A Jubilee greetings card was sent to the Queen, made by the older children with the help of Mrs Waring. A crest for the card was designed by a pupil, Brian Shurgold, with all the children signing the silver ‘scraperboard’ interior. A school photograph, taken especially to mark the occasion, was included with the card, showing the front of the school building with its red, white and blue decorations! The card, with a set of the specially printed Jubilee stamps, was posted at Alton Post Office by two fourth year girls, Sarah Woolford and Dawn Woodcock. A letter from Buckingham Palace from the Queen’s Lady-in-Waiting, thanking them for their card, was received some weeks later. “To the Children and Staff of Froyle Primary School, I am commanded by The Queen to write and thank you all for the good wishes which you sent Her Majesty on the occasion of her Silver Jubilee. The Queen was deeply touched that you should remember her at this time, and I am to tell you that your kind message has given Her Majesty great pleasure. I am to send to you all The Queen’s most sincere thanks. Susan Hussey, Lady in Waiting.” A nice touch to the letter was a hand written p.s. “The Queen thought your card had been beautifully made and decorated.”

The photograph (above) was enclosed with the card (below)

As a permanent memento of the Silver Jubilee, Mr & Mrs Hawthorne, parents of children in the school, gave a print of the Annigoni portrait of the Queen in her Garter robes. This was heat sealed and framed and hung in the school, reviving the tradition of earlier days, when schools always displayed a picture of the reigning monarch! Following the closure of Froyle School in 1986, this portrait was hung in Froyle Village Hall.

The Parish Council decided that the Silver Jubilee should be marked for future years - follow More below

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