Platinum Jubilee Thank Yous
THANK YOU MA’AM!
On the 2nd June 1953 Princess Elizabeth was crowned Queen Elizabeth II amid all the pomp and ceremony that we Brits are known for.
Roll forward seventy years and the country celebrated her Platinum Jubilee. Events and street parties were planned up and down the country and Wenvoe was no exception.
The Beacon was lit in Twyn yr Odyn on Thursday 2nd June and the event was well attended. This was also the first time for many people to see the commemorative Toposcope in situ at the site of the Quarrymen’s stone. The Toposcope was designed by Ian Moody and thanks are extended to him for his time and design.
Many thanks to Dickon Oliver who led the walk up from the village and Jonathan Bird for organising and lighting the Beacon.
An outdoor service was held in the church grounds on Friday with picnics and games galore. Many thanks to the Church Committee for organising.
Saturday saw Wenvoe’s answer to Bake Off – we had seventy entries in the Cake and biscuit competition between the children’s and the adults’ categories.
Sian Jones and Anne Leslie registered each entry and made sure that all of the names were kept secret – well done Ladies!
The standard was very high and a big thank you to the judges Candice Shibani and Sandra Jones. What a task they had in choosing the winners and runners up! Thank you to Kelly Stevenson for organising the competition prizes
The exhibition in the hall on Wenvoe Past was a great success. We were so pleased that so many people shared their memories and mementoes of past Jubilees and general Wenvoe and Twyn yr Odyn history for everyone to enjoy. The cakes and biscuits from the competition were enjoyed by all along with a cup of tea and a natter!
The exhibition was the culmination of many hours of collating photos, clothes, toys which were then displayed on tables and on the boards in the hall. Huge thanks to Glenys and Mike Tucker, as not only did they collect all of exhibition material, but they also decorated the hall and indeed the village in the runup to the Jubilee weekend. They also had the mammoth task of making sure that everything was returned to its rightful owners.
Many thanks to George Burke for his input with the flyers and his enthusiasm in making sure that as many people as possible knew about the planned events.
Another big thank you to Abby Gaughan, Hazel Crockford, Annette Patterson, George Burke, and his granddaughter Esther, for helping us with setting up the exhibition in the Hall and for helping to clear up afterwards.
Lastly but by no means least the ‘tea’ ladies Heulwen Davies and Carol Wyllie for making sure that the refreshments flowed freely – nattering is thirsty work!
I would also like to extend our gratitude to Wenvoe Community Council for funding the street and hall decorations, the Commemorative flag, the prizes and the tea and coffee in the hall
Finally, on behalf of myself, Rhian Sexton , and the Jubilee Committee we would like to say a big thank you to everyone who attended the events and we hope that you enjoyed them as much as we did!
For everything!