Your Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

DRESSED for the occasion: DJ Jimmy Burns at Brierwood Close.

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Icing on the cake
BAKING was taken to the next level for partygoers in Cornwall Crescent in Diggle.
People brought along food and drinks and some superb patriotic cakes to join in with the Jubilee celebrations.



MAYFAIR Crescent in Failsworth was the place to be to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. With flags galore, the street was lined with a feast fit for the Queen.

And everyone came out to enjoy it in some fair weather.



MUSIC was the theme of the day at one Diamond Jubilee street party. Residents in Brierwood Close, Oldham, boogied their way through the bank holiday, with music supplied by DJ Jimmy Burns.


BUSINESSMAN David Mackinnon outbid rivals at a charity auction to claim a unique keepsake from the Queen — then promptly returned it to delighted organisers.
David, an honorary member of Saddleworth Round Table, paid £175 for the framed letter at the club’s special Ju-beer-lee dinner attended by more than 90 guests at The White Hart, Lydgate. The club staged the event after calling off this year’s official Saddleworth Beer Walk because of mounting concerns over health and safety issues, policing costs and supervising the event which, last year, was overshadowed by violence and thousands of hangers-on who brought problems.

The Round Table sent a letter to the Queen congratulating her on her Diamond Jubilee and Buckingham Palace responded wishing the club success with the event.

David, group company secretary at Jacuzzi, received the letter from Mike Procter, the Round Table’s chairman, before passing it back to be re-auctioned, raising an additional £100.

The rare piece of memorabilia helped boost the total raised for local charities on the night to more than £3,000.

Mr Procter said: “It was a most generous gesture from David — the Queen would be proud of him.”

The event was sponsored by Oldham-based Wates Living Space.



PUPILS designed their own diamond jubilee T-shirts for a party at South Failsworth Primary School.
The look was crowned with Union Jack bowler hats, while pupils in Years 1 and 2 also buried a time capsule.



TO mark the jubilee, Saddleworth folk stepped back in time to visit a vintage fair.
The event was held at Uppermill Civic Hall and was put together by local jewellery designer Samantha Mills, along with make-up artist Lisa Gee and photographer Jude Gidney, who together run vintage pamper party business Lipgloss and Lenses.

The fair was promoted as part of Craft and Design Month, backed by Oldham Council. Visitors enjoyed hair and make-up demonstrations and could buy handmade jewellery.



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