Page 3 | Jubilee street party - anyone else planning one?

Snoopsnoggysnog · 2022-05-18T16:51:37+00:00

I’m organising this for my road. Interested to hear what others are planning! we have about 30 adults and 5-10 children

SookieHouseboat · 19/05/2022 08:52

standoctor · 19/05/2022 08:48

"If you want your very own little pretty, agreeable jubilee party thread, op, where everyone lives in cloud cuckoo land, post in the RF topic where you can slather over them all you like."
"Absolutely not. The jubilee is in extremely poor taste and absolutely tone deaf.
Why would anyone celebrate Elizabeth Windsor's 70 years of parasitic privilege while children go hunger?
Extremely worrying behaviour"

We are having one and I will love it.
As for starving kids - I and my partner would live to have had a load of kids.
We understand that they cost money so we had 2.
If we could not afford to feed a kid we would have had none.
It is parents responsibility to feed their own kids.
Not anyone else's.

Equally if you want to love in cloud cuckoo land where everyone agrees with yiou post elsewhere or shut the f up and do not read a thread you know you do not agree with.
I think you need a bit of anger management counselling :)

What the chuff are you on about? 🤣

AbsolutelyLoveIy · 19/05/2022 08:55

some of you are a right bunch of miseries!

I hope you partying types have a ball xx

DoraSpenlow · 19/05/2022 08:57

WaterBottle123 · 18/05/2022 23:10

Absolutely not. The jubilee is in extremely poor taste and absolutely tone deaf.

Why would anyone celebrate Elizabeth Windsor's 70 years of parasitic privilege while children go hunger?

Extremely worrying behaviour

Well they won't be going hungry if they go to a local Jubilee event will they. I'm sure there will be more than enough food for them.

SookieHouseboat · 19/05/2022 08:58

DoraSpenlow · 19/05/2022 08:57

Well they won't be going hungry if they go to a local Jubilee event will they. I'm sure there will be more than enough food for them.

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Poor attempt at humour.

DoraSpenlow · 19/05/2022 08:59

Ilikewinter · 18/05/2022 19:08

Not in our street but the village green are staging a party...... i couldnt imagine a worse place to be!

Crikey. No one told me it was compulsory to attend.

Go/don't go it's up to you.

Orangecushionsleep · 19/05/2022 09:01

Not a big fan of the RF- would feel a bit daft going to one but if it improves the sense of community then it’s probably a good thing.

ithinkidbetterleaverightnow · 19/05/2022 09:11

The last street party I went to was on the green next to my nan's house celebrating Charles & Di getting married! I was four, I think.

There's nothing near me. I live in a built up part of London (live in a flat) and there's just no space. We live next to a red route/A road (little chance of TfL closing it for us!).

I'm ambivalent towards the RF and the Queen and I think a lot of my neighbours are similar. The whole Jubilee thing just hasn't caught on in my circles. There's a disconnection, I think. I have a rostered long weekend for the Jubilee so I'm not getting any extra time out of it (I have to take the days at a later time). I'd been considering putting my name forward for overtime actually, to make a bit of money, but that's changed now (I'm a tube worker and the nearest station to Buckingham Palace, Green Park, has announced they are going on strike 😳. Other stations also might close in sympathy).

DoraSpenlow · 19/05/2022 09:23

SookieHouseboat · 19/05/2022 08:58

Poor attempt at humour.

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It wasn't meant to be humorous.

A lot of people spend a lot of time and effort trying to do something nice for their local communities, and I get absolutely sick of people who probably have never done anything for their communities making snippy, derogatory comments about them. If you are not interested, don't go - just don't belittle those who want to. It makes me wonder why people arrange things only to get abuse. Everyone who wishes to can attend whether they are royalists or not and it is an opportunity for children (or anyone else) who don't get enough to eat at home to go along and eat as much as they want.

Yes, I know it's far, far from acceptable that some people don't have enough and something needs to be done about it long term (I volunteer at a food bank so I know what goes on).

Well done to everyone who is trying to arrange a lovely, community spirited event. (Yes, I am helping at one).

SookieHouseboat · 19/05/2022 09:28

DoraSpenlow · 19/05/2022 09:23

It wasn't meant to be humorous.

A lot of people spend a lot of time and effort trying to do something nice for their local communities, and I get absolutely sick of people who probably have never done anything for their communities making snippy, derogatory comments about them. If you are not interested, don't go - just don't belittle those who want to. It makes me wonder why people arrange things only to get abuse. Everyone who wishes to can attend whether they are royalists or not and it is an opportunity for children (or anyone else) who don't get enough to eat at home to go along and eat as much as they want.

Yes, I know it's far, far from acceptable that some people don't have enough and something needs to be done about it long term (I volunteer at a food bank so I know what goes on).

Well done to everyone who is trying to arrange a lovely, community spirited event. (Yes, I am helping at one).

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Abuse..? Your post is hyperbolic and ironic in equal measure.

yellowsuninthesky · 19/05/2022 09:46

I have no idea if our road is organising one. We weren't invited to the lockdown VE Day one - probably because we didn't clap for the NHS every Thursday. But I dislike forced jollity anyway and decided to go overseas for the long weekend to avoid it.

In 2012 we also went away to avoid it.

