The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacon Event

On Monday 4th June (Bank Holiday Monday) a chain of beacons will be lit in sequence  throughout the UK to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee (starting at 10.00 p.m.).  Those lighting beacons will include Government Departments, the National Trust and English Heritage, Stately Homes, Lighthouses,  Hadrians Wall, companies and charities, pubs, clubs and other organisations, and finally the Queen herself at 10.30 p.m. You can read more about the event at www.diamondjubileebeacons.co.uk .

Dore Scout's Explorer Unit have registered to light an official beacon along with many other youth organisations including military cadet corps, the Boys Brigade and the Scout and Guide Associations.  We will be lighting our beacon simultaneously with the rest in our group at 10.10 p.m. in the grounds of the Dore Club on Townhead Road (next but one to the Church Hall).  Everyone is invited to come along and share the occasion, starting at 9.00 p.m.

Other local beacons include those at Chatsworth House, Renishaw Hall, Freshville Park, Vulcan Rotary Club Bole Hill Park and the Three Merry Lads at Lodge Moor.