Arena
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JUBILEE
special
Celebrating the
Queen’s Jubilee
Find out even more at
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/jubilee
www.rushmoor.gov.uk
There’s lots to
do in Rushmoor
to celebrate the
Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee!
By Cllr Peter Moyle,
Leader of Rushmoor
Borough Council
W
elcome to this
special edition of
Arena, created
to help you and your
family celebrate the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
There’s lots going on in
Aldershot and Farnborough,
and this electronic magazine aims to bring you the
lowdown on key events taking place to celebrate this
special occasion.
Our What’s On pages list a selection of the many
Jubilee and Olympic-themed community events and
concerts happening over the next few weeks.
Victoria Day, on Saturday June 2, is set to be the
borough’s biggest event with a parade through the town,
the opening of the Jubilee bandstand in Princes Gardens
and a screening of a film showing Aldershot’s Coronation
celebrations in 1953.
Over in Farnborough, there’s the open air concert
at Knellwood War Memorial Home and many community
fun days to look forward to.
If you’re holding a street party, this issue includes
tips and advice on games, food and how to recycle
the rubbish afterwards.
The magazine is also packed with fascinating
photographs that show how people celebrated the Queen’s
Coronation in Aldershot and Farnborough in 1953.
I hope you enjoy this special edition of Arena, and have
time to enjoy some of the wonderful celebration events
taking place across the borough over the next few weeks.
Contents 3
Inside
4 60 years of the Queen’s reign
5 Victoria Day celebrations
6 What’s on
8 Street parties
9 1953 Coronation celebrations
10 1953 newspaper extracts
12 1953 street parties
13News
14 Out and about
15 Royal visit to Aldershot
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4 Her Majesty’s reign
60 years of the
Queen’s reign
Her Majesty the Queen came to the
throne on 6 February 1952 and her
coronation took place on 2 June 1953.
She celebrated her Silver Jubilee (25 years)
in 1977 and her Golden Jubilee (50 years)
in 2002.
You can find out more about the Queen
and her reign on the official Diamond Jubilee
website www.thediamondjubilee.org.
www.rushmoor.gov.uk
The Diamond Jubilee
weekend line-up
Saturday 2 June to Tuesday 5 June
There are several big events taking place in London
to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Many will be
broadcast live on TV.
Don’t forget to check out our What’s On pages for
the local events celebrating this special occasion.
Sunday 3 June
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Thames River Pagent
Up to a thousand boats decorated with bunting and Union
flags will sail along a seven-mile stretch of the River Thames
as part of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. Around
30,000 members of the public are set to take part in the
pageant and a million people are expected to line the route
to watch.
Find out more about the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant at:
www.thamesdiamondjubileepageant.org
Monday 4 June
The BBC Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham
Palace will be broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Radio 2
during the evening. The concert is being organised by the BBC
and pop star Gary Barlow and is set to feature some of the
biggest names from the worlds of music, dance and musical
theatre.
Jubilee Beacons
A network of more than 4,000 beacons will be lit throughout
the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man,
along with the Commonwealth and UK Overseas Territories.
Beacons will be lit between 10pm and 10.30pm.
Find out more here: www.diamondjubileebeacons.co.uk
Tuesday 5 June
Service of Thanksgiving
The Queen and other members of the Royal Family will
attend a service at St Paul’s Cathedral. A special prayer,
written at The Queen’s direction by the Chapter of
St Paul’s Cathedral in honour of the Diamond Jubilee,
will be included in the service.
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who won tickets in a national ballot, are set to watch
the procession. At the palace there will be a balcony
appearance and an RAF flypast.
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Celebrate the Diamond
Jubilee in Aldershot
Victoria Day, Aldershot’s
biggest free family event,
takes place on Saturday 2 June.
This year it has a 1950s theme,
to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
The fun starts at 10am in Aldershot
town centre, with a parade through
the town at 11am.
