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Jubilee special
HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Town’s busy schedule
by Lorraine Gibson
Wimborne is in full celebratory mode with a long weekend planned to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. The Minster will be garlanded in flowers, art and music and shop windows festooned with bunting and majestic paraphernalia. Parking will be free throughout much of the town where the streets will be filled with folk tunes and dancing as picnic tables are lined-up on the High Street ready for a communal lunch party. Proceedings begin with a grand proclamation by the town crier on the Minster Green at 2pm on the Thursday, informing the good burghers of the weekend-long jubilations ahead. That evening, at 8.308.45pm, a procession will leave the square and travel through the streets bound for the lighting of the Wimborne Beacon and a 21-gun salute from the militia about an hour later. Saturday festivities include the Wimborne Community Theatre performing live in the streets from 2pm to 3pm and the icing on the celebratory cake is on Sunday with The BIG Jubilee Lunch. Staged on the High Street (with extra picnic areas on Minster Green and Willow Walk). All are invited - so pack your cucumber sarnies and thermos, or your bruschetta and bubbly and join in the historic toasting of Her Majesty. A full programme of events will also run at the Allendale Centre throughout the weekend. Visit allendale.org for more info..
Choral society on song
Wimborne Choral Society will celebrate with a full programme that also features music composed for royal occasions. Parry’s I Was Glad (Psalm122) and Sir William Walton’s Crown Imperial will be just some of the highlights of a concert packed with well-loved works. The concert will be held in Wimborne’s Minster on Saturday, June 25, from 7.30pm. The choir will be led by musical director Christopher Dowie and accompanied by organist Sam Hanson. Tickets are now on sale at Square Records, High St, Wimborne, or by contacting Sophie Milhofer at milhofer @talktalk.net or 01202 603569. They are £15.00 and £12.00 U-18s £6.00 and are also available on the door. The choir raised in the region of £750 for its Ukraine Appeal and the DEF, Disasters Emergency Fund, at its last concert, in the Minster in April.
Wednesday 1st June
Thursday 2nd June
Fri - Sun 3rd-5th June
Friday 3rd June
Saturday 4th June
Sunday 5th June
5pm Carnival Fun Run at Potterne Park, all ages, all abilities, fancy dress encouraged. See Verwood Carnival facebook page for application details and more info Vintage Fair on Verwood Memorial Recreation Ground & Ferrett Green 12 noon to 5pm. Hot Dogs, popcorn, ice cream, entertainment, and so much more. Scout BBQ, Rotary Beer Tent and Irving’s Pimms Tent on Ferrett Green. Don't forget to pick up you Teddy Bears’Trail leaflet
Teddy Bears’Trail around Verwood with Build a Bear Vouchers to be won
Carnival Procession starts 10.30 from the Fuzzy Bit off Crane Drive, makes its way through the town to the Carnival event at Potterne Park, Gates open at 12 noon until 5pm. Arena events, funfair, music, bar, sideshows, stalls, food and much more Street Parties throughout the day. - Avago Circus Workshop at Potterne Park, all ages welcome. See Verwood Carnival facebook page for sessions and cost. Churches Together - A service of Thanksgiving - on Verwood Memorial Recreation Ground and Afternoon Tea with Verwood Brass Band 3pm and concluding with Pomp & Pimm’s in the Park finishing at 6pm TheTown Council wishes everyone an enjoyable Jubilee Weekend
Tree-mendous tribute
Wimborne Minster town Mayor, Carol Butter and Councillors planted a sorbus commixta - Olympic Flame tree on Thursday, May 19, at 11am in the grounds of Walford Mill Wimborne, in honour of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy Initiative
Pictures: TOM SCRASE
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Of Corgis, Coronations and Curries
A selection of right royal reads for you
by Lorraine Gibson
Pull up a throne, grab a cuppa (served in your best china, of course) and settle down with one of these regal titles recommended by Gulliver’s Bookshop, Dorset.
The Diamond Queen, Elizabeth II: The Last Great Queen by Andrew Marr
In this revised and updated version of The diamond Queen, complete with well-timed shiny, new chapter, Marr’s trademark meticulous research gives great insight into the Queen’s role at the heart of the state - which happens largely out of the public gaze - and makes a case for the institution. He dissects her political relationships with her Prime Ministers; examines her role as Head of the Commonwealth and analyses changes in the media and how the monarchy has adapted to it. In the additional chapter he asks: ‘what does the future hold for the House of Windsor?’ and sets out to answer it, covering the Queen’s reign from Diamond Jubilee to her Platinum one, taking in the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles’s future plans and Elizabeth II’s lasting legacy en route.
The Queen: 101 Reasons to Celebrate Her Majesty by E. Dunne & H. Sutcliffe
Did you know that Her Majesty has established a completely new dog breed - the dorgi - a cross between a corgi and a dachshund and has given out more than 75,000 Christmas puddings? Just some of the facts in this lighthearted book that considers Elizabeth II, from her impact on 21st-century politics, to her ‘superhuman’ ability to keep waving. Oh, and her head-turning collection of headscarves. Beautiful illustrations and humorous observations make it a jolly celebration of the woman already considered one of the greatest of all time.
