WATCH: Parklands residents share 70 years of royal memories for jubilee

CARE home residents from Moray and the Highlands have been reflecting on the Queen’s 70 year reign in a new video to mark the Platinum Jubilee.

Residents from Parklands’ care homes in Buckie, Keith, Aberlour, Tain, Muir of Ord, Fortrose and Grantown feature in the video.

They recall the moment they heard that King George VI had died and the sadness that gripped the country as the young Princess Elizabeth returned home from a trip to Kenya.

Janet Murray, a resident at Burnbank in Buckie, recalled that the newspapers of the day featured a black border as a mark of respect.

That sadness turned to joy in 1952 following the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Most of the residents were children at the time and remember having a day off school and street parties taking place across the country. A lucky few were able to watch the spectacle on television. It was a moment of excitement for a country still subject to post war rationing.

Many of the residents described themselves as avid Royal watchers and collected news cuttings and pictures of the monarchy over the years.

“She’s done amazing work for the country,” said Jennifer Macleod of Glenisla in Keith.

The video ends with a number of residents paying a personal tribute to Her Majesty and Innis Mhor resident Joan Davis raising a toast to the Queen.

WATCH: https://youtu.be/FTxxxIcAc34

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