Navy Day
Title
Navy Day
Description
Navy Day. The picture shows the stage which was erected outside the Queens Head Public House on Navy Day.
Navy Day began during the 1990s by several customers of the pub when the navy ended the rum ration.
The group matched through the village with a bottle of rum as a demonstration.
Within 10 years the whole village joined in the celebration - the church was decorated with naval flags, a parade took place from the community centre to the Queens Head where a salute was taken followed by a tot of rum and a toast to the queen,
Food and drink, dancers and finally fireworks.
Navy Day began during the 1990s by several customers of the pub when the navy ended the rum ration.
The group matched through the village with a bottle of rum as a demonstration.
Within 10 years the whole village joined in the celebration - the church was decorated with naval flags, a parade took place from the community centre to the Queens Head where a salute was taken followed by a tot of rum and a toast to the queen,
Food and drink, dancers and finally fireworks.
Creator
SLHG
Date
c2005
Contributor
MTR
Rights
Stradbroke Village Archive Creative Commons Licence is Attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivs - CC BY-NC-ND http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Identifier
SVA/5/97
Original Format
photograph
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SLHG, “Navy Day,” Stradbroke Village Archive, accessed May 5, 2024, http://stradbrokearchive.org.uk/items/show/954.
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