Lots of of individuals lined the streets of Rochester to have fun the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in a novel means.
Drawing on the Medway city’s historic connections with Charles Dickens, every June and December members in interval costume take to the streets to have fun the creator.
This 12 months’s occasion was timed to coincide with the Platinum Jubilee.
Led by the Metropolis of Rochester Pipe Band, the city mayor and a city crier, a parade of greater than 200 costumed members marched down Rochester Excessive Avenue to the Rochester Citadel grounds, the place a funfair, food and drinks and Dickens-themed actions and leisure awaited.
Peter Gross sales and Jane Matthews in Dickensian interval gown on the Rochester Dickens Competition marking the Platinum Jubilee on June 4, 2022
The parade was the right approach to have fun for Peter Gross sales and Jane Matthews, costume fans who’ve used any excuse to decorate up for the previous three many years.
Mr Gross sales mentioned: “We like dressing up; we’ve been doing this for years. We do it for enjoyable. We love dressing up and we love Dickens as nicely.”
Mrs Matthews added: “I do Tudor recreation as nicely. On the drop of a hat, we gown up, so this was the apparent means for us to have fun the Jubilee.”
The turnout for this 12 months’s Dickens parade was hampered barely by heavy winds and a scarcity of sunshine – however there was nonetheless an excellent ambiance, mentioned Sue Smyth and Rebecca Chorley.
Rebecca Chorley and Sue Smith in Dickensian interval gown on the Rochester Dickens Competition marking the Platinum Jubilee on June 4, 2022
They have been amongst a lot of common Dickens parade attendees not there particularly to have fun the Jubilee.
Mrs Smyth mentioned: “Each summer time and winter we do the Dickens, and that is simply the way it’s fallen, however the ambiance is beautiful. Everybody’s completely satisfied.
“It’s only a celebration, and since it’s the Jubilee we’ve had a double celebration.”
Mrs Chorley added: “This makes it a bit larger, however then once more there aren’t as many individuals right here as regular.
“You may’t go wherever with out being stopped for a photograph, nevertheless it’s pretty to listen to feedback, particularly from the little ones who say you’re a princess.
“It’s a pleasant excuse to get collectively after Covid.”
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