Interesting Facts About The Queen
30 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Charity, Deceased, Politics, British Forces, Events, History
Did You Know
The Queen has made a Christmas Broadcast to the Commonwealth every year of her reign except 1969
Tony Blair was the first Prime Minister to have been born during The Queen’s reign. He was born in early May, 1953 – a month before the Coronation.
The Queen has attended every opening of Parliament except those in 1959 and 1963, when she was expecting Prince Andrew and Prince Edward respectively.
There have been six Archbishops of Canterbury during The Queen’s reign (Archbishops Geoffrey Fisher, Michael Ramsey, Donald Coggan, Robert Runcie, George Carey and Rowan Williams).
There have been six Roman Catholic Popes during The Queen’s reign (Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI).
The Queen is currently patron of over 600 charities and organisations, over 400 of which she has held since 1952.
Since 1952, The Queen has conferred over 404,500 honours and awards.
The Queen has answered around three and a half million items of correspondence.
The Queen has sent almost 540,000 telegrams to couples in the UK and the Commonwealth celebrating their diamond wedding (60 years) anniversary.
Many of The Queen’s official tours were undertaken on the Royal Yacht Britannia. It was launched by Her Majesty on 16th April 1953 and was commissioned for service on 7th January 1954. It was de-commissioned in December, 1997. During this time, Britannia travelled more than a million miles on Royal and official duties.
The Queen made an historic visit to the Republic of Ireland in May 2011, the first visit by a British Monarch since Irish independence (King George V’s had visited in 1911).
In 1969 the first television film about the family life of the Royal Family was made, and shown on the eve of the Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales.
In 1953, The Queen made the first Christmas Broadcast from overseas, (rather than from the UK), broadcasting live from New Zealand. The first televised broadcast was in 1957, made live. The first pre-recorded broadcast took place in 1960 to allow transmission around the world. In 2006 the Christmas Broadcast was first made available to download as a podcast.
The Queen launched the British Monarchy’s official website in 1997. In 2007 the official British Monarchy YouTube channel was unveiled, swiftly followed by a Royal Twitter site (2009), Flickr page (2010) and Facebook page (also 2010).
The Queen was born at 17 Bruton St, London W1 on the 21st April, 1926, was christened on the 29th May, 1926 in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace and was confirmed on the 28th March, 1942 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle she learnt to drive in 1945. The Queen’s real birthday is on 21st April, but it is celebrated officially in June.
The Queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign, starting with Susan who was a present for her 18th birthday in 1944. A good proportion of these have been direct descendants from Susan. Her Majesty currently has three corgis – Monty, Willow and Holly. The Queen also introduced a new breed of dog known as the “dorgi” when one of Her Majesty’s corgis was mated with a dachshund named Pipkin which belonged to Princess Margaret. There have been 11 dorgis – Tinker, Pickles, Chipper, Piper, Harris, Brandy, Berry, Cider, Candy and Vulcan.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have been married for 64 years. They were married on 20th November, 1947 in Westminster Abbey. The Queen’s wedding dress was designed by Norman Hartnell and was woven at Winterthur Silks Limited, Dunfermline, in the Canmore factory, using silk that had come from Chinese silkworms at Lullingstone Castle
The Queen’s racing colours are a purple body with gold braid, scarlet sleeves and black velvet cap with gold fringe. They were adopted from those used by King Edward VII; one of his most successful horses was called Diamond Jubilee.
There have been only three Diamond Jubilees of Heads of State celebrated throughout the world during The Queen’s reign. King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand celebrated 60 years on the throne in 2006; the former Sultan of Johor (now a part of Malaysia) celebrated his in 1955; and the late Emperor Hirohito of Japan celebrated his in 1986.
Queen Victoria was the last and to date the only British Monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee. The Queen, who was aged 85 on Accession Day in 2012, is the oldest monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee. Queen Victoria was 77 when she celebrated hers in 1897.
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Japanese Proverbs
30 May 2012 Leave a Comment
Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.
Because your heart is so beautiful, everything looks beautiful to you.
You will never learn enough looking for only the good things in life; you will always be a pupil.
Even when months and days are long, life is short.
Severn Way Walk Sponsored Charity Walk For Your Charity or Club
29 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Charity, Events Tags: severn way walk
When: – Friday 7th September to Saturday 22nd September 2012
Where: – The River Severn – The Source , Plynlimon Wales to Bristol and the Sea
Whether it be your sports club, guide/scout group, another organisation or Charity, you can raise funds by taking part in the walk. Severn Way Walk will organise the event, so all you have to do is sign up your sponsors.
Interested?…… then find out How it Works
Key Dates:
Bewdley to Worcester via Stourport on Severn – Saturday 15th September
Worcester to Severn Stoke – Sunday 16th September
Severn Beach to the Centre of Bristol – Saturday 22nd September
International
- Water Aid
- Shelter box
UK
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Air Ambulance
Local
- Kemp Hospice
- Acorns Childrens Hospice
- Sight Concern Worcestershire
- Bewdley Youth Cafe
- Headway North Worcestershire
- SARA (Severn Area Rescue Association)
- Elizabeth Mills Day centre
They reserve the right to add other charities or good causes without notification
If you wish you may walk for all the above charities as a group or one or more of these, or indeed for (an)other charity/charities of your own selection. It is important that this is made clear in using the ‘charities’ space on the registration form.
