Monthly Archives: May 2022

Big Jubilee Picnic – Programme

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A quick check of the weather shows sunny intervals in the afternoon of Friday 3rd June, so fingers crossed for the Parkinson’s Park, Big Jubilee Picnic – however should there be a downpour watch out for news on our Facebook Page. We’ve all been hard at work preparing and hope you will enjoy what we’ve been planning.

TimeActivity
12.30 – 1pm Arrive early dressed in your favourite ‘Queen’s Decade’ outfit, to set out your favourite picnic spot. Add bakes to the Sharing Table. Add a decoration to the Celebration Tree. Pick up a Trail Map & Programme (or download here)
1pmWelcome to Jubilee featuring Guiseley Brass Band
1 – 2pm Picnic and Crown Making
Raffle
Tea, Coffee and Water available + Sharing Table Bakes
2pm Gather at the Jubilee Tree for our interactive Family Storytelling told by a special guest – who will share a very special Jubilee tale of Parkinson’s Park. The Jubilee Tree has been official registered as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy Legacy.
2.25pm Dedication of the Jubilee Tree by guest Alec Denton
2.45pm Hunt down the special word on the Corgi Trail (free)
Wang A Welly at Crooklands Orchard (20p a go)
Drench the occupant of the Sponge Stocks (20p a go)
Take a trip around the park on the Tree Trail (free)
3.30pm Raffle, Close and National Anthem
Another DayAfter the event we’ll be producing a Jubilee Souvenir Booklet with the original story we’ve commissioned, and photographs of the day. If you do not wish to be in a photograph please either advise someone at the FOPP tent of Photographer Darren Sanderson.
Make a Natural Crown – bring your own flowers or forage leaves and grasses from the Park
Add A Red/White/Blue Jubilee Decoration To The Celebration Tree

LETS CELEBRATE THE GOOD TIMES – 1952 – 2022

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The run up to Jubilee has started in the Park, and elsewhere. Yesterday, 21st May, Guiseley Lights installed the Jubilee display at the cross in Towngate, and the Natter Bench in the Park was yarnbombed by the clever Ladies of the ‘Yarns Well Spun‘ project run by Daisy Croft Crafts.

Lots more Park Jubilee decorations to come over the next fortnight with many Park Friends putting on their collaborative ‘creative’ hats to bring you their interpretation of cultural events over the seven decades from 1952 to 2022.

All the decorating will culminate in:

2nd June – St Oswald’s Church, Music for a Royal Occasion’ with the Choir, 12.15 pm .

3rd June – The Parkinson’s Park Big Jubilee Picnic 12.30 for 1pm .

4th June – Guiseley Methodists will be holding a Jubilee Tea 2-4pm .

5th June Guiseley Lights Jubilee Street Party Towngate 1 – 5 pm

So, get on your favourite ‘decade’ outfit, from 50s Teddy Boy drapes, to 90s Spice Girl specials and let’s have some fun.

BRADFORD WRITER CREATES STORY FOR THE JUBILEE TREE IN PARKINSON’S PARK

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We are very pleased to announce that Bradford Writer Irene Lofthouse, will be our Storyteller at the dedication of the Jubilee Tree at The Big Jubilee Picnic on 3rd June 2022. Irene is creating an original story to tell about the Jubilee Tree and the Park when the tree is ‘unveiled’ by long time Guiseley resident Alec Denton, who has known the Park all his life.

Irene in Undercliffe Cemetery With Her Book

Irene specialises in creating and performing stories about Yorkshire; she has taken part in Saltaire Tales, plays Anne Lister at Piece Hall, and has been writer in Residence with First Story at UAK Academy, Keighley. Her books available on Amazon include ‘Stories from Stone: An anthology inspired by Undercliffe Cemetery’ and ‘Strange Tales In The Dales‘ of which one review said:

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LET’S CREATE JUBILEE- ADD YOUR TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN TO THE CELEBRATION TREE

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Time to create some happiness. Jubilee is approaching and it was good to see the Queen looking happy this week at the start of the Platinum Jubilee events.

The Queen At the Jubilee Windsor Horse Show May 2022 – picture source BBC!!

As is now the custom, the Park’s Celebration Tree will be decorated, this time in red, white and blue decorations for anyone and everyone to add to as they pass.

We’ll start the tree in the run up to the Jubilee weekend on 28th May, but now’s the time to get knitting, sewing, or the children drawing crowns, corgis, flags, or whatever is appropriate.

The Celebration Tree Decorated For Easter

People comment about how they love to see the decorations during the year, so let’s build the smiles, lift the mood, and pay tribute to the Queen and all her years of dedication and hard work .