PLATINUM JUBILEE ACTIVITIES (20 - TEA PARTY, STREET PARTY AND PIPES PLAYING

The Platinum Jubilee 4 day holiday was great fun.  From the Thursday to the Sunday we enjoyed friends coming to us as well as all of us going out into the park behind our house for the Street Party in the park.

Val's photo of us in the garden.

Iain got the bunting off the boat and rigged up a flagpole onto which he ran 2 long ropes of flags (courtesy and signal), pennants and a couple of Club event flags thrown in to the mix.

Here are the photos, starting with some preparation in the sewing room.

We had great fun with hoisting the British Columbia flag on the flagpole.  As it happens it is by far the biggest flag of the bunch.  Folk just couldn't figure out its identity.  The irony is that people in Scotland don't think much about the British monarchy or the Union Jack but for people from the Colonies (as I was) there is... well, there used to be... much interest!

Be that as it may it engendered much discussion e.g. where does the sun set? 

Iain played the pipes (not shown here) .. "There's no show without Punch"  as they say!

That flag on the left is the old red duster from the boat.  It is torn from flapping in all weathers but somehow I never threw it out.  And the same goes for the (even older) Union Jack above which still has its toggle and cord intact. I think it came from Iain's parents' belongings 40 years ago.