THE diamond anniversary of Her Majesty the Queen’s coronation gave rise to a giant celebration in Chester on Sunday.
Chester the Giant City took effigies of Queen Elizabeth II to the city streets for the Bugs Royale parade.
Lucy Jones explained: “We chose the date, June 2, as it was exactly 60 years to the day when the Queen was crowned.
“Last year, we created 60 giants of the Queen with community groups from all over the North West to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee so it was an excellent opportunity for us to show them off again.
“We extended the theme to Bugs Royale after we heard about the plight of the British bee population and other endangered species.”
The Lord Mayor of Chester Cllr Jill Houlbrook officially opened the event at Town Hall Square before leading the parade around the city with the Freemen and Guilds and their giant.
Almost 50 groups took part in the parade including Chester Road Runners, Muir Housing, the Sunflower Project, the Japanese Nipponkai mother and toddler group and pupils from The Queen’s School, who led their giant Queen Victoria.
There was entertainment from Dee Sign Choir, Live! Youth Club in Newton and Japanese Teiko drummers.
Organiser Kristine Sczulik said: “It was a fabulous day and it ran like clockwork. We had 20 students from the University of Chester helping out with the organisation and they worked really hard, so I would like to say a special thank you to them.”
VISIT our website at www.chesterchronicle.co.uk to see a video and a gallery of photographs from the event courtesy of Fluke Photography.
