Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee weekend celebrations
Thursday 2nd June - Sunday 5th June 2022
Allestree came together to celebrate HM Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in style for 4 days between Thursday 2nd June - Sunday 5th June 2022.
Here's a summary of what went on over the Jubilee weekend.
Jubilee Trail
Hosted by Allestree Alliance
Thursday 2nd June - Sunday 5th June
Families, businesses and community groups decorated their homes or premises to compete for the 'best decorated' award.
Messages for Queen Elizabeth II
Hosted by Allestree Alliance
Thursday 2nd June - Sunday 5th June
We wrote messages of congratulations to Her Majesty and we sent it to her as a gift from our community.
Jubilee Festival of Transport
Hosted by Allestree Alliance at Park Farm Centre
Thursday 2nd June
We know you love your classics Allestree, so to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, we held a classic car and bike show at Park Farm.
Art and Poetry competition
Hosted by Allestree Alliance at Allestree Library
Saturday 4th June
We held an Art / Poetry competition at Allestree Community Library.
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The Winners...
Honourable mentions go to Sally Souter and Ernest Redfern for their excellent Art entries.
From Lawn School the Art Competition winner is Milo and the runner up is Milan.
From Walter Evans School the Art competition winner is the Out of School Club and the runner up is Hazel.
The winner of the Poetry competition is Elliot and the runner up is Thea.
From Portway School the winner of the Art Competition is Emily and the runner up is Florence.
The winner of the Poetry competition is Bronwyn and the runner up is Evelyn.
From the Art competition entries made directly to Allestree Alliance's completion at Allestree Library, the winner is Evie and the runner up is Ava.
Thank you and well done to everyone that took part
Street Parties
Hosted by various residents across Allestree
Sunday 5th June
There were a number of street parties across Allestree.
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