Having given thanks for 70 years of The Queen’s Accession to the throne with services in February, in June we will celebrate in other ways.

 

June 3rd in Rufford

Jointly with Rufford Cricket Club at the club there is to be a day of fun:

A fun day for the whole community in celebration of the Queen’s platinum jubilee. Field games, pet show and dance demonstrations along with fun and games for all the family. Complete with a licensed bar. Bring a picnic and the whole family! Join us between 11.30am -3.30pm

 

June 3rd in Tarleton

Our usual Friday Coffee and Chat will take place between 10am -1pm on this Bank Holiday Friday. The Thanksgiving Service from St Paul’s Cathedral, London will be streamed in via the BBC to the Coffee Morning.

 

June 10-12th in Tarleton

We will have special window displays at Holy Trinity Tarleton on this weekend, which runs over the weekend of Tarleton’s Walking Day (June 11th) and the Church’s Patronal Festival (June 12th).

Parish Magazine and Poem

The June edition of our Parish magazine will pay tribute to HM The Queen.

Our Rector writes:

The best tribute we can pay to HM The Queen as we celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee is to make a commitment to emulate her life of service.

LLM Emeritus, Ian Well has written this poem in honour of Her Majesty:

I remember the Coronation –

it rained.

It rained in the flickering image

of the tiny TV

in the tiny house

crammed with three sets of neighbours.

It rained on the unarmed British bobbies

lining the route in faraway London,

facing the procession,

not the crowd.

It rained on the bunting,

fluttering wetly in red white and blue

from telegraph pole

and lamppost.

It rained on the Queen of Tonga

enormously regal

in an open topped carriage

waving all the way down The Mall.

It rained on the Abbey

where the augmented choir was hidden away in galleries

with auxiliary conductors to try to hold them together;

… and when they sang ‘Zadok the priest’ it showed.

It rained on the balcony,

where Charles and Anne

looked just like their images

on the savings stamps.

It rained as the RAF Canberras

swept down the runways

taking Kodachrome newsreel

to our new Queen’s loyal dominions.

It rained into the Coronation chicken,

invented to be cheap and cheerful

in a time of austerity,

now reinvented for a depression Jubilee.

Yes, I remember the Coronation.

Sweets came off the ration –

or did they go back on –  I can’t remember.

But I remember the Coronation.

It rained.