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Children make pilgrimage Swindon’s royal film now available online
to Salisbury to see royal progress A film made especially for the Queen by Swindon Council’s media
centre Create Studios was shown in the Swindon tent on 1 May.
Children from Millbrook, Tregoze, Oliver Tomkins and Drove Primary Over 600 people at some 60 venues took part in the project to celebrate
Schools joined thousands of others from across Wiltshire to pay tribute the town’s rich heritage, culture, commerce, communities and landscapes.
to the Queen at Wiltshire’s official Diamond Jubilee celebration in the Whilst making the film, people were asked who they would want to
grounds of Salisbury Cathedral on Tuesday 1 May. see sitting on a special gold sofa. Following up on the suggestions, many
locals are now captured on the regal sofa in a series of images which
accompanied the film.
One was Old Town businessman Richard Deacon who was present in
the Swindon tent when the Queen paid a visit. He said: “I wasn’t expecting
to be introduced to the Queen but she asked how many years Deacons
had been in the town. She was quite amused by the picture of me sitting
on a sofa holding a clock surrounded by flowers in Town Gardens.”
• View A Portrait of Swindon at Artsite Gallery, Theatre Square, from
Thursday 7 June until Saturday 9 June, 10.30am to 4pm and at The Big
Arts Day at Lydiard Park on Saturday 14 July.
Shakira Esof makes the sofa her own in the mayor’s parlour with the
Mayor of Swindon Ray Ballman and her attendant Steve Phillips

Enjoying the sights and scenes in Cathedral Close. Photo: Sue Thorn
Millbrook teacher Sue Thorn and Morris dancers. They had the
said the children enjoyed visiting chance to try Wiltshire foods and
the medieval tents representing to handle some of the insects from
communities and organisations the Longleat estate, such as hissing
from across the county, showcas- cockroaches and tarantulas.
ing their history and their present “Of course the highlight of the
activities. “We all got a bit wet to day was seeing the Queen and
start off with but the sun came out Prince Philip from an excellent
and the children really liked the vantage point as they arrived for
displays by birds of prey, knights lunch at The Rifles Museum. It really
in armour showing what it was was a once in a lifetime experience
like to fight with swords, the bands which they’ll always remember.”

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