Civic Events

Queen Elizabeth II passed away peacefully at Balmoral in Scotland on Thursday 9th September 2022. She was the longest serving Monarch in the United Kingdom

Silver Jubilee 1977 1977 marked a double celebration for Glossop, the Silver Jubilee of the Queen and 50 years since Manor Park opened. The events

Proclamation On Friday 8 February 1952, the proclamation of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II was read out at 3pm by Alderman R. J. Boak,

King George V passed away on 20 January 1936, less than a year after his Silver Jubilee. On Wednesday 22 January, the official form of

At Council meeting in February 1911, the Mayor, J. Malkin, stated that at the last coronation a sub-committee has been appointed in February to decided

25 years had passed since King George V came to the throne in 1910. The World had been at war, millions of lives had been

Coronation festivities were debated after a heated discussion about finances at a Council meeting in February 1902. The Mayor, Samuel Hill Wood, informed the Council

At a meeting of Glossop Borough Council in May 1897 it was debated how the Council would celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Some

Victoria Bridge On the ascension of Queen Victoria to the throne in 1837, a newly completed bridge over Glossop Brook was named Victoria Bridge in

Dozens of events, taking place between May and October 1966, were scheduled to celebrate Glossop Centenary Year. Some were “special editions” of regular events but