Events in parks etc are fine because you can choose to join in or not. Street parties are not.

yellowsuninthesky · 19/05/2022 09:47

A lot of people spend a lot of time and effort trying to do something nice for their local communities, and I get absolutely sick of people who probably have never done anything for their communities making snippy, derogatory comments about them

you can dislike street parties and forced fun and still do things in the community

MarshaBradyo · 19/05/2022 09:56

A neighbour is organising one and we’re joining in

dc who is four loves a party so it’s for her too

I’m not a royalist by any stretch but I like that someone is bringing people together - they do other street parties too. The area has a good community vibe

EcafTnuc · 19/05/2022 10:06

I asked for ideas for a street party
well, your title asked if anyone was planning one to be specific. The “haters” are allowed to comment that they’re not and the reasons behind that. This is a forum and you will always get opposing views, and cannot police the thread to be happy clappers only. Don’t like that don’t post.

EmmaH2022 · 19/05/2022 10:15

Snoopsnoggysnog · 19/05/2022 08:50

That sounds lovely @AnneElliott (love your user name) - a charity raffle is a great idea.

not taking anything personally. Just didn’t realise people would be so shitty about an extra bank holiday, FFS.

I did realise, was pleased to see the thread.

like you, don't think much about the RF but we welcome this event for other reasons. Even my mum is pleased about it, she's not enjoyed much since dad died. I hope it sets a trend for more events.

she used to have an annual drinks party for her little cul de sac but feels unable to cope now, so having a whole group organise something fun on her doorstep is great.

there's some people from the Ukraine in the street and they seem excited too. Her mum is still stuck there, doesn't want to leave anyway - which I understand - so having something to organise is helping take their minds off it a bit.

DoraSpenlow · 19/05/2022 10:19

SookieHouseboat · 19/05/2022 09:28

Abuse..? Your post is hyperbolic and ironic in equal measure.

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Yes, abuse. Have you ever organised a community event? Because I have and I swore I would never be the organiser again.

Can't remember the occasion but we had childrens' sports, bouncy castle, teas and cakes, splat the rat and all sorts of sideshows and a dog show, just to mention a few.

Well, all I got from some people was this is crap why didn't you have this, why didn't you do that. However none of the complainers were willing to come on a committee for future events, they were just happy to complain. One of things they complained about was that there wasn't a beer tent. We didn't have a beer tent because the last time we did it ended up with three men fighting. The complainant should have known because her husband was one of those arrested.

So yeah, I did feel like a got a lot of abuse.

peachescariad · 19/05/2022 10:33

Yes absolutely - live in a cul de sac and thankfully none are like the miserable f**kers on here 😁
Planning bbq, music, bunting etc. and someone making the Jubilee trifle 😆
We're all looking forward to celebrating it 🎉

CheeseCakeSunflowers · 19/05/2022 10:51

DoraSpenlow · 19/05/2022 08:57

Well they won't be going hungry if they go to a local Jubilee event will they. I'm sure there will be more than enough food for them.

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You are correct Dora, we will be serving hotdogs plus other stuff to any child who wants one at our village event, paid for by the parish council. I am in charge of the squash and tea table so no-one should go thirsty either.
We are a village who likes to party and this is our first excuse to get together properly since the start of the pandemic so we are planning to have fun with tea parties, a bbq and barn dance plus lots of other activities. Some people may prefer not to join in, that's fine it is not compulsory.

Kite22 · 19/05/2022 18:00

MarshaBradyo · 19/05/2022 09:56

A neighbour is organising one and we’re joining in

dc who is four loves a party so it’s for her too

I’m not a royalist by any stretch but I like that someone is bringing people together - they do other street parties too. The area has a good community vibe

This, exactly.
I'm not particularly a royalist BUT I like the idea of getting together with the neighbours and carrying on the Community that started at the beginning of Covid and has grown from there.
The two or three posters who have joined the thread to spout their own politics are like the saddos that hang about the Philosophy and religion threads to spout hatred.
There are hundreds of threads on MN. If you aren't interested in answering the question, why not just scroll past

DrBrennerFan · 19/05/2022 19:37

Well as I’ve said I wasn’t going to bother with anything but just been told tea cakes etc at local church if nice afternoon might go it will be something different.

7spanishangels · 19/05/2022 23:24

there is a street party organised, anc permission to close the road. Tonight I attended my first meeting as I work shift work and the other meeting were not possible for me.
however tonight I discovered that the queen bee was only going to invite the neighbours she liked.
I told her I would knock on the doors and invite everyone who was nit included.
Note to send think before u doesn’t as I’m now uninvited

HimalayanSnowcock · 19/05/2022 23:35

7spanishangels · 19/05/2022 23:24

there is a street party organised, anc permission to close the road. Tonight I attended my first meeting as I work shift work and the other meeting were not possible for me.
however tonight I discovered that the queen bee was only going to invite the neighbours she liked.
I told her I would knock on the doors and invite everyone who was nit included.
Note to send think before u doesn’t as I’m now uninvited

Knock on their doors and invite them anyway. What's Queen Bee going to do? Send you all back home?

DoraSpenlow · 20/05/2022 08:12

yellowsuninthesky · 19/05/2022 09:47

A lot of people spend a lot of time and effort trying to do something nice for their local communities, and I get absolutely sick of people who probably have never done anything for their communities making snippy, derogatory comments about them

you can dislike street parties and forced fun and still do things in the community

Yes, of course a street party or similar is not for everyone and people are perfectly entitled to arrange something else they would enjoy (it's always good to have alternatives) or, indeed nothing at all.

But telling those willing to arrange something for those who are interest that what they have organised is crap by those who never willing to politely put their own ideas forward is a bit rich.