Remembering Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

[FinestTigers]

The bell of Sydney’s GPO clock tower, Town Hall and St Andrews will toll 96 times at midday to commemorate every year of her life, while Sydneysiders can lay floral tributes inside the Royal Botanic Gardens.

 

[coivtny]

The bell of Sydney’s GPO clock tower, Town Hall and St Andrews will toll 96 times at midday to commemorate every year of her life, while Sydneysiders can lay floral tributes inside the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Respect the Queen but glad I'm not in the city to hear that racket.

 

[FinestTigers]

Respect the Queen but glad I'm not in the city to hear that racket.

A Racket?
Paying respect and tribute in the most deserving way is not a racket, what do you mean?

 

[coivtny]

A Racket?
Paying respect and tribute in the most deserving way is not a racket, what do you mean?

A racket, among other things, is used as a term for a noise. You can pay tribute in many ways including observing silence. Not disrespectful to the Queen or anyone, you included.

 

[innsaneink]

Tolling Bell is traditional... I dunno.. it doesnt take long to find a Karen

Good. To have a thread for her instead of dumped in the shit feat that's the politics thread

Coins minted next year with Charles on them

Shes been for most of our entire lives.... One of those yiu don't know but feel like you do, part of life

R.I.P. Liz

 

[coivtny]

Tolling Bell is traditional... I dunno.. it doesnt take long to find a Karen

Good. To have a thread for her instead of dumped in the shit feat that's the politics thread

Coins minted next year with Charles on them

Shes been for most of our entire lives.... One of those yiu don't know but feel like you do, part of life

R.I.P. Liz

If the Karen comment was aimed at me, it was misplaced. I don't care how they show respect, I'm just personally glad I don't have to listen to 96 bells. I respect the Queen and would be happy to pay respects in other ways.

 

[kiwitiger]

Fun fact, No one on this forum will ever see a Queen as head of state again. -unless something happens to Will and Kates oldest kid.

 

[Suzie-Q]

Vale Queen Liz

 

[kiwitiger]

Starting to warm to Charles as king. 12 hrs in approx and the wests tigers have yet to lose a game

 

[bathursttiger1]

Respect the Queen but glad I'm not in the city to hear that racket.

Don’t come to Bathurst then, our Carllion chimes on the half hour and plays on the hour.
Then sometimes the church bells play as well.

 

[coivtny]

Don’t come to Bathurst then, our Carllion chimes on the half hour and plays on the hour.
Then sometimes the church bells play as well.

Bathurst, birthplace of the great Ben Chifley, railway man and Prime Minister. Nice town.

