William & Kate Royal Wedding Guide

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worcesterneTuesday, April 19, 2011

All present and correctWHAT do you buy the couple who have every-thing? Well, nothing, it would seem.At least thats what William and Kate are hoping

for as they have eschewed the tradition of thewedding list and lets face it, what a wedding listthat could have been in favour of setting up acharitable foundation.

The couple say they have been overwhelmed bywell-wishers from across the globe who want tosend them presents - including the offer of a giftof the first asparagus of the season from the Valeof Evesham in Worcestershire.

So instead of the usual duvet covers, tea setsand towels, they have selected 26 charities andgood causes to which people can donate.

St Jamess Palace said in a statement: Many ofthe charities are little known, without existingroyal patronage, and undertake excellent workwithin specific communities.

They are charities that have a particular reso-nance with Prince William and Miss Middleton andreflect issues in which the couple have been par-ticularly interested in their lives to date.

One of those charities is Combat Stress, whichdelivers dedicated treatment and support to ex-servicemen and women with conditions such aspost traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressionand anxiety disorders.

This cause is particularly close to the heart ofRichard Jones, former Mayor of Tenbury Wells,near Worcester, who along with his wife Pam,

became involved with the charity after thedeath of their son Craig during the Falklandsconflict.

The couple discovered that years after the con-

flict, men who had served out there were still suf-fering severe psychological problems 255 mendied during the conflict, yet 282 have died by theirown hands in the years since.

Mr Jones raised more than 3,000 for CombatStress during his two-year term as mayor and heis delighted that the couple have chosen to sup-port the charity probably, he thinks, because ofthe Royal Familys close links with the ArmedForces.

Mr Jones said: Its absolutely fantastic. To getsuch a high-profile situation like this willrea lly raise awareness of t he work t hatCombat Stress does and Im particularly delightedthat the younger royals have picked up the cause

as hopefully, more youngsters will become awareof it.

The charity does a wonderful job looking afterthese young men who come back.

They really suffer psychologically and the night-mares they have are horrendous.

Quite often, the transition from battleground tohome is so quick that they dont have time toadjust and it can affect the whole family as theyoften have difficulty holding down a job.

Problems can go on for years I know a num-ber of lads who are still getting treatment sincethe Falklands. Combat Stress does need a lot ofhelp with the brilliant job it does and anything thatraises money and awareness for the charity isbrilliant news.


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Lets get this party star

Dancing in the street

STREET parties are taking place in severallocations after people got together andapplied to the relevant council for a street closureorder in time for the big day. Here is a list ofevents happening near you.Worcester:

St Michaels Road, Claines. Pinkett Street, Northwick. Burtree Avenue, Warndon Villages. Everard Close, St Johns.Malvern:

Gilbert Road.

Little Witley.Wychavon:

Naunton Beauchamp. Drakes Broughton. Strensham. Sedgeberrow. Wick. Wyre Piddle. Little Comberton. Cherry Close in Evesham. Windsor Road in Evesham. Ravenscroft Drive in Droitwich.

MORE than a dozen streetsin Worcester, Malverna nd Wycha von hav eapplied for temporaryroad closures on Friday,

April 29, when Prince William marriesKate Middleton in the most anticipatedwedding of the year.

Sally Young and her friend, NancyPreston, from Wick, near Pershore, haveorganised a village party forlocal people.

The pair both work for the

Real Flower Petal ConfettiCompany, based in Wick,and Miss Young said theparty would bring the villagetogether.

We deal with weddings allthe time but never get to goto any, so we thought itwould be fun to have a partyin the village, she said.

Were quite a small villagebut theres a really strong community spir-it. Its just nice to do something to bringpeople together.

The party, which starts at 2pm, will bebased at Manor House, in Wick Manor.

People, dressed in a theme of red, whiteand blue, are invited to bring picnics andthere will be a collage of peoples weddingphotographs in a marquee.

