Reepham Lions were proud to play an important role in the celebrations to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Members spent the morning of Sunday 5 June preparing sandwiches and filling lunchboxes for the 250 residents attending Reepham’s Jubilee Tea Party.

The mountain of loaves in the town hall kitchen to be transformed into sandwiches was a daunting sight, but Lions members set to with gusto.

The boxes contained four different types of sandwich (cheese and pickle, tuna mayonnaise, ham and – appropriately – coronation chicken) plus a pot of crisps, as well as home-made cakes provided by Reepham WI, Reepham Tennis Club and other members of the community.

Sadly, plans to hold the tea party in the Market Place had to be abandoned because of the weather. The boxes were therefore distributed to the three wet-weather venues that had been planned in advance.

The boxes were appreciated by attendees at the town hall, St Michael’s and the scout hall, all of which were decorated by volunteers from many of Reepham’s organisations, including Lions, Rotary, WI, Scouts, Bircham Centre and the Church.

Brenda Gostling

Above: Members of Reepham Lions help with the preparation of 250 lunchboxes for Reepham’s Jubilee Tea Party. Below: Lunchboxes containing sandwiches, crisps and cake. Photos: John Tym