Jubiloo

It's Jubilation all round at the mo in the UK and beyond. Even Paddington Bear had tea with the Queen.

I've got my sore foot up. It's traditionally chucking it down. The coffees hot. BBC News is wall to wall pomp and pageantry. The Queen's in Windsor Castle feeling unwell. Ed Sheeran is warming up for his big palace gig. I'm hoping they show the James Bond cars that are lined up in London somewhere. No sign of Cliff Richard yet. Brian May appears to be the new national treasure. Queen Liz herself remains the main event of course. I can't imagine being 96, never mind being a monarch.

I remember some things about the Jubilee in 1977. I was 16 and probably in the midst of my summer O-levels in the 5th and final year of high School. It had been a terrible year, the worst of all years for me and my family, as our mum had died suddenly earlier in the winter.

Im surprised I bothered with the Jubilee that year but as someone said, life goes on and l went to see what was going on where my big sister lived in Adlington near Chorley.

I remember that my girlfriend at the time, Janet, came along and I think the festivities were in Adlington Fields. The portable toilets had been named Jubiloos by some bright spark. There were lots of punk rockers at the event with God Save The Queen ripped t-shirts on.

I also remember that my nephew came off his push bike that day, flying over the handlebars and landing on his chin. I can well imagine that he still has a scar where he hit the deck!

Do you remember the 1977 Jubilee readers?

Are you enjoying the long Jubilee weekend? Did you see the big concert last night on TV?