For more information contact Severn Way Walk using the form on their website
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Could You Be a Fire Service Volunteer
29 May 2012 Leave a Comment
If you live in North Worcestershire and you’re looking for a new challenge, why not consider becoming a Community Safety Volunteer with Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS)?
The Service launched its Community Safety Volunteer Programme a couple of years ago and has successfully recruited volunteers in both South Worcestershire and Herefordshire, who are now fully trained and assisting with a range of safety activities within their local communities.
The Service is now looking to extend the programme into North Worcestershire (to include Kidderminster, Stourport, Bewdley, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Barnt Green and Alvechurch areas), and is urging anyone aged 18 or over and interested in becoming a Community Safety Volunteer in this area to get in touch.
Volunteers will help to support existing staff in a variety of safety initiatives, such as promoting safety awareness at local public events, accompanying crew members to carry out home safety checks and acting as casualties during operational training exercises.
Volunteering activities may take place during the day, in the evening or at weekends, and volunteers will receive comprehensive training for all the activities they undertake, with the opportunity to develop further skills and experience within their roles.
Julie Udall, Community Safety Advisor with HWFRS, explained:
“Providing safety advice is a vital part of the Fire Service’s role in the community, and we attend hundreds of events throughout the year to promote the many different aspects of fire safety. Our operational firefighters are busy training and attending emergency calls, and so we are keen to attract extra volunteers who can help us with this important area of work and at the same time, give something back to their local community.
“Effective safety awareness can make a real difference to people’s lives and I’d urge anyone with a few hours to spare each week to consider getting involved.”
While promoting fire safety is a key part of the role, volunteers have the chance to get involved in a range of activities.
In March of this year, for example, Community Safety Volunteers took part in Exercise Olympus, a large scale multi-agency training exercise which simulated an explosion and building collapse. Volunteers were made up to look like casualties who had been injured in the explosion and trapped in the rubble, helping to make the training as realistic as possible.
CSA Julie Udall urged anyone interested in finding out more about the role of Community Safety Volunteer with HWFRS to contact her at judall@hwfire.org.uk or on 01905 368 228
Are You Ready For The Big Jubilee Lunch With Neighbours
29 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Charity, Events, History, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: The Big Jubilee Lunch
The Big Lunch is a very simple idea from the Eden Project. The aim is to get as many people as possible across the whole of the UK to have lunch with their neighbours in a simple act of community, friendship and fun.
Last year on Sunday 5th June the best part of two million people took part in The Big Lunch. In 2012 The Big Lunch falls on the same weekend as The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations on Sunday 3rd June and as announced by Buckingham Palace The Big Jubilee Lunch will be a part of the main programme of events over the central weekend of the Diamond Jubilee. A record number of people are expected to take part. Why not be one of them!
A Big Lunch can be anything from a few neighbours getting together in the garden or on the street, to a full blown street party with food, music and decoration that quite literally stops the traffic.
Since starting in 2009, thousands of Big Lunches have taken place in all kinds of communities across the UK and the best part of a million people get involved each year.
If your holding a Big Lunch in your community tell us below this story where it will be held
Scottish TV presenter Carol Smillie helped launch The Big Lunch north of the border in 2011. She says,
‘Not only is the Big Lunch a great day out for all of the family, it also allows neighbours to get together, form new friendships and make communities stronger. So why not sign up to organise a Big Lunch in your area today and bring together your neighbourhood.’
Scottish Chef and Big Lunch Ambassador Tony Singh says,
‘You don’t need to bring anything particularly fancy to the table; lively chat and interesting people can make even a glass of water good fun. Food you can share, which is simple and tastes good, is an easy win – it doesn’t need to be anything fancier than that. The Big Lunch is all about finding what different people in your community can offer and receive in return and I would encourage everyone across Scotland to get involved.’
From village fetes to city carnivals, and sports parades to May Day celebrations, community get-togethers and street parties aren’t new to the UK. We have a long tradition of celebrating with our neighbours.
Historically we can date street parties as far back as Halloween in 1000BC which was the Old Celtic New Year and—in more recent history—royal celebrations like Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887 and the Royal Wedding Street Parties celebrating the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton.
Whether it’s Live Aid, Guy Fawkes Night, Notting Hill Carnival or Hogmanay communities across the UK have always enjoyed a good knees up with their neighbours.
Holding a Big Lunch where you live is simple. Download your FREE Pack today to get you started. The Met Office might not be able to book the weather for you, but they can give you a good estimate of whether you need to plan for Factor 30, or brollies all round. Click to view the Met Office weather map to check out the weather, temperature, the all important ‘feels like’, and depending what the final analysis is, rainfall or pollen count.
And regardless of what it does eventually, we’re also a nation that knows how to celebrate regardless – so let’s raise a glass to the weather.
