{"id":6601,"date":"2012-05-16T23:26:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T22:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=6601"},"modified":"2012-05-16T23:26:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T22:26:38","slug":"abingdon-prepares-for-only-the-second-ever-diamond-jubilee-victoria-elizabeth-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=6601","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon prepares for only the second ever Diamond Jubilee &#8211;  Victoria &#038; Elizabeth II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12051612.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond Jubilees Compared\" \/><br \/>\nIn the last 24 hours Union Jack flags have been put up in the town centre and along Ock Street. Some are on buildings.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12051613.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond Jubilees Compared\" \/><br \/>\nSome are on Lamp Posts.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12051617.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond Jubilees Compared\" \/><br \/>\nIn two weeks time there will be the first Diamond Jubilee celebrations since 1897. I have seen the old B&amp;W pictures of the crowded Market Place and the parades along High Street during that \u00a0Diamond Jubilee.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag12\/12051618.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond Jubilees Compared\" \/><br \/>\nQueen Victoria was 78 when she celebrated her Diamond Jubilee (60 years). Queen Elizabeth will be 86.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Victoria reigned for 63 years and is currently the longest ever reigning monarch.<\/p>\n<p>In the library there is a display about the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubliee where the  town council committee discussed whether to pay for a meal for a big celebration or create a lasting memorial. Nothing changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last 24 hours Union Jack flags have been put up in the town centre and along Ock Street. Some are on buildings. Some are on Lamp Posts. In two weeks time there will be the first Diamond Jubilee celebrations since 1897. I have seen the old B&amp;W pictures of the crowded Market Place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}