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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacons & Events

Pictures from around the country - Click on images for full size pictures
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12 Group Bristol Beacon

Llandudno Beacon
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Rushton Spencer ROC Monitoring Post Museum

Arbroath ROC Monitoring Post Museum
Arbroath Monitoring Post Museum celebrated with food, refreshments and a fireworks display.
Read Cheryl Stewart's reflections on the event here.

10 Group - St Agnes Head, Cornwall
​Lawrence and Chris Holmes from No 10 Group attended the ceremony at St Agnes.
 
“The lighting took place inside the small compound round the St Agnes Head Coastguard Lookout.  This is very near the cliffs/sea and faces west.  The result was that we got a fantastic sunset.
 
The site is not a normal beacon site.  St Agnes Beacon (Armada beacon site) is some 1 mile inland on a high hill.  I helped to build and then light the 1977 beacon for the Silver Jubilee which is on top of the Armada Beacon hill”

 
The Chairman of St Agnes Parish Council, who organised the event, read the proclamation.  James Churchfield from BBC Radio Cornwall was also present and later interviewed Lawrence and Chris “asking us why we had attended the St Agnes Beacon lighting.  I did manage to get in the ROC and our beacon lighter badge followed by the main reason – the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee”

31 Group 
Copy Sovereign Banner and copy ROC Banner flying in salute at the home of Nigel Crockard in Lisburn City. Nigel is a Member of 31Group ROC Association and former 31Group ROC Crew 2 ROC HQ Ops Lisburn City.

15 Group Holbeach Beacon
Dave Hagan had the honour of lighting the beacon at Holbeach

13 Group South Wales
Stan Robinson and Barbara James attended the ceremony where a  crowd of around 500 had gathered with the MP Dame Nia Griffiths and Civic dignitaries from across the county of Carmarthenshire. A local male voice choir sang hymns and Hits from the past as the countdown for the lighting of the beacon began. The Crowd were in good heart as the singing of the the National Anthems rang our and veterans saluted. 

8 Group
Simon and Nicki attended the event in Sheffield

21 Group - Beacon  
21 Group members lit a beacon at the 21 Group/WES Sector Control building in Preston.  You can read Elaine Norris's in depth report here
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21 Group - 'Plant a tree for the Jubilee'
As part of 'The Queen's Green Canopy' initiative, 21 Group planted four trees at the site of the 21 Grp/WES Sector Control site.  Read Elaine Norris's report here

25 Group - Skelmorlie Bunker
Skelmorlie bunker was the venue for the 25 Group Beacon lighting

29 Group
29 Group ROCA members met at the  former Group HQ , Quarry Road, Aberdeen
There was a small gathering of Group Control members and one from Stonehaven post. We then went to local hostelry, the Lord Byron to raise a toast to the Queen!
L - R Frank Sheldon, Doreen Watson, Colin Mathieson, Mary Bruce, Mike Middleton, Sheila Donaldson, Evelyn Murray Jim Hendrie.

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