HEREFORDSHIRE came together this weekend as towns, villages and communities across the county celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, with some traditional events still going.
From street parties to dog shows there has been event after event across the four days marking Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign.
Beacons were lit across the county on Thursday evening, while street parties took place on Saturday and Sunday.
And memories of jubilees gone by have been on the minds of members of our We Grew Up in Hereford Facebook page, with several sharing their pictures and recollections of the Queen’s silver jubilee in 1977.
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Tracy Pritchard remembered when the street parties went on all day.
She shared a photo of people dancing in the street, including herself and a girl called Mandy Marsh in red dresses. Tables with food and drinks are in the background.
Sharon Pugh shared a photo of one of the highlights of Foley Street’s celebrations, the knobbly knees competition.
The photo showed people stood in a row having their knees judged, and one man had a smirk on his face while his knee was being touched.
“Methinks he's enjoying that a bit too much,” she said.
Phill Barnett showed Cotterell Street – he wasn’t sure what the occasion was but guessed it was the jubilee because of the long table in the middle of the street.
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Andrew Bowley posted a photo of the Tupsley cubs knitting for the Queen’s silver jubilee. His brother Mark is on the left in the photo.
Richard Sockett shared more nostalgia from happier and less distanced times during the jubilee, he said.
“I remember it well, even if we didn’t have a party,” he said.
Marcus Johanson remembered his gran Olive Warwick, who was landlady of the Tabard, a munitions worker in Rotherwas and proprietor of Mill Street stores.
In the photo she is ready for a charity football match at the silver jubilee.
“She was and, in my eyes, will always be a legend,” he said.
Mark Gethin posted a photo of a street party in Coniston Walk, off Yazor Road.
Meanwhile, Gary Phillips shared several photographs of Hewitt Avenue, showing children on bicycles in a row, and people of all ages celebrating the jubilee together
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