70 Things for 70 Years is a special, whole school community project in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at Westbourne House School.
“Our pupils and their parents have researched family histories and looked for interesting objects from across the decades, 1952 – 2022, and sent us photographs of their finds to create this incredibly diverse collection,” said Westbourne House School Head of History, Beth Armitage.
“This has been a really lovely project to be a part of. The photos shared are so varied ranging from one of our teachers meeting the Queen when she was at school, to old mobile phones and Coronation memorabilia.
“Not only have the items photographed been amazing, it has been a real privilege to share so many personal stories and memories that go along with them as well. We are so grateful for the enthusiasm with which the pupils and parents have shown – their contributions have made a wonderful display for the school community to enjoy as part of our Jubilee celebrations.”
Westbourne House School Headmaster, Martin Barker, added: “Our 70 Things for 70 Years community exhibition has really helped the children to understand the extraordinary length of time the Queen has served as our monarch and the history of the last 70 years and also opened their eyes to significant moments of local and family history as well. It’s a very special collection.”
Please do come and see the photos at school in the inner hall. Here are few select photos from the collection:
- Maddie (Year 2) and her Great Granny had lots of fun rustling through all sorts of memorabilia from the past 70 years! They decided these Enid Blyton magazines from 1953 were their favourite for the school's Jubilee celebration. They even found a story written by Crawfie (who was the nanny to Princess Elizabeth) about the Coronation from the perspective of Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Maddie read it to her Great Granny and they both found it funny that Prince Charles wore hair cream and said to his own Granny in a loud whisper: "Nanna, doesn't it smell nice?"
- Westbourne House teacher, Miss Van Holland met the Queen when she was a school pupil during the Diamond Jubilee in 2012.
- Sussex photographer, and Westbourne parent, Henry Dallal: I had the honour to take this picture of the Queen for her Platinum Jubilee and it was released by Buckingham Palace on her 96th birthday.
- This is a photo of my step great-grandfather who was the Queen’s Chaplain, he is seen here walking with the Queen in 1975.