There will be games with a weddingtheme and prizes for the best wedding hat

and fanciest cupcakes.Beverley Everton, who lives in St

Michaels Road, Claines, Wplanned a traditional street pneighbours, which will includby party games, a barbecueround of St Michaels Got Ta

Its very much a street effoeveryone is looking forwardno onein thestreet whos notBeverley.

The fun will start at 4pm end time Mrs Well be guweather but

will go on all nResidents inWorcester, weapply for a temclosure but athat get in thecelebrations.

Instead, residarea spanninRoad to Brohave arranged

car park and garden of tArms pub.

People are encouraged tofood and there will be a bgames and competitions for and adults. Send us pictures of your and details of your celebratiodetails. The deadline for pi4pm on Friday, April 29, anshould be sent to wenph

ternews.co.uk. For more inf01905 742244.

People across the county are getting into the pcommunity spirit and celebrating the weddingand William by organising a traditional street pfriends and neighbours, as Elizabeth Sweetman

Nancy Prestonand Sally Youngare waving theflag for theroya l couple.

Its just

somethingto bringpeople

together

nice to do

Beverl ey Everton, front, i s countingthe hours until the big day.



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be right royboost for thlocal econom

COMMEMORATIVE coastersto mark this years royal wed-ding are being produced bythe Malvern-based CoasterCompany. The coasters, with a

heart-shaped picture of Prince Williamand Kate Middleton superim-posed on a Union flag andwith the wedding date under-neath, sel l for 3 a nd a realready on sale through theonline retailer Amazon and inthe Cool Britannia touristshop in Piccadilly in London.

The company, based in SpringLane South, made the decisionto produce the commemorativecoasters within a week of theannouncement of the engage-ment of the prince and hislong-term girlfriend Kate.

Designs were drawn up andthe drinks coasters, which mea-sure 100mm by 100mm, were soon avail-able to both the public and the retailtrade.

The Coaster Company is also producingmousemats and there are four differentroyal wedding designs to choose from.

Placemats and kitchen boards will beadded to the range if there is a demand.

Ken Beecroft, of the firm, said: We spe-cialise in very short lead times and were

able to react rapidly to the aof the wedding date. And thcould not have been better tfine china firm Bronte Porce

The Hanley Swan-based already produced small fig

couple for one ofretail customers aengagement was revsold all the pieces itthe same day and making more of thepany, founded in 1up a distinguished re

ducing commemoratother fine china pietigious client list.

It was founded bwho had previouslFerro Corp, a firmceramic glazes and

which has had dsome of the biggest

porcelain business.Now the company is turn

tions to the wedding itself, foreceived several major commimportant clients.

This engagement is not tthat Bronte has producedmemorating royal events ina piece commemorating Priwedding to Sophie Rhys-Jon

From coasters to china, firms across the coreceiving a much-needed financial bonus asouvenir items are being rolled out for people wto mark the big day with something that little bit

Matll do ni cely f or theCoasterCompany.Ken Beecroft is pi ctured with the products

Alright, my old China?Figurines of Will iamand Kate made byBronte Porcelain.



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Memories are made of thi

OF course it wouldnt be aroyal wedding withoutthe memorabilia theplates, the cups, theplaques and all the rest

of it. A nd heres whe re one of Worcesters most iconic businessnames comes in.

Worcester Royal Porcelain, whichwas granted a royal warrant byGeorge III in 1788, has been issuingspecial products to mark royal occa-sions ever since.

Sadly, as has been well document-ed, the famous factory in SevernStreet, which produced the world-renowned bone china and at itsheight employed more than 1,000people, is no more.

Production stopped in September,2006 and the company went intoadministration two years later. Nowthe Royal Worcester brand belongsto Portmeirion Pottery of Stoke-on-

Trent. Happily, there is good news.The old factory museum, now re-titled the Worcester PorcelainMuseum, remains very much openand a royal wedding provides anideal opportunity to look back athow Royal Worcester celebratedsimilar events in the past.