As well as traditional Victoria Day
entertainment, the day will include the
official opening of the new Princes Gardens
bandstand and performance area, built
to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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at 11am featuring
local groups,
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Watch Aldershot’s 1953 Coronation
celebrations on the big screen!
As part of the Victoria
Day celebrations, we’ll
be screening ‘Aldershot
Celebrates the Coronation’,
the original film made to
show the town celebrating the
Coronation of the Queen.
We’ll show the film on the big
screen in the Princes Hall on
Victoria Day, Saturday 2 June,
after the opening
Find
us on
of the new bandstand.
The 50 minute film shows the
town as it was in 1953 – covered
in bunting, flowers and Union
flags to mark the special occasion.
It also includes clips of many of
the street parties that took place,
the military celebrations and
families gathering around
the television to watch the
Coronation itself.
FREE
Screen
at 12. ings
30
& 2.30 pm
pm
It was made by Aldershot Borough
Surveyor F W Taylor and
Mr F S Stay.
The film is in colour and black
and white and accompanied by
music from the original screening.
Come along and see if you
can spot anyone you know!
For more information visit
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/victoriaday
6 What’s On
Victoria Day
Saturday 2 June, 10am to 5pm
Aldershot town centre
Activities and family entertainment include a parade
through the town at 11am and the official opening
of the Jubilee community bandstand.
This year Victoria Day will have a 50s theme to
celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. For more
information visit www.rushmoor.gov.uk/victoriaday
Right Royal Fun at Aldershot Military
Museum
www.rushmoor.gov.uk
FREE
entry
FREE
entry
Saturday 2 June to Saturday 9 June 2012, 11am
Queen’s Avenue, Aldershot
Activities are free but a donation is requested
for art materials.
Drop-in activities include designing your own bunting,
making a Union Jack and designing a crown and sceptre.
Jubilee BBQ at the Duke of York
FREE
Monday 4 June, 1pm
entry
Weyborne Road, Aldershot
The Duke of York is hosting a party to celebrate the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the pub’s centenary year.
The event will include bands playing live swing, jazz and
jive music, a BBQ, raffle and a cake sale. All proceeds
to Phyllis Tuckwell hospice in Farnham.
Guests are encouraged to dress up as a character
from the past 100 years.
Jubilee Day at the Pictures
(The Queen, The Young Victoria, The King’s Speech)
Wednesday 6 June
Princes Hall, Aldershot
To celebrate the Jubilee, tickets for each film will only
cost the price of going to the cinema in 1952, 1s/8d
(8p in today’s money).
The Queen will be shown at 2.30pm, The Young Victoria
at 5pm and The King’s Speech at 7.30pm.
For more information or to book tickets visit
www.princeshall.com or call the Princes Hall Box Office
on 01252 329 155.
Kings & Queens Storytelling Day
Friday 8 June – 11am, 1.30pm and 3pm
Aldershot Military Museum, Queen’s Avenue, Aldershot
£3 per person
Join storyteller Mike O’Leary for a session of spellbinding
tales of princes, princesses, kings and queens.
To book tickets call 01252 314 598.
We’ll Meet Again ‘The Diamond Jubilee Show’
Princes Hall, Aldershot
Friday 8 June, 2.30pm
£10.50 - £12.50
For more information or to book tickets to this nostalgic
show visit www.princeshall.com or call the Princes
Hall Box Office on 01252 329 155.
Celebrate
the jubilee
in Aldershot
and Farnborough!
There’s lots happening in Rushmoor
to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee. From themed concerts
to big public events, there’s
a packed programme of
activities this summer.
March
along
to the
Army
Show
What’s On 7
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Donkey
Derby
Donkey races,
a funfair and
live dance
performances
are just some of
the activities on
offer at the
Farnborough
Donkey Derby this year!
North Camp Matters Community Association
Summer Fayre
book
your
donke
ride o y
the d n
ay!
This popular annual event will take place
on Sunday 27 May at King George V Playing
Field, off Sycamore Road, Farnborough.
