The banner carries an unmistakable message from the crowd of well-wishers gathered outside Sandringham church on Sunday, August 4, 1991, to meet the Queen Mother, 91 years young on the day.
They burst into a chorus of Happy Birthday To You as Britain’s best-loved great grandmother left the church arm in arm with the Queen. There was one moment of alarm, however, when five-year-old Kate Bush, from Fakenham, almost sent the Queen Mum tumbling as she tugged at her dress. Kate wanted to attract the Queen Mum’s attention to show her the curtsey she had been practising!
For the rest of the day, it was a quiet celebration with the Queen Mother enjoying a picnic on the grass with the Queen and grandson Viscount Linley. Photo: MLNF-910847
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August 2000: South West Norfolk MP Gillian Shephard, the former Education and Employment Secretary was in Swaffham to sign copies of her new book, entitled Shephard’s Watch, at Ceres Bookshop. Here she is joined by the joint owner Shirley Dee (centre) and Castle Acre writer Jean Joice (left). MLNF-00081068
All Our Yesterdays features Lynn News lookback pictures. The theme this week is "August".
August 2000: Swaffham’s Horse and Groom hotel and restaurant blossomed this year by taking the top prize in the town’s Business in Bloom competition. In its fourth year, the annual contest was sponsored by McDonald’s. Pictured, Swaffham mayor Ben Emmerson (foreground centre) and McDonald’s manager James Baker (left) present Adrian Mahoney of the Horse and Groom with the winner’s salver. From left are Kim Starling (Starlings fruit and vegetable shop, highly commended), deputy mayor David Cannon, Jo Briscoe (Greyhound pub, runner-up), Joe Lyons (Red Lion, third) and Mayoress Margaret Emmerson. MLNF-000821114August 2000: London-based artist Sam Haynes joins North Lynn youngsters at the unveiling of the giant steel rings she designed to capture the “energy and imagination” of the regeneration work carried out in the area. They were commissioned by West Norfolk Council and could not be missed by anyone in the vicinity of Edward Benefer Way. MLNF-000833926August 2000: A golden moment for Lynn News Young Sportsman of the Year winner Matthew Edwards, who proudly shows off his haul of swimming medals from the National Age Group Championships. The 14-year-old, from Clenchwarton and a member of Lynn Warriors Club, created history after becoming the first Lynn swimmer to win at the championships, taking the 100m freestyle and 200m butterfly titles and finishing third in the 400m freestyle. MLNF-000837820August 2002: Staff in the maternity unit at Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital were quick to make use of new equipment including monitors and an ultrasound scanner which had been installed following a £400,000 Government grant. Midwife Maureen Haller and consultant obstetrician Colin Bone show Elaine Saxby images of her baby on the scanner. MLNF-0208274August 2002: Downham Choral Society, which was founded in the late 1800s, made an appeal through the Lynn News for new members to join to help give it a stronger voice. The singers and their conductor John Gudgeon were pictured at St Edmund’s church hall during an open rehearsal. MLNF-0208949August 2005: Participants gather in solemn silence at the VJ Day remembrance service at Lynn’s Tower Gardens, one of the many events held in West Norfolk to mark the end of the Second World War. MLNF-0508659August 2005: Spade at the ready, Harry Humphrey of Norfolk County Council, is joined by Downham Fire Station’s watch manager, Grant Cotterell, for the turf-cutting ceremony at the new £1 million fire station to be built behind the police station in Ryston Close. Photo: MLNF-0508942
In chronological order above are photos from the month of August in 2000, 2002 and 2005 – as shown in today's (Tuesday, August 2) Lynn News – the captions are within each photo.
