Celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth 1952-2022

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In May 2022, Mumbles Community Council were delighted to join forces with Mumbles Rotary to install a Jubilee Arch at the entrance to Southend Gardens. The arch is decorated with children’s drawings celebrating 70 years of Queen Elizabeth’s reign.

Local schools were invited to take part in a drawing competition and 10 entries were selected from each school to be judged by a panel including the team that manufactured the arch, Mumbles Community Council and members of Mumbles Rotary. After much deliberation due to the high standard of the entries, three winners from each school were chosen.

All those involved are grateful to HM Lord Lieutenant for officially opening the Arch on behalf of HM The Queen, at Southend Gardens. School children including winners of the competition attended.

The drawings have been manufactured into galvanised steel and are an exact replica of the children’s work on paper. These have been welded onto the arch with one Rotarian Roundel on each side and a plaque commemorating the collaboration between local industry, Mumbles Rotary, Mumbles Community Council and local Primary Schools.

Mumbles Platinum Jubilee Celebrations 

Events in Mumbles over the Holiday

Thursday 2nd June – BANK HOLIDAY

Newton Road closure

Vintage Street Party 50s and 60s theme   2pm to 9pm – FREE

3pm The legendary Paul Henry and the notorious Bobby Morgan

5pm Now & Then – 50s and 60s band     - 6.15pm Parade – Bloco Samba

7pm. Now & Then – 50s and 60s band - Food stalls, music, fairground rides, 50s and 60s theme

Jubilee Beacon Lighting Event  - Thursday 2nd June 2022

Location: Oystermouth Castle      

Mumbles Community Council are delighted to announce that the beacon on the top of Oystermouth Castle will be lit at 9.15pm on Thursday, June 2 in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Gethin Jones will be presenting live within Oystermouth Castle grounds for the BBC One programme Platinum Beacons: Lighting up the Jubilee, which is broadcasting live from beacon lighting events in Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and various Commonwealth countries. The Oystermouth beacon will be the penultimate one lit before the Principal Beacon in Buckingham Palace.

The City of Swansea Pipe Band will be playing national Jubilee tunes, circus performers will be entertaining, local school children will be showing off their Jubilee artwork and our proceedings will be supported by The Friends of Oystermouth Castle and The Ostreme Players.

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