The show, which is organised by the Rotary
Clubs of Farnborough, Rushmoor and
Blackwater Valley, opens at midday.
Entry costs £1.50 for adults and £1 for children.
For more information visit
http://rushmoorrotary.hampshire.org.uk/dd
Kids
events
in
Princes
Mead
Princes Mead shopping
centre in Farnborough
will be open from
10am to 4pm across
the Jubilee Bank
Holiday weekend.
To mark the Jubilee celebrations
the centre is offering free themed
face painting from midday until 4pm
on Saturday 2 June. On Saturday 9
June, there will be free table football
in the mall from 11am to 4pm.
The popular Aldershot
Garrison Show takes place
at Queen’s Parade, Aldershot
on Saturday 23 June.
More than 20,000 people are
expected to attend this year’s show,
which marks Rushmoor’s celebration of
Armed Forces Day and the contribution
made by serving soldiers and their
families, veterans and the cadets.
As well stalls and exhibitors, a funfair
and kids games, the show features
community events and interactive army
sports. The day ends with an arena show
featuring top display teams including
the Parachute Regiment Freefall Team
‘The Red Devils’ and Imps motorcycle
display team.
For up to date information about
the show visit www.facebook.com/
aldershotarmyshow or
www.armyshow.co.uk
FREE
Queen’s Road Recreation Ground, North Camp
entry
Saturday 16 June, Midday to 4pm
The North Camp Summer Fayre has a Jubilee and
Olympic theme. As well as a ‘Kings and Queens’ fancy dress
procession, there will be a mini fun Olympics
on the recreation ground.
Para Falklands 30
Sunday, 17 June, 1.30pm
Aldershot Town Centre
Military parade commemorating the 30th
anniversary of the Falklands conflict. For more
information visit www.paracharity.org/falklands30
FREE
entry
Knellwood Open Air Summer Concert
Sunday 24 June, 3pm
FREE
entry
Grounds of Knellwood War Memorial Home,
Canterbury Road, Farnborough
Bring your own picnic and chair for an afternoon outdoor
concert in the grounds of the Victorian country house.
Music provided by the Rushmoor Concert Band. Tea,
coffee, cakes and ice cream on sale. For more information
contact Amanda Stallard on 01252 327 671
or email [email protected]
The Rushmoor Choir Summer Concert –
‘Music for a Royal Occasion’
Saturday 7 July, 7.30pm
Christ Church, Church Crookham
£10 in advance, £12 on the door
‘Music for a Royal Occasion’ will include works
by Handel, Boyce and Walton as well as some
madrigals and lighter music.
For more information visit www.rushmoorchoir.org.uk
or email [email protected]
Southwood 2012
FREE
Sunday 8 July, 11am to 4pm
entry
Southwood Wodland, Farnborough
Southwood 2012 will include sports and cultural activities
such as The Southwood Mile, tug-of-war, face painting,
Nepalese drumming and dancing, games, storytelling
and a BBQ. The event is being organised by Rushmoor
Healthy Living. For more information, contact Christine
Pieters on 01252 362 660 or visit www.rhl.org.uk
The Royal Corps of Transport Concert
Band Diamond Jubilee Concert
Saturday 14 July, 2pm
Princes Hall, Aldershot
£10
A concert to raise money for the Britsh Limbless Ex-Service
Men’s Association and they Mayor’s charities, and to
celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. For more information,
contact Roger Sanders on 01252 692 026 or to book tickets
call the Princes Hall Box Office on 01252 329 155.
For more events, visit www.rushmoor.gov.uk/events
8 Street Parties
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successful
street party
There are more than a dozen street
parties taking place across Aldershot and
Farnborough to celebrate the Queen’s
Diamond Jubilee.
While it is too late register a new event
with us in time for the Jubilee weekend,
there’s still plenty of time to organise
a smaller get-together with your friends
and neighbours in your garden.
