FROME has been paying tribute to Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
On Thursday evening last week (8th September), Frome, along with the rest of the world, heard the sad news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, aged 96, Britain’s longest-serving monarch.
The Union Flag outside the Memorial Theatre is flying at half-mast, flowers have been laid outside St. John’s Church, the great bell at St John’s Church was run 96 times at noon on Friday 9th – once for each year of Her Majesty’s life – and books of condolences have been opened for people to pay their respects.
Tributes have been pouring in for Her Majesty from local dignitaries – including the Mayor of Frome, cllr Sara Butler and the Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, Annie Maw – and local people have been paying their own tributes and recalling their memories of the Queen’s 70-year reign.
Many local people have been talking about their childhood memories of lining the streets to see the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh as they drove through the town on their way to Frome Railway Station in 1966.
Her eldest son, King Charles III, was officially proclaimed King on Saturday 10th September, with the national Proclamation being read out at the War Memorial on Sunday, by Frome mayor, cllr Sara Butler, and deputy mayor, cllr Philip Campagna.
The people of Frome have been invited to sign books of condolences at Frome Town Council and St. John’s Church and online.
A period of national mourning is now in place until the funeral on Monday 19th September.
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