This afternoon a number of councillors and residents attended a short ceremony to dedicate the Boughton Platinum Jubilee Tree. Thank you to everyone who turned out.
Chair of Boughton Parish Council, Cllr Neil Matthew said:
It is my honour and privilege to dedicate this tree today on behalf of the residents of Boughton and for Boughton Parish Council.
Today marks the first platinum jubilee for a reigning monarch, Her Majesty coming to the throne on February 6th 1952 at the age of 25 after the death of her father King George VI. Her coronation followed on June 2nd1953 when 3 million people lined the route between Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. 38 million people watched on TV or listened to the ceremony on the radio.
The Queen has been a constant thread through the recent history of this country and has no doubt witnessed great changes. She has been served by 14 UK prime ministers and has served as head of state for 32 countries.
At the start of her reign the UK still had compulsory national identity cards, tea was still being rationed, Sooty made his first TV appearance and the first passenger jet flight was still three months away. The first UK motorway was six years in the future. Since then, she has seen man walk on the moon in 1969, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the twin towers attack in 2001, entry to and exit from the European Union, the invention of personal computers, the Internet, smartphones and social media, the rise of cheap air travel and foreign holidays, and the beginning of commercial space flight.
To commemorate a life dedicated to public service and specifically the 70 years of her reign I now dedicate this tree to the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
God Save The Queen.
