LIFESTYLE
Diamond on the Island - How we’re
celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee It’s a landmark which brings Queen Elizabeth ever closer to Queen Victoria’s remarkable sixty-four year reign. The Style Team takes a snapshot of a few of the events to enjoy
We on the Isle of Wight could be forgiven if we find ourselves celebrating this occasion with a little more gusto than many other regions. We are, after all, a particularly royal Island.
Queen Victoria famously adopted the Island as her home, Osborne House being the ‘cottage’ she and Prince Albert loved, and where she, in grief, retreated for so many years. Our present Queen is fast approaching that record reign.
Crowned in 1953, the Queen has been a figurehead for our country through good times and bad. Wars, weddings and recessions, Her Majesty has remained unchanging and we have as much respect for her today as we did sixty years ago.
As part of her tour, Her Majesty is visiting the Isle of Wight with the Duke of Edinburgh on Wednesday 25th July, but for this Island the party will start long before that!
If you haven’t organised a street party yet – and there’s still time – check out the official Government website for ideas: http://www.
direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/Features/ DG_WP200687
First, buy your Union Flag fabric. Rainbow in Ventnor stocks cotton and satin fabric as well as all you need to make your own bunting.
Appley Park is taking a step back in time to the 1950s. A three-day event, running from 2nd-4th June, is set to take Islanders back to a time when the nation was being encouraged to be thrifty and holiday camps were in their hey-day. Marching bands, circus performers, a carnival parade and even a vintage cocktail party surround the event that everyone is talking about: The Big Lunch on Sunday 3rd June, 2-4pm. A vintage tea party features Festive Road’s teacup entertainers to get the party going.
The Royal Hotel in Ventnor hosts a Royal Jubilee Garden Party, Mon 4th June from 2-5pm. Since Queen Victoria was known to visit The Royal on a number of occasions, this seems the perfect place to hold such an event. Hat-wearing is encouraged – a bottle of champagne goes to the best one – and a champagne reception follows with regal canapés and music by the Forelands Quartet.
Go mad for the Dimbola Lodge Mad Hatter’s Royal Tea Party on Tue 5th June, part of the Freshwater Bay celebrations. £12 for two buys a sumptuous sandwich and
cream tea event. Also, a cliff-side screening of a short film by Paul Windridge alongside a hog roast, kayak racing and even yoga. Last date for booking Sunday May 27th.
Saturday 3rd June. Yarmouth is pulling out all the stops for Jubilee. Bring your Royal Jubilee memorabilia to The Town Hall for an exhibition (10am-4pm), then at 1.30pm there’s a formal opening and dedication of Yarmouth Jubilee Commemorative Feature followed by a children’s party, with entertainment and tea in the marquee for the children of Yarmouth School, Yarmouth and Thorley. Prizes for children’s Best Dressed King and Queen. Everyone is asked to wear red, white and blue.
Sunday 3rd June will see merrymaking on Yarmouth Green. There’ll be a river pageant at 11.30, and from 12.30 you are summoned to bring your picnic to the Big Lunch in the Marquee. Live music, cream teas and a prize for the most elegant picnic. On Monday enjoy the jazz of the Goose Island Syncopators, and dance, till the lighting of the Beacon – one of 2,012 across the UK.
A prize for the Best Decorated House in Yarmouth will be judged on Monday, May 21st!
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