Published: Friday, 15th March, 2002 00:00
Royal knees-up for former gala queens
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FORMER gala queens are being invited to a right royal knees-up. Gourock's three community councils want to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee in style - and they want to invite all the queens, rose queens and Miss Gourocks, who have been chosen since 1952, to the party on Saturday 15 June.
Community councillors from Upper Gourock, Old Gourock and Cardwell Bay Community Councils will also be sending invitations to all those who were ladies-in-waiting, pages and attendants over the last 50 years.
The organisers of the town's annual garden party have come up with nearly all the names and plan to hold the special reception in Gourock Park walled gardens on 15 June.
The following day a new queen will be crowned at the combined garden party and fancy dress parade.
They hope a community council special project grant from Inverclyde Council will help to make it a jubilee night to remember.
Garden party committee member Jim Hunter said he anticipated a total of 600 people, including members of the community councils, could be present at the special event.
"We cannot use money raised by the garden party as that all goes to charity," he said.
Councillor Hunter was speaking at Upper Gourock community council's meeting.
He said: "A tremendous amount of work has gone into researching all the former qeens," he said.
"It is all go. We just need the funding."
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