So, Who's doing what to celebrate Liz's 60th

[domhnall]

Edinburgh area was dull this morning but it has been gloriously sunny all afternoon.

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[BigJakk]

I'm working all through it, don't feel as though I'm missing much tbh

[999pooch]

So the Celebrations should have been 6th Febuary as her Father died on this date in 1952.

Her Coronation was in 1953

I don't make the rules! but she has been on the throne for over 60 years.

Might want to give it 5 mins if I were you

[Spudhoolio]

but she has been on the throne for over 60 years.

Another one with too much meat in her diet !

[Jim H]

I wonder what the papers will say about the weather?

"The Royal Washout"

"Long to rain over us"

P.S. I'm loling at these comments: http://twitter.com/#!/Queen_UK

[Padrino]

I wonder what the papers will say about the weather?

"The Royal Washout"

"Long to rain over us"

P.S. I'm loling at these comments: http://twitter.com/#!/Queen_UK

Bloody brilliant Jim

I just read about 50 of the tweets and the next one is even better than the previous

[@Lee]

Right, let's go. One's arse is like a block of sodding ice.

[Paul007]

Right, let's go. One's arse is like a block of sodding ice.

but my grand daughter in law's looks very nice in that red dress...

[Brimma]

Edinburgh area was dull this morning but it has been gloriously sunny all afternoon.

Oh, the irony :S

[Octygone]

Put the tv on to watch it and all they talked about was fashion and how every one had this or that on...sod the boats or anything else ....they didn't stop after 20 mins so it got turned off

[domhnall]

Oh, the irony

???? Eh?

Glorious again this morning. Lovely walk on the "school run" in prospect. Might even move my desk outside if it warms up

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[Brimma]

???? Eh?

The irony that London had the carp weather and you had bright sunshine

[Macdemon]

The street party was GREAT fun......................here are a few pics:

And the Jubilee cake

[Macdemon]

We also had Tug-of-war.

One of the categories was boys v girls

And the winners were.......................................

The GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:clap:

[Clunkclick]

Weather aside, I tbought that from a prsentational POV it sas pretty shambolic.

IMHO, it came across as a rather large village fete parade.

BBC shots/angles were poor, totally failling to capture the atmosphere. Plenty of yak, of course,, in line with the news 24 ethos. But what you need on occasions like this is decent pictures - after all we are selling UK plc at play. And who thought that converted rubbish scow was a suitable vehicle to promote the majesty of the occasion - they should have built a larger sister ship to the Gloriana. How impressive would that have looked ?

They should have had a film director on the job.

Nick

[domhnall]

The irony that London had the carp weather and you had bright sunshine

ah, right. We get different weather from them all the time, I commute between the two every week so am well used to it. The temp difference can be 10 degrees or more which makes clothing choice interesting

[Padrino]

Looks like another glorious sunny day here. I watched some reports from the "river booze cruise" yesterday and I have to say that I am not impressed from the BBC coverage. Like the weather BBC have done a crappy job. It is shame actually considering that this coverage was broadcast all over the world. I have a close friend that work as a freelance for BBC, SKY, European Golf etc and her comment was: "In 25 years working as a camerawoman I never saw broadcast so badly produced and executed" For me this was the best summary of the event.

[domhnall]

I also felt that given how well known it is that the Queen was really upset that we wouldn't replace Britannia (she wanted it sunk rather than opened to the public apparently), it was really rubbing her nose in it to send her down the Thames on Britannia's barge.

I mean what numpty thought that might be a nice way to pay compliments to the monarch? "Look ma'am we know how upset you were about having the yacht taken away, but look, we've spent a million quid getting the barge back into working order, we've towed it down from Leith and we're going to send you down the Thames in the rain just to remind you about what you've no longer got".

hmmmm

[Spudhoolio]

She's got a cr@p concert to look forward to next.

A load of brown nosing has beens,

Cliff Richard FFS, what a ****.

[Clunkclick]

The BBC TV coverage was the equivalent of. MK 1 Octavia SDI.

They give better coverage to the University Boat Race.

I"m no monarchist, but that didn"t send a good message to the ROTW.

The Manchester effect ?

In the current dire economic circumstances can we really all afford for some paroquhial, petty, politically motivated, arsehole to be sodding-up our potential tourist income.

Lets hope some heads roll.

Nick

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[Paul007]

The Manchester effect ?

Nick

And your point is ?

[Clunkclick]

Didn"t. the News brigade of the BBC recently move up there to save money ?

If yesterday"s output was anything to go by they certainly saved some dosb.

Nick

Edited 4 June, 2012 by Clunkclick

[Paul007]

Yes but it's the same people doing the same job ?

[Clunkclick]

Front Office, yes.

But the anchorpersons (How PC is that) don't determine where the cameras are going.

If my recent experience iof MOD was anything to go by, only a minority of back- ofifice staff moved tlo the pro vinces, with many of the older types, perhaps more skilled, taking early retirement. If those non-movers included skilled OB producers and directors . .. .. Could take a time to regain those skills. And if you then put that change on top of a change in OB policy not to use specialist OB event teams (An absence of Dimblebys yesterday) and base the whole exercise on news 24 staff resources . . ."Fair well and adieu my fair Spanish maidens".

Nick

Edited 4 June, 2012 by Clunkclick

[Jim H]

Happy Jubilee Everyone.