For top tips on hosting a party
visit www.thebiglunch.co.uk and
www.streetsalive.org.uk.
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Jubilee food
Get everybody to bring along a dish
or hold a cake baking contest so everyone
is involved in the food preparations!
The Big Lunch website has some
recipe ideas including salads, pastries,
pizzas and cakes.
Jubilee decorations
From union flags to colourful bunting,
there are lots of ways to brighten up your
street for a Jubilee celebration – you could
even plant red, white and blue flowers and
enter your garden into our Rushmoor in
Bloom competition (see page 14 for more
information). It’s easy to make your own
paper chains or bunting. For downloadable
templates visit www.thebiglunch.co.uk
Jubilee games
Games are a great way to break the ice,
and you don’t need much equipment for
traditional games like British Bulldog,
or to hold a mini sports day. If your
guests are crafty why not hold a crown
decorating contest?
1. The original programme from the Coronation tea party, held at Greenwood Close,
Aldershot. Programme provided by Jenny Durham. 2,3,4,&6. Parents and children
from Twelve Acre Crescent, Farnborough, enjoy a Coronation street party. Photos
provided by Malcolm Knight. 5. Stewart Currie flies the Union Flag at the Coronation
party at Greenwood Close, Aldershot. Photo provided by Jenny Durham.
Jubilee recycling
Don’t forget to recycle
bottles and cans when
you’re clearing up after
your street party or
Jubilee celebrations.
Recycle your bottles
and cans
You can use your blue storage
box or basket (or purple wheelie
bin if you live in a flat) for all
types and colours of glass bottles
and jars (no lids).
Cans and plastic bottles should
be rinsed and put in your blue
recycling bin. For a full list of
what can be recycled visit
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/recycling
Jubilee recycling
collections
We collect recycling every
fortnight and will empty your
glass recycling at the same time
as your blue recycling bin.
Don’t forget, your collection
day will change due to the
Jubilee bank holiday. You
can find out when your next
collection will be by logging
onto our website and using
our In My Area tool www.rushmoor.gov.uk/inmyarea
You can also take glass to
the many bottle banks within
supermarket and park car parks
across Rushmoor.
Please don’t put any broken glass or Pyrex in
your glass recycling box or bin. These should be
carefully wrapped and put in the bin with your
normal rubbish.
1953 Coronation 9
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Rushmoor ’s
1953
Coronation
7. Children in fancy dress at the Twelve Acre
Crescent, Farnborough, Coronation street party.
Photos by Mary Mullins (pictured as Red Riding
hood) and provided by Malcolm Knight. 8. Families
from Greenwood Close, Aldershot, pose for a group
photo. Photo provided by Jenny Durham. 9. Monks
from Farnborough Abbey take silk for the Queen’s
Coronation robe into the Abbey to be blessed. Photo
provided by Jo Gosney. 10. Families at the Twelve
Acre Crescent, Farnborough, Coronation street party.
Photo provided by Malcolm Knight.
celebrations
We peeked inside
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minute books from e 1952/53
Aldershot
Borough Council
and borrowed
a copy of the Farn
borough
Chronicle from hi
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Gosney to find ou
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and Farnboroug
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Did you know
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• To celebrate the
coronation, the Mini
stry of Food announced
a bonus ration of
an extra pound of
sugar and four ounces of margarin
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s.
• Aldershot Boroug
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total of £1756 on the cil spent a Coronation celebrations (£6 in
19
52
/3 and £1570 in 1953/4).
That’s around £40,000 in today’s
money.
• Silk from silkwor
ms at Farnborough
Abbey was used in
the Queen’s Coronation robes.
Monks at Farnborough Abbe
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(image 7)
blessed the silk befo
re it was sent off.
Continued on page
10.
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10 60 years ago...
Extracts
from the
Farnborough
Chronicle...
The local newspaper produced
two special editions to mark
the Queen’s Coronation.
Here are some snippets
from the issue published
on Friday 5 June, 1953.