Lilibet: The Girl Who Would Be Queen by A. N. Wilson
On Bognor Beach, with Grandpa England, Lilibet had known that he, and Papa, and then she, would carry something on - something bigger than themselves. We meet her as a carefree child and a lover of horses and dogs who is devoted to her family. And the girl who would be Queen. Read about how she discovers, aged ten, that she is heir to the throne, how she meets her prince (Phillip of Greece) and her sense of vocation and public duty, which grew in shadow of the Second World War and through her father’s subsequent years of ill health.
The Platinum Jubilee Cookbook by Ameer Kotecha
The 19th century British Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston once declared that ‘dining is the soul of diplomacy’ and this unique book, celebrating the Queen’s 70-yearreign, presents 70 recipes from British embassies and high commissions around the world. With a foreword by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, it brings together recipes – many served during Royal Visits – that are intrinsically British, influenced by the host countries, or a fusion of both, including: Spanish Marmalade, from the Madrid embassy Green Fish Curry, from the Islamabad high commission Jollof Rice, from the Abuja high commission Mince Spies, from ‘C’, Chief of MI6 Cardamom Lamb, from the New Delhi high commission Chicken Wellington, from the Lisbon embassy Toffee Apple and Rhubarb Crumble, from Chevening House Whisky-laced Bread & Butter Pudding, from the Washington D.C. embassy The often sumptuous dishes are garnished with tales of culinary diplomacy in action with not a Ferrero Rocher in sight! Kotecha has mined the Foreign Office archives to reveal the good, the bad and the entertaining of diplomatic dinner party anecdotes – and reveals how nations break bread to resolve differences, often reaching the negotiating table via the dinner table. Royalties from sales of the book go to two charities: The Queen’s Commonwealth Trust and The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund.
Winnie-the-Pooh Meets The Queen by Jane Riordan and Mark Burgess
They’re changing guards at Buckingham Palace, so Winnie-thePooh heads there with Christopher Robin, Piglet and Eeyore to deliver a special hum in honour of Queen Elizabeth II. Never in his wildest dreams does the honey-loving bear imagine that he might actually meet her.
Paddington At The Palace by Michael Bond
Paddington is also off to watch the royal guards’ military ceremony with Mr Gruber but when they arrive at Buckingham Palace, it’s so crowded that he can’t see a thing. Luckily, though, a mysterious someone ‘on high’ appears to be rather fond of small bears...
Residents get ready to party!
Preparations are under way for a host of fun at care homes in Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset with residents keen to celebrate the Queen’s historic Platinum Jubilee. The bunting will be out and the flags will be flying during ‘street parties’ at all Colten Care homes over the specially extended Bank Holiday weekend. Staff have been busy sprucing up gardens, making decorations, knitting royaltythemed tea cosies, rehearsing songs to perform and planning games. At The Aldbury in Poole, resident Joyce Holden, above, took on the challenge of colouring in 70 Union Jacks to mark the 70 years of the Queen’s reign. The flags will be placed as bunting around the dementia care home and its garden. Joyce said: “I do love colouring and I’m looking forward to seeing them all strung together for our Jubilee garden party.”
Waggy tales
In Jubilee month, happy hounds and wet noses will be order of the day as Waggy Tails Rescue hosts its annual dog show at Pelhams, Kinson, on June 18. The hard-working Waggy’s team are appealing to readers to support them in raising the much-needed funds that enable them to continue with their amazing work finding homes for dogs. They’re also in need of more doggy foster homes, so if you’d like some four-legged companionship, are at home most of the time, have a secure garden, no children under 10 and are experienced with dogs, then why not give them a call to discuss fostering? Waggy Tails Rescue is a registered Dorset charity that rehomes dogs that have been abandoned, neglected or are otherwise needing a new place to live. To learn more call 01202 875000, or visit waggytails.org.uk.
A trolley good show for Queen’s Jubilee
Bournemouth Coastal BID and Yellow Buses have formed a partnership that will see all-day network mobile app tickets cut from £8.20 to just 70p during the four-day Platinum Jubilee weekend. To celebrate the Queen’s 70 years on the throne, the BID will also decorate a Yellow Buses’ double-decker, which will be revealed before the first bank holiday on Thursday. The partnership will help drive people to the Coastal BID’s three major trading areas of Westbourne, Boscombe and Southbourne, and take cars off the road. Yellow Buses, which marks its 120th anniversary this year, has celebrated every one of the Queen’s landmark occasions from her Coronation in 1953. It also made huge statements for other major events including the Coronation of her Father George VI in 1937, pictured right. David Squire, managing director of the company, said: “We have a long tradition of marking national occasions. “This Jubilee is a huge event and partnering with the Coastal BID makes total sense as our areas overlap.
ALL ABOARD: A decorated trolley bus in 1937 for the Coronation of King George VI
“We want everyone to get out over the weekend and cutting network prices to just 70p – 1p for every year her Majesty has been Queen – seemed fitting. “There are codes available to claim the discount that can be found across the Coastal BID’s social media platforms. “The codes are limited to the first 70 people who use them each day, and there is only one per person. The offer is available via the Yellow Buses app.” Fiona McArthur from the Coastal BID said: “For every full double-decker bus an estimated 75 cars are off the roads. “The 70p tickets will enable people to travel around the network, explore what is on their doorstep and enjoy all the entertainment and activities.”
