The Queen’s 70th Jubilee Party

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The Queen’s 70th Jubilee Party

It was the day of the Mid Regis party; the street was bedecked for the bash.
Red, white, and blue was abundant as the bunting went up in a flash.
Seventy tables were ready to honour our queen’s special jubilee day.
Merriment fun and excitement and a jolly good, tasty, buffet.

Platefuls of sarnies were ready, all beautifully garnished and fresh.
The sound system boomed with such feedback as the Major tried out his address.
The road was shut to the traffic and the children just played in the street.
Many neighbours brought dogs to the party, and they settled down by their feet.

Mrs Dunn brought both her small corgis, adorned in their royal rosettes.
Both sat there looking so regal, like two little dog baronets.
Cupcakes adorned with gold adornments and trimmed with a Union Jack.
The kids were high on the sugar, as they all keep coming straight back.

Everyone stood to the anthem, singing God Save the Queen with such pride.
Mrs Reagan became quite emotive as she sniffed back the tears that she cried.
She always enjoyed a good party and remembered the queen from the war.
The King twins just listened with interest as she told them her stories galore

Glen Miller melodically played now, and everyone danced in the road.
The kiddies were eating the ice cream as the wine for adults just flowed.
Even the men danced the conga quite gladly forgetting their sport on TV
The women just laughed and enjoyed it; it was wonderful bash you’d agree.

The queen was toasted and honoured; the Major then said a few words.
Despite the hiss from the amp now, from his speech he never deterred.
He praised her sovereignty deeply and gave thanks to her wonderful reign.
There were boisterous cheers as he ended and another salute with Champagne.

As the food was cleared from the table and the light was starting to fade,
the party was finally over, another piece of history was made.
Children were now getting grumpy; their parents escorted them home.
Now tired from the day’s celebrations for the monarch who sits on our throne.

ⓒ Teresa Harrison-Best
Revised February 2022

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Teresa H-B
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Teresa lives in Worthing with her husband Stuart and their three rescue cats. She has recently retired from a long career in the Health and Social care sector, and has taken up Mosaics, Pilates and walking cricket. Her love of writing has always been prevalent throughout her life, and she wrote Catawall, fluent in feline following major surgery as a form of therapy. Her love of rhyme and rhythm feature in Catawall and her subsequent children’s books featuring Mackerel a piratical cat who captures the heart of everyone, even the ships mice and rats! ‘Mackerel and The Jolly Daisy’, ‘Mackerel and the Treasure Map’ and ‘Mackerel Saves the Day’. Her latest project Doggee Longlegs enters young fiction aimed at older children. Doggee is about young dog who starts life in a rescue shelter, overlooked on the homing day. Teresa is a great advocate of all animals and feels passionately about animal welfare, both at home and abroad.

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