Commemorating the Diamond Jubilee

[Coldicote]

There are plenty of local celebrations planned to mark the Diamond Jubilee, but what is happening where you live to provide something long term? Apart from planting a tree there seems to be a lack of ideas where I live and it would be interesting to know what others are doing. Thank you.

[anneasquith]

s far as i am aware , there are no plans to celebrate the jubilee in my area .

[boxtops]

At least we've got something to look forward to http://www.dovertattoo.org.uk/

Dover actually doing something, <note to self - have a lie down, must be shock>

[woofgang]

No idea.

[Coldicote]

Thanks for your answers - a rather sad state of affairs!

[woofgang]

Not really. I have no kids and two dogs so can't go far or spend ages out of the house, especially if its a blazing hot day, so apart from checking for firework displays, i haven't taken much notice of what is planned locally. My Sis will be staying and we are going to put up bunting along the front of the house to annoy the neighbours and watch the festivities on TV.

[MarkRae]

> what is happening where you live

I neither know nor care...

[missnemesis]

Thankfully, absolutely hee haw!

[Kiki-frog]

Not a lot. There was a barbecue in the playground at the end of our road for Wills & Kate's wedding, but it piddled down with rain and was miserable beyond belief, so I don't think anyone really fancies another one. Looking forward to an extra day off work, though.

[woofgang]

I forgot, I have treated myself to the Marks Jubilee china with the Union Flags, bunting and Corgis on :-)

[China Doll]

Hopefully absolutely nothing.

[Baldric]

Sorry, What Jubilee???

[Toes]

I'll answer your question shall I !!!

In our village we are haveing a big party during the day, with a film of the coranation for anyone interested in the afternoon. In the evening there will be live music and a firework dispay. All thhe money raised is going to provide (hopefully), a new roof for the village hall, with any money left over going into our village trust.

Not quite a memorial, but it will help the village hall last another 20 years, so very helpful indeed.

[FredPuli43]

We're having a playground for the elderly . It's like a kids' playground but instead of slides and roundabouts it has equipment for exercise . Sounds a daft idea to me, and I'm on the Parish Council which chose it.

Last time, we had a bridge built across the river which separates the Little and Great villages. Another stupid idea; far better to keep the two separated and make it easier to keep their lot out.

[Coldicote]

Some interesting answers at last - I began to wonder if there were going to be any. I like Toe's idea of a new roof for the village hall; and Fred's exercise ground for the elderly makes me wonder what other peculiar ideas your Parish Coucil may have!

[bookbinder]

There's nothing that I am aware of, in the wilds of Yorkshire. I feel sorry for the firms that are making things with Union Flags all over them, because I think that they might be massively disappointed with their sales.

[FredPuli43]

Yes, coldicote, I sometimes think I am the only sane one on the Parish Council ! They are in love with any scheme, however daft, which has the magic words ' a grant may be available' attached. This ignores a)the scheme is daft, and nobody will benefit, or so very few that it's not economic b) the words are ' may be' c) the grant is only partial; the parish has to find the rest d) there will be no grant for insuring or maintaining the equipment, bridge, or whatever is bought; that will fall on the Parish, in perpetuity or until it is scrapped. Nobody seems to think that 'free money' doesn't exist. Waste is waste; it is being paid for by the taxpayers, in one way or other.

Still, we didn't get a skate park for the, perhaps, 30 children in the village who might use it and none of whom had asked for one, at a vast cost. But the idea was seriously promoted. We could do with a Tesco, but somehow that wasn't well received ! I'd have consented to it being built on my land. No consideration for the local farmer, that's the trouble with these townies who get on Parish Councils !

[Coldicote]

Some very sensible comments thank you Fred. I thinking that planting a tree probably will be the best and simplest answer.

[ludwig]

There's nothing happening where I live. If it wasn't for television I wouldn't know there was a jubilee happening - or even that we had a queen come to think of it.

[MASS1961]

I think the Torch is going through Bolton between 6 & 7am on 1/7/12

Will I be getting up to see it? I think not!

Also i'm not aware of much going on here, no publicity if there is?

[MASS1961]

Oops got mixed up, that's the olympics......It's late i'm off to bed. G'night