Regretfully, the Bishopthorpe Community Archive which is housed at Bishopthorpe Village Hall, will be closed until further notice, owing to the COVID-19 crisis. In the meantime, if there are any Bishopthorpe history-related queries you are burning to have answered, please email us at historygroup@bishopthorpe.net
Just to cheer you up in this gloomy lock-down period here, from the Archive, is a reminder of a more convivial time when people were able to to gather together to enjoy themselves. The following colourful images are of the festivities which took place in the village in 2002 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.
Bishopthorpe celebrates the Queen’s Golden Jubilee with a street party in 2002. [Photo: KL]Bishopthorpe pensioners were treated to tea in the middle of Main Street. [Photo: L. Thornton]
Two of the many workers behind the scene: Margaret Storey and Muriel Wood. [Photo: L. Thornton]The children also enjoyed a feast in the middle of Main Street. [Photo: L. Thornton]
The Fashion Show, held at The Marcia, was a big hit at the Golden Jubilee celebration. [Photo: KL] The tug-of-war held on the Cricket Field. [Photo: J. Harris] Archbishop Hope generously opened the Palace for the festivities. Here he relaxes in the 1950’s room which Bishopthorpe Local History Group created in the Great Hall. [Photo: H. Fountain]
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