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A hive of activity in Freshbrook

At Millbrook Primary School children created a coin trail in the shape
of the Queen’s head which raised £350 for Helen and Douglas House
Hospice in memory of Cian Lee, a Year 5 child who died earlier in the year.
Classes performed activities relating to significant times in the Queen’s
sixty year reign and performed six songs, one from each decade start-
ing with Rock Around The Clock, the 1958 classic that most people say
launched the pop music revolution, to Take That’s Never Forget from
the 90s, with the whole school taking part in R. Kelly’s World’s Greatest.
Fish and chips was served for lunch in the playground followed by
line, country and maypole dancing.
The Millbrook nursery showing off real royal pomp

People living in Heytesbury Gardens and adjacent roads in Grange
Park turned out in force for a street party with barbecue organised by
Elaine Jones, Lesley Challis, Sarah Palmer and Viv Bryan.

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