Ilkeston - The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
w/e 05 June 2022
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
As the four day Platinum Jubilee
celebration comes to a close, social media is awash with photos
of street parties, beacon lightings and other images that will
be a reminder for many people in years to come. For this selection
of images though I've concentrated mainly on how the town was
decorated in the week leading up to and during the celebration
as I did for the Golden
Jubilee in 2002 and Diamond Jubilee in
2012.
Bunting was strung across the Market Place and on the Town Hall
along with the Union Flag and a stark reminder that all is not
well in the world . The Ukrainian flag also flew from the Town
Hall showing solidarity with the people of that war torn country.
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Bunting also adorned the buildings
leading from the Market Place on South Street.
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At the other end of South Street there was obviously more bunting
on the shops plus Union Flags in Earls windows and Platinum Jubilee
flags on the Spanish Bar.
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It was a similar story on the Lower Market Place with streams
of bunting strung all the way.
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The Library too had a string of bunting and the War Memorial
was also decorated.
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Thursday was the first day of the four day celebration and it
was also a Bank Holiday but the market was held as usual and
several of the stall holders were flying the flag.
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Window displays and bunting were the order of the day on Bath
Street from top to bottom.
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Many shop windows had commemorative displays for this memorable
event and he shop that goes by the name of Memorable Events had
really gone to town.
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The image right at the top of this page shows the five flower
beds on the island at the southern end of Chalons Way which were
planted during the week with the Union Flag pattern that had
proved so popular in previous years. The Council workers have
also been busy in Victoria Park and recreated the official Platinum
Jubilee emblem in the carpet bed near the bandstand.
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And it was whilst we were in the park that we enjoyed a celebratory
coffee in a commemorative paper cup from the Barefoot in the
Park kiosk by the bowling green.
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