The Golden
Jubilee Parade
Windsor, 3rd June
2002
| There
was a carnival atmosphere in Windsor as many thousands of Windsorians
and visitors lined the streets around the castle, eager to congratulate
HM The Queen on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee. Accompanied
by The Duke of Edinburgh, who has been at her side on so many
such occasions in the last 50 years, yet none so joyful as this,
the warm reception that the vast crowd gave to Her Majesty was
truly memorable. Here was a very, VERY, large crowd in party
mood, larger than for state visits and other state occasions
in the town. Even the empty Rolls Royce Limousine received a
great cheer as it emerged from beside The Guildhall where The
Queen was visiting 'The
Queen in Windsor Exhibition'
organised by The Windsor Express newspaper. |
Crowds line the
castle walls, the 'Keep off the Grass' signs being temporarily
ignored during this special occasion.
|
| Before
the Queen arrived the crowds had been delighted by a long Parade
of local groups led by a mounted escort provided by The Thames
Valley Police, followed by The St John Ambulance, school groups,
scouts, the Band of the Royal Logistics Corps, The Red Cross,
Berkshire Yeomanry, Colours and ex-service,men fro a variety
of local associations, Hospital and Church groups, drama and
sports societies, the World Eagle Claw King Fu, complete with
Dancing Dragon and many other local charities. Even Harry Potter
was represented. |
Windsor Horticultural Society
One of five bands
|
Concorde hitches
a lift on a lorry.
Concorde had departed Heathrow some minutes earlier to the delight
of the crowd who rarely see this beautiful aircraft in flight
|
With the Football
World Cup beginning this weekend, supporters of the English team
in Japan took this opportunity to show their colours.
|
The Band of The
Sea Cadets
|
An open top bus
reminded us all of songs and music familiar from throughout the
Queen's reign.
|
The Queen and the
Duke stand for a few moments before returning to their car.
|
The Queen walked
from The Guildhall past the massed crowds that had gathered to
cheer her to her waiting car at the foot of Castle Hill
|
|
The Queen and the Duke
watched the procession, comprising some 1,500 people, from The
Guildhall and afterwards stepped out into the High Street to
meet members of the public lining the road. The Queen received
a tumultuous reception at this point, the roars and cheers wafting
the length of the High Street and down Thames Street as the Queen
and Duke returned to their car for the short trip to Windsor
Bridge. As she drove by she was smiling broadly, seeming to remark
to the Duke about the numbers of people, as she pointed to the
crowds on the grassy slopes around the castle. Truth be told,
the public are asked not to walk on the grass lawns at this point
but on occasions such as these, no-one minded if the rules were
broken just a little if it helped everyone to get a better view.
We hope The Queen
enjoyed her outing in Windsor as we enjoyed extending to her
our congratulations and warmest best wishes. There is no doubt
that on this showing the Republicans will have a very long wait
indeed!
|
Views
of Windsor
Engravings and Post Cards For Sale
Old postcards, engravings
and paintings, both framed and unframed, of the Windsor area
are always available through Thamesweb. If there are any views or cards
that you are looking to collect, please contact Windsorviews
We are always keen
to receive either scans (JPG) of Windsor as it was, or old post
cards, engravings or books and booklets to illustrate forthcoming
Windsor Web Site stories. Please contact The Editor
|
The Royal Windsor Web Site will
report all events such as these and provide a permanent record
together with references to the background of such events wherever
possible.
Any information
or additional material about Windsor is always welcomed and acknowledged.
Copies of photographs or texts
can be emailed to the Editor,
The Royal Windsor Web Site
To contact us, email
Thamesweb.
|
