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Diamond Jubilee

I disagree with the date given. I think this is 1897 and shows the temporary grandstand on the corner of Whitehall and what was to become Horse Guards Avenue. The grandstand could accommodate 4,000 persons and was built for Queen ...Read more

A memory of London in 1890 by Leonard Bentley

Pear Tree Estate Rugeley, Staffs

Hi, I bet anyone who lived on the Pear Tree from the 50's to the 80's knew the Hyson family on Coppice Road. What a wonderful life it was living on the Pear Tree. We never had much as kids coming from a family ...Read more

A memory of Hill Ridware in 1976

Edmonton Lido

Does anyone remember the old Edmonton Lido near Jubilee Park? As a kid, I went there most days during the summer.

A memory of Edmonton in 1965

1970 South Beach

Does any one remember the cinema on the South Beach by the Jubilee Park?

A memory of Saundersfoot by Peter Williams

Trecco Bay

In 1958/59 my mother-in-law Elsie Pugh has been cleaning the toilets for several years in Trecco Bay together with her husband Albert. My husband Roy Griffiths also worked on the site. We got married in 1960 and went to live in Trecco ...Read more

A memory of Porthcawl in 1961 by Kathleen Griffiths

Silver Jubilee

I remember the Queen's Silver Jubilee Celebrations. There was a Cricket Match, also games and activities organised in the Village Hall. All the Children from the Village received a silver coin. It was lots of fun and very nice for the whole community .

A memory of South Leverton in 1977 by Diane Paton

Easter

I used to roll coloured hard boiled eggs on East Heslerton Hill with my sister and cousins on Easter Sunday. When they were all broken we used to have egg sandwiches and our teas at Gran's, who lived at the bottom near the church. ...Read more

A memory of East Heslerton by Pam Abbey

Silver Jubilee 1977 Albert Road Street Party

I was Julie Denny (now Julie Hale, I got married in 1998 to Alan Hale). I lived at 57 Albert Road for 30 years + with my mum, dad Roy and Betty and my brother Paul  I remember the street party, it was ...Read more

A memory of Saltaire in 1977 by Julie Hale

South Harrow In The 1950s 60s

I was born in 1950 and lived at 27 Eastcote Lane, with a superb view of the gas holder from my bedroom window. I remember Macdonalds the fishing equipment shop which was almost opposite my house and apparently ...Read more

A memory of South Harrow by Christopher Porter

Central Corridor

I attended this school throughout 1975-1980 and I always found it absurd as to why an almost H shaped building would have a rule that you were not allowed through the central corridor. I remember pupils (bouncers) at either end. I ...Read more

A memory of Woking in 1975 by Sally Mc Lachlan

Captions

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Caption For Norton, High Street C1955

The tall cross in the foreground has attractive Celtic carving and lettering, and was erected in 1897 by the inhabitants of Norton to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

Caption For Woolpit, The Swan Inn C1960

The village pump commemorates Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1897. The corners of the shelter are carved with the queens Boadicea, Elizabeth, Anne and Victoria.

Caption For Southport, The Palladium 1914

During the period of the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary in May 1935, Southport magistrates contributed to the celebrations by allowing children under fourteen to see 'adult only' films.

Caption For Southport, The Palladium 1914

During the period of the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary in May 1935, Southport magistrates contributed to the celebrations by allowing children under fourteen to see 'adult only' films

Caption For Thornaby, Victoria Bridge C1955

Earlier bridges across the river had existed at this point, but the Victoria Bridge opened in 1887, in the Queen's Golden Jubilee year, replacing one built in 1769.

Caption For Middleton, The Parish Church C1960

We view it here from Jubilee Park, which opened on 6 July 1889. Its exedra (a columned seating recess) and fountain were designed by Edgar Wood.

Caption For Bagshot, The Square 1901

The signpost and gas lamp we see here (centre right) commemorates Queen Victoria`s Diamond Jubilee of 1897. It was renovated and converted to electricity in 1994.

Caption For London, Albert Memorial, The Mansion House 1897

One of the great city institutions, possibly the Mansion House, is hung with swags of flowrers and garlands for the great occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession in 1897.

Caption For Bognor Regis, 1921

The 1897 Diamond Jubilee drinking fountain was reerected in The Steyne gardens in 1969.

Caption For Skegness, Lumley Road 1899

The charmingly rustic stone lion at the left has been replaced by a corner turret and all the buildings are now shops, many of which have been rebuilt, but the view is still terminated by the Jubilee Clock

Caption For Woodhall Spa, Jubilee Park Swimming Pool C1965

HRH Princess Marie Louise opened the park in April 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V - the plaque stating this information is on the side of the cafeteria.

Caption For Manchester, The Royal Jubilee Exhibition, The Royal Entrance 1887

Manchester's Royal Jubilee Exhibition at Old Trafford opened on Tuesday, 2 May 1887.

Caption For Woodhall Spa, Jubilee Park Swimming Pool C1965

HRH Princess Marie Louise opened the park in April 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V - the plaque stating this information is on the side of the cafeteria.

Caption For Darwen, The Market Hall C1955

Built in honour of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, the 85ft tower is 1,300ft above sea level.There is a viewing platform at the top which gives magnificent views over the moors around

Caption For Horsham, The Carfax 1898

Also built during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year was Frederick Wheeler's proud bank, now the Nat West, in Queen Anne style in plum brick and with extensive Bath stone dressings.

Caption For Weymouth, Parade And Clock Tower 1898

Erected in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria's first fifty years on the throne, the Jubilee Clock (centre) was provided with fresh flags a decade later, as the Empire celebrated the longest reign on record

Caption For Kingsclere, Market Square 1951

The monument on the left of this photograph was unveiled to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. In those days it also supported the B3051 milepost.

Caption For Long Melford, Church 1904

This was replaced to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.

Caption For Bradford On Avon, The Memorial And Westbury House C1955

It was remounted on St Margaret's Hall to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

Caption For Chipping Norton, High Street C1945

He was the only English mayor in Queen Victoria's jubilee year who had been mayor when she acceded to the throne.

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1904

The building on the right, just before the King Street junction, was the Jubilee Institute.

Caption For Chiddingly, Muddles Green C1955

All four buildings in this view are Victorian: the one on the left, Birch Cottage, is of the 1860s, and the one behind the telephone pole, Jubilee Cottage, is dated 1887, while the others are of about

Caption For Abingdon, Market Place 1890

This evocative late Victorian view with the youths posing beside Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Statue is very much an archive photograph: only the building to the left, a bank, now the

Caption For Manchester, Exhibition Tobogganing Slide 1887

There was something for everyone at the Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition.