television!? Live or later!? Were shops and businesses open as normal that day!? There were street parties, right!? Were there a lot or was it quite a rare thing!? Thanks very much for your help!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: on tv live shops closed street parties yes,lotsWww@QuestionHome@Com On 6 June, the Queen lit a bonfire beacon at Windsor Castle, whose light spread across the night in a chain of other beacons throughout the country!. On 7 June, crowds lined the procession to St Paul's Cathedral, where the royal family attended a Service of Thanksgiving alongside many world leaders, including United States President Jimmy Carter, as well as all of the living former Prime Ministers, stretching back from Harold Macmillan all the way to Harold Wilson!. The service was followed by lunch in the Guildhall, hosted by the Lord Mayor of the City of London Peter Vanneck!. At the reception, the Queen was quoted as saying, “ When I was twenty-one I pledged my life to the service of our people and I asked for God's help to make good that vow!. Although that vow was made in my salad days, when I was green in judgement, I do not regret nor retract one word of it!. ” Elaborate street parties were thrown across the country, like this one in Plymouth!.After the luncheon, the procession drove the royals down The Mall to Buckingham Palace, where an estimated one million people lined the pavements to see the family wave to onlookers!. A further 500 million people around the Commonwealth watched the day's events on live television!. 7 June was the day that streets and villages threw elaborate parties for all their residents, to honour the Queen and their country's rich history!. Many streets strung bunting (the little flags were usually modelled in pattern after the Union Flag) from rooftop to rooftop across the street!. In addition to parties, many streets decorated motor vehicles as historical events from Britain's past, and drove them about town, organising their very own parades!. In London alone there were over 4000 organised parties for individual streets and neighbourhoods!. Throughout the entire day, onlookers were greeted by the Queen many times as she made several appearances for pictures from her balcony!. On 9 June, the Queen made a Royal Progress trip via boat down the River Thames from Greenwich to Lambeth, in a re-enactment of the famous progresses taken by Queen Elizabeth I!. On the trip, the Queen officially opened the Silver Jubilee Walkway and the South Bank Jubilee Gardens, two of numerous places named after the festivities!. In the evening, the Queen presided over a fireworks display and was subsequently taken by a procession of lighted carriages to Buckingham Palace, where she greeted onlookers yet again from her balcony!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |