Monthly Archives: June 2022

Celebrating the Decades of the Queen’s Reign

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As with the national Jubilee Pageant, the Parkinson’s Park Big Jubilee Picnic celebrated the different decades of the Queen’s 70 year Reign. Instead of a pageant we chose to do it via the Corgi Trail around seven of the entrances, and also in a display of fashion – which people could also wear.

We asked seven different groups to interpret each decade for us, and we’d like to say thank you to them for their invention and hard work in preparing and setting up. We hope people enjoyed the look back through British culture and its changes.

1950s

Down at the Greenshaw Gate Hazel Berry chose to recreate the 1953 Coronation and street celebrations; this was a much photographed chair by passersby !!

1960s

At the Farm Gate, Abi James and her High School Art Class. Libby, Amelia, Nate, Beatriz, Summer and Thomas, together with the Yarns Well Spun project beautifully interpreted the culture of the 1960s through a Jasper Johns inspired pop art display as well as a demonstration of their handicraft – remember those 1960s crochet dresses?

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Parkinson’s Park’s Jubilee Tree – The Stories

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At the heart of our Big Jubilee Picnic was the dedication of the Jubilee Tree to the Queen’s Green Canopy and the special story we commissioned by writer Irene Lofthouse about the history of the Park, its people and its trees.

Update – The Story has now been published see here for more details.

This linked with national events where the Tree of Trees outside Buckingham Palace was one of the centrepieces of the Jubilee celebrations and the lighting of the chain of nationwide beacons. The Tree of Trees represented the Queen’s Green Canopy legacy to the nation, and was made up of indigenous species such as oak and hazel; the Jubilee Tree in Parkinson’s Park is officially registered now as part of the Canopy.

Tree of Trees
Jubilee Tree Plaque

The tree was dedicated by special guest Alec Denton, who has known the Park all his life; Alec was helped by one of our younger residents, Bea Harris who cut the ribbon on the new tree plaque. Alec said

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Jubilee Food For Sharing

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The Big Jubilee Picnic in Parkinson’s Park is part of the Eden Project’s Nationwide Big Jubilee Lunch to celebrate neighbourhoods as part of the official celebrations for HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

We’ll all be joining millions of people across the UK to share friendship, food and fun and strengthen our community links. We’d like to thank everyone who is sharing their skills and time to help with the different elements of the Big Jubilee Picnic.

As well as bringing along your own picnic, as part of the event we are setting up a sharing table near the tea and coffee refreshment tent, so that you can bring your Jubilee bakes to share with others. They don’t have to be spectacular creations, just something your family likes and wants to share as part of the celebration. Food is at the heart of giving.

Here from the Eden Project’s website are some ideas from their Jubilee Cookbook, but your own recipes are just as good, and we’d love to have them to publish as part of our Jubilee Souvenir booklet later in the year under your name. So, if you are bringing food to share, do bring the recipe as well and hand it in at the same time. Or, just email it to Parkinsonspark@gmail.com