All this summer until August 31 the museum is staging an exhibitioncalled Royal Worcester Weddings. Aclever play on words, since it will notonly feature items the famous facto-

ry produced to mark royal occasionssuch as weddings or anniversaries,but will also display wedding dayphotographs and memorabilia ofsome of the many people whoworked for Royal Worcester overthe years.

The company prided itself on gen-erating a family feel and the exhi-bition contains several pictures ofdifferent generations of the same

family who walked through the fac-tory gates.

The first royal commemorativeswere produced for the golden jubileeof Queen Victoria in 1887. A rangeof items, including plates and scentbottles, were made and WalterHolland, the Mayor of Worcester,commissioned an order of blue andpink plates, which he distributed tothe children of Worcester.

After that, every royal milestonewas marked by at least one product

from the experts at Royal Worcester.The exhibition is open during nor-mal museum hours and is free withmuseum admission.

For years, Royal Worcester created beautiful items to mark royaloccasions from Queen Victorias golden jubilee in 1887 throughto Charles and Dis wedding in 1981 and beyond. While the famousfactory is no more, Worcester Porcelain Museum has still deviseda unique way to celebrate this months wedding of William and Kate

Fromleft, a cup and sugarbowl i n Royal Lily pattern which was made to mark the visit of George I II and QueenCharlotte t o theWorcesterfactory i n 1 788; a p late that commemorated the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria in1887,and a casseroled ish made for the wedd ingof Prince Charles to LadyDiana Spencer in 1981.

IvorWilliams,who wasa RoyalWorcester Porcelain guilder for 51years, and his wife Joan, left, withmuseumassistantSarahKeehanholding framed photograp hs ofthecoup le on theirwedding day in 1942.

An open invitationI

F YOU are not attending one of the manyroyal wedding street parties happening

across the county, never fear there arelots of other events happening on the day.

Volunteers at the Worcester ArtsWorkshop will be hosting a royal weddingstreet party for all ages at the workshop inSansomeStreet, Worcester, on the weddingday.

Entry for the party, which starts at 10am,is 50p and activities throughout the dayinclude a theatre performance of A RightRoyal Performance, workshops for children,face painting, a raffle and a royal tea withtea, cakes and party food.

Meanwhile, residents of DrakesBroughton, near Pershore, will be hosting asporting extravaganza and an afternoon offun and entertainment to celebrate the bigday.

Organisers of theevent areinviting people

from the surrounding towns and villages tojoin them in the village playing fields from2pm for a barbecue and a childrens fancydress competition and tea party. The freeevent is being supported by WychavonDistrict Council, Raising Our Game and ZigZag Coaching and is part of the CommunityGames programme funded by Legacy TrustUK, whose aimis to leave a lasting legacy incommunities from the 2012 Olympics.

Event organiser Sue Bentley said: TheRoyal Games is a fantastic opportunity forthe local community of Drakes Broughtonand surrounding villages to celebrate andget involved in a local event inspired by theLondon Olympics in 2012.

Everyone is welcome and the day will befilled with fun and exciting activities.

Another village is also hosting its ownroyal wedding celebration.

People are invited to the Old Chequers

Inn, in Crowle, for a day of activities from10am. The royal wedding will be shown onan outdoor big screen TV at 11am and peo-ple can witness the start of the OldChequers InnFarmersMarket, whichwill beheld on one Sunday every month. For moreinformation, contact 01905 381275.

However, with royal wedding maniasweeping not only the UK but seemingly theworld as well, there are many people whomight just want to escape the furore.

So for thoseseekingrefuge fromarguablythe biggest event of the year, there is a safehaven. The Old Chestnut Tree in LowerMoor, Pershore, is holding its RoyalWedding Day Creche.

Breakfast will be served at the pubbeweeen 9am and 10am, closely followedby a pool tournament.

A darts tournament will then be held at11am followed by a game of poker at 2pm.

Dont miss our royal wedding souvenir special on Saturday, April 30



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