Totland Parish Council have announced plans to light 2 beacons in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on the evening of Thursday 2nd June.
The Beacons are 2 of thousands being lit in the UK and the Commonwealth and form part of the official programme announced by Buckingham Palace for the Jubilee Weekend. The beacons will be lit at West Highdown and at The Needles, and they will be some of over 2,022 lit by charities, communities, and faith groups all over the UK.
In addition, beacons will be lit in all 54 Commonwealth capitals, and the principal beacon lighting will take place in a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening.
Bruno Peek, Pageant master of The Queen’s Jubilee Platinum Beacons, says:
“Building on a long tradition of lighting beacons to mark significant royal celebrations, thousands of beacons will be lit across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth They will enable local communities to join together to pay tribute to Her Majesty as part of the official programme of events.
“For the first time, town criers, pipers, buglets, and choirs from the UK and the Commonwealth will come together to join in the celebrations in their own individual and special way. It is wonderful to see the range of support for beacon lighting, which will highlight both the diversity and unity of the nation and the Commonwealth.
“The Queen has lit up our lives for 70 years through her dedicated service and commitment. We would like to light up the nation and the Commonwealth in her honour.”
Ward Councillor for Totland and Colwell Chris Jarman has said:
“The residents of Totland and Colwell are proud to be part of this momentous celebration. We are enormously grateful to the students of Isle of Wight College that have designed and fabricated our Jubilee Beacons, to DMR Engineering for their substantial donation of the materials, to our local Scouts and young people participating in the preparations and for all those that have contributed wood and support.
“It is only appropriate that this unique milestone in history is marked with beacons and music, and we are pleased that our events along Tennyson Down will resound to the echoing melodies of our own local bagpiper Laura McEwan. We are honoured to be part of this special event for Her Majesty, The Queen’s 70th year as our Monarch and Head of the Commonwealth on her Platinum Jubilee.”
yes of course, lets ignore the pollution and increase in CO2 emissions that these so called beacons emit – after all, intentionally polluting the air is acceptable for the queen. Jeez hypocrites.
Treasonous little peasant, off with your head!
clearly the environmental concerns, global warming and co2 levels only matter when it suits
She’s the queen of slave traders.
I know you just love to be negative about everything, but it always pays to understand your subject before waxing lyrical about it.
Burning wood is classed as ‘Carbon Neutral’…
but even if it wasn’t, the CO2 produced from a beacon would only be a fraction of that produced by the cars of people driving to see it…
it isn’t neutral – it still emits smoke and gases as it burns – as stated – only matters when it suits.
what’s about the one up Culver ?