•
About 400 people took advantage of television facilities provided free at the Aldershot Wesley Hall and watched the Coronation processions www.rushmoor.gov.uk
and service on Tuesday.
The Grosvenor Road Methodist Church made the hall available
and Sound Television installed the
set free of charge.
•
Patients in Farnborough and Cove War Memorial Hospital saw the Coronation processions and service on three sets installed for the occasion by Smiths Radio. One set was in the Maternity Home and two
in the Hospital.
•
Parents of children under school age resident in Farnborough who have not yet received Coronation souvenir mugs may obtain them from the Clerk’s Department, Town Hall, on production of the child’s ration book.
[The mugs cost 1s. 6d. each]
Continued on page 12.
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These very happy children, who are waving at the
Aldershot News cameraman, are the children of
Upper Lysons Road and Vine Street.
The Aldershot Town
Band is about to le
ad a procession of
Boxalls Lane childre
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Everybody wa
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up at
the big Oaken
Copse Cresent,
Farnborough
Coronation da
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The lads of the village toasting the
Queen at their Coronation banquet
and ball. Insert - the Mayoress
accompanied by the Mayor
is presented with a bouquet.
Competitors in Oak Road, Farnborough, street party
fancy dress competition were glad they chose the
sunny Saturday for their party.
•
The prize for best-decorated street in Farnborough was won by Hindell Close. The oldest lady in the road accepted the plaque presented on behalf of the Coronation Committee by the Coronation Prince and Princess. A gift to the value of £5 is also
to be given to the Road.
•
A film of the Farnborough Celebrations
is being made this week by Mr E.P
Gredington, a documentary
photographer at the Royal Aircraft Establishment. Using his own equipment, he will film highlights of the week and the finished film, which will run for half an hour, will have the final 10 minutes in colour.
Aldershot street parties
as reported by the farnborough chronicle June 1953
Crimea Road
Queen’s Road
Upper Lysons
Road and
Alderman and Mrs CJ Porter 50 children attended the
Vine
Street
were guests at the Crimea
party, held in the West End
Road party, where 116
children were given tea in
Mr North’s garage.
Each child received a
two shilling piece. They
presented the two oldest
women in the road, Mrs
Blake and Mrs Holloway,
with canisters of tea,
and the oldest man,
Mr McAdam, with cigarettes.
Mission, which was opened
by Aldershot comedian,
Arthur English. Councillor
Brown gave 50 apples and
50 oranges and each child
was presented with savings
stamps worth 5s and a
quarter pound of sweets
or chocolate.
A telegram from the Queen,
thanking the children for
their message of good
wishes, was read out at the
street party. 90 children
had tea and were presented
with a piece of Coronation
crown. William Powell’s
band played for dancing in
the street until midnight.
Kingsway
Estate
‘Probably the biggest party’
took place at the children’s
playground at the Kingsway
estate. It was attended by
350 children from Kingsway,
Sandford Road, Kings Road,
Western Road and Pavilion
Road. Arthur English opened
the party.
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nearest recycling point is?
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Coronation events
and activities in
Aldershot included:
•
A Church Parade Service at the Royal Garrison Church of All Saints on Coronation Sunday,
the 31st May, at 11am.
According to the minute book:
“This Church Parade was a fitting start to the Coronation Week and
his Worship the Mayor had accepted the invitation on behalf of
the Council: he hoped that as many
members as possible would attend
the service.”
• The Council was allocated
11 seats for the Coronation Procession in London.
Tickets cost £4 each and were to be paid for by the person attending the event. According to the minute book, the Mayor was unable to
attend “owing to the number of engagements which he had during the week of the Coronation.”
•
Coronation Celebrations in Aldershot finished with a Drumhead Service at the
Aldershot Recreation Ground
at 3pm on Sunday 7 June.
The Farnborough International
Airshow takes place this summer,
and will be open to the public on
14 and 15 July.
