MAYOR INVITES OAPS TO SHOW FOR QUEEN’S 80TH

Cambridge Evening News, UK
April 19 2006

MORE than 400 Cambridge senior citizens attended a special celebration
to mark the Queen’s 80th birthday.

The Mayor of Cambridge, Coun John Hipkin, hosted a show – The Best
Musicals Ever- in the city’s Guildhall, and guests also enjoyed
afternoon tea.

They also sang Happy Birthdayto The Queen, and the National Anthem.

Joyce Pilcher, 81, from Sturton Street, said: “I think it’s very
important to mark the Queen’s birthday. I think she’s a very good
Queen, she’s a very caring one.”

Eighty-nine-year-old Maude Chapman, of Staffordshire Street, agreed:
“I think she’s going to do what Queen Victoria did and reign for 60
years I hope.”

Another fan was Ruby Whitehead, 75, of St Matthew’s Street. She said:
“I saw the Queen when she opened The Grafton, I think she’s lovely –
she does a great job for the country.”

Before the tea, she said: “We’re looking forward to the whole afternoon
– I think it’s good they put on things for us senior citizens.”

Eighty-two-year-old Virginia Cole, of Rustat Road, spent three weeks
embroidering a traditional Armenian lace bookmark for the Queen’s
birthday.

She said: “I love the Queen with all my heart, I respect her, I admire
her for her selfless devotion to the nation.”