Men It’s Time To Strip off In aid of Midlands Air Ambulance Charity 2013 Calender
29 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Charity, Events, LGBT Tags: Banks’s 2013 calender, Midlands Air Ambulance
When it comes to raising money for a very worthy cause, how far would you be prepared to go? Would you skydive from a plane or run a marathon? “Maybe” we hear you say” but would you take the ultimate challenge and pose for the camera with only your modesty covered?
This is your chance to appear in Banks’s 2013 calendar whilst raising money for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. The hunt is on to find 11 men to grace the pages of their calendar as they already have one of their own men to appear inside it.
So what’s in it for you, we hear you cry? All finalists will go into a grand final event where one lucky man will be crowned Mr. Banks’s. They are offering bundles of prizes, plus all proceeds from the sale of the calendar will go to the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. So don’t be shy and show everyone what you are made of.
Visit www.bankssbeer.co.uk/mrbankss to enter your photo now! Closing Date for entries: 31st July 2012.
Timebomb – Happy Birthday Kylie Minogue
28 May 2012 Leave a Comment
Kylie Ann Minogue was born on the 28th May, 1968 at 11 a.m. in Melbourne Australia. She first became known in the UK when she appeared, at only eighteen years of age, in the Australian soap, “Neighbours”.
She started life as an actress in 1986 but after a hit, with friends, of a cover version of “The Loco-motion” and a huge success with “I should be so lucky” – a UK no. 1 hit in January 1988, she soon became famous as a pop star across the world ……
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – Send a Message To The Queen
28 May 2012 Leave a Comment
In true British style we celebrate this day
The Queens Diamond Jubilee with a extra bank holiday.
We’re grateful to have a long weekend It’s always a real treat
So we’re going to throw a party out there, in the street.
Get out the bunting dress all in Red, White and Blue
How will you celebrate whilst being proud to be British too.
To mark 60 years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign, special Diamond Jubilee celebrations will take place over a “four day” weekend between Saturday 2nd June and Tuesday 5th June 2012.
A Diamond Jubilee has only ever been celebrated in the UK once before – Queen Victoria, who reigned for more than 60 years, celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
Queen Elizabeth came to the throne on 6th February 1952 and her coronation took place on 2nd June 1953.
CLICK this link – To leave message on The official website of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
After you send a message you receive a confirmation email from The Royal Household.
How will you be celebrating The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
The Arthur Findlay Centre Open Day
28 May 2012 Leave a Comment
Arthur Findlay Centre in Stafford provides an exciting opportunity for the Spiritualists’ National Union to establish a permanent base in the Midlands and beyond for the further promotion and dissemination of Spiritualism. Members have asked for some time whether high quality courses similar to those run at the Arthur Findlay College could be run elsewhere in the country. The new centre plans to deliver a range of courses, at the same high standards as at the College, at an affordable price, helping them to deliver and progress our key objects.
The Centre provides a beautiful assembly hall with seating for 180, a large training/function room which can cater for up to 120 , a training room with bar area, a recently refurbished café/ reception area, a kitchen , 4 healing/ interview/committee rooms, a shop, an office and 3 sets of toilets. Adjacent to the assembly hall where Stafford Spiritualist Church has been based since 1999, there is an additional kitchen, library, mediums lounge, 3 healing rooms and separate entrance foyer.
The geographic location of the Centre provides easy access to large centres of population in Birmingham and the Black Country, Stafford, Stoke on Trent, Shropshire, Manchester, Derby, Lichfield, Nottinghamshire etc., ideally situated close to Junction 14 of the M6, on the mainline railway route which runs from Edinburgh to Exeter and 30 miles away from Birmingham airport.
The centre is being developed as a centre of learning, providing access to high quality and varied learning opportunities. The Arthur Findlay College has strong links to the centre. Stafford Spiritualist Church already has established a presence in the area, holding awareness and development courses and 5 day courses. The centre offers a programme of educational and development opportunities including week long, 3 day and weekend courses.
The centre will also be developed as a centre for healing. Healing is currently available on Monday afternoon and Wednesday evening, provided by the Church. The healing rooms will also be available for use by complementary therapists. CLICK to view the two day open days programme listings
Are You A Lady Who Loves To Bake and Make Cakes
28 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Charity, Events, Uncategorized Tags: cake and bake show 2012, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood, queen dimond jubilee, the times
The UK’s first consumer cake and baking show will be featuring demos from celebrity chefs and the UK’s top bakers, baking workshops for all ages, dedicated bread and chocolate areas, baking equipment stands and a food market, the Cake and Bake Show is an unmissable event for any baking fan. The first live event is dedicated to the world of cakes, breads and the art of baking. Please note that Paul Hollywood will be demonstrating on Saturday 22nd, while Mary Berry will be demonstrating on Sunday 23rd. Full timetables will be announced nearer the date of the event. All speakers subject to change.
CLICK to buy tickets for this event
Between 22-23 September 2012 at Earls Court, London http://www.thecakeandbakeshow.co.uk/
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