To mark the Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee there will be a special
patriotic flying display as well as
themed activities and a dedicated
family arena with thrill rides and
interactive exhibits.
This year there will also be
limited public tickets for a Jubilee
Day on 13 July, where the public
will have access to four trade
exhibition halls.
For more information and
tickets visit www.farnborough.com
Better battery recycling
You are probably
From July we’ll start collecting used or
unwanted batteries from your home too,
familiar with our
on the same day we take your recycling.
fortnightly recycling
Find out more about battery recycling at
collections, when we
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/batteryrecycling
empty the paper, card,
plastic bottles and
cans in your blue bin.
COMING
SOON
How to recycle
your batteries
1. Look out for the
battery recycling ba
gs being dropped throu
gh your letterbox
in the coming week
s.
2. Fill the bag with
your used or unwa
nted batteries. We accept
most portable batteries that will fit
inside the bag.
See our website for
a full list.
3. We’ll collect yo
ur full battery bag
on the same day as
your recycling.
Just put the bag on
the
bin
lid on collection da
y.
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Grow
red,
Aldershot’s
Jubilee
bandstand
The bandstand will be officially
opened at 12 noon on Saturday,
2 June as part of the town’s
Victoria Day celebrations.
Earlier this year residents were invited to give
their views on the design of the bandstand.
The chosen design has a Victorian feel with a
contemporary twist, and will provide a large
performance space for local concert bands,
musicians and even market stalls. A time
capsule, put together by children from Talavera
Junior School in Aldershot, showing what life is
like in 2012, is buried underneath.
A series of summer concerts is being
planned, and a number of school bands from
Rushmoor’s twin towns are lined up to perform
in the bandstand as part of the National
Bandstand Marathon on Sunday 9th September
(www.bandtsandmarathon.org.uk)
To find out more about the bandstand visit
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/bandstand
and
blue!
Help Farnborough and
Aldershot look its best
during the Queen’s
Diamond Jubilee and
Olympic celebrations
by taking part in
Rushmoor in Bloom.
The annual competition is
open to everyone and is a
great reason to spruce up your
garden so it’s looking tip top in
time for this summer’s special
events.
This year’s competition
includes more than ten
gardening categories, an
allotment competition and
separate classes for schools
and nurseries.
If you’re a keen gardener
there’s still time to enter this
year’s contest. Entry to the
gardening competition is
free and closes on 25 June.
To register, fill in the form at
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/
rushmoorinbloom
Allotment holders are
entered automatically.
Judging for the gardening
competition takes place
between 9 and 18 July and
allotments are visited in June
and September.
All entrants are invited to the
awards ceremony at the Princes
Hall on 17 September, where
the best entries, and winners
of gold, silver-gilt, silver and
bronze awards are announced.
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Royal visit 15
The
Queen’s
visit to Aldershot
The Queen visited Aldershot
in 1963. She travelled by train
and there was a guard of
honour when she arrived
at Aldershot station.
During the visit, Her Majesty toured Miss
Daniell’s Soldiers’ Home in Barrack Road
and attended a service at the Royal Garrison
Church (which was commemorating its
centenary) where there was a march-past.
The royal party ate lunch at the Government
House Officers’ Mess, then visited the
Cambridge Military Hospital and the Mons
Officer Cadet School.
Members of the public lined the streets to
catch a glimpse of the Royal party passing by.
Pictures from The Aldershot News, August 1963
Wishing everyone
a very happy
Diamond Jubilee
from Rushmoor
Borough Council
Thanks to…
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Jo Gosney, Farnborough historian
Trinity Mirror (Aldershot and Farnborough News & Mail)
Malcolm Knight (www.hotten.net)
John Cole (www.historicfarnborough.co.uk)
Jenny Durham, Aldershot resident
Council Offices, Farnborough Road, Farnborough, Hants, GU14 7JU
www.rushmoor.gov.uk  01252 398 399
[email protected]  May 2012