15 September 2011

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As plans progress for next year’s Diamond Jubilee here’s one we made earlier – in fact it is the cover of the programme for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 – priced at a very modest 25p! For next year’s Jubilee we are looking for your memories, photographs and memorabilia from previous celebrations of the Queen’s reign. So have you got photos from years gone by when other Jubilees were held? Or perhaps cuttings from local papers and magazines showing what was reported, maybe school photos with you and your class receiving a specially minted Silver Jubilee crown piece as happened back in 1977.

Even better maybe you or your parents have recollections of the Coronation when many townsfolk flocked to the capital and street parties took place here in East Grinstead. We would love to be able share your memories and present them as part of an exhibition that would take place over the Jubilee celebrations. We won’t be looking to hold on to your precious photos or documents as we would like to copy them for display purposes so you get to hold on to the originals. Any objects – Coronation mugs and medals we would like to photograph and if you have some stories to tell – then we will record your words to use for some written history.

The town’s Tourist Information desk at the town’s library in West Street is the place to go and Information Officer Simon Kerr and his colleague Dawn Spalding look forward to welcoming you to share your memories. For more information you can call 01342 410121 or email tourism@eastgrinstead.gov.uk  We look forward to hearing from you!