In celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee!
You are invited to come and celebrate The Queens Platinum Jubilee in the evening of Thursday 2nd June 2022 when we light a Beacon above Blakemere – on the top of Stockley Hill Peterchurch HR2 0ST (there will be signs).
Starting from 8pm please join us for drinks, a BBQ and fun.
As the sun sets we will walk about 400m up the track (there will be transport for those unable to walk as well) for the lighting of the Beacon on the Trig Point above Blakemere and Peterchurch.
Once it goes dark at 9.45pm we will light the beacon (and look for all the other beacons which will be lit at the same time all around the country) and then we will follow it with a fireworks celebration.Don’t miss this very special occasion that is unlikely to happen ever again.
For more information contact heather@wigglywigglers.co.uk or pwg@lowerblakemere.co.uk
Timings for the evening:
From 8pm Drinks and BBQ
9.15pm walk up to the Trig Point
9.45pm Beacon lighting
10pm Fireworks
PLEASE BRING CASH – we will not have Card Facilities
Thanks to E Burman and family for the use of the field for the event and for parking.
Please note for horses and pets there will be fireworks at around 10pm.Please book on the FB event page or email us above to let us know you are coming and numbers so that we buy enough Sausages and Cider 🙂
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On 2nd June 2022, we will celebrate another unique milestone in our history, Her Majesty The Queen’s 70th year as our Monarch and Head of the Commonwealth – her Platinum Jubilee. It is a feat no previous monarch has achieved. More than 2,022 beacons will be lit throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK Overseas Territories, and one in each of the capital cities of Commonwealth countries in recognition of The Queen’s long and selfless service. The beacons will enable local communities, individuals and organisations to pay tribute to her as part of the official Platinum Jubilee Weekend of celebrations from 2nd to 5th June 2022.
There is a long and unbroken tradition in our country of celebrating Royal Jubilees, Weddings and Coronations with the lighting of beacons – on top of mountains, church and cathedral towers, castle battlements, on town and village greens, country estates, parks and farms, along beaches and on cliff tops. In 1897, beacons were lit to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. In 1977, 2002 and 2012, beacons commemorated the Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees of The Queen, and in 2016 Her Majesty’s 90th birthday.
“Rotary International Great Britain & Ireland are delighted to once again take part in Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon Event as we were for the Diamond Jubilee, we look forward to clubs around Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man taking an active role in this prestigious event,” said David Ellis, Chairman of the Executive, Rotary International Great Britain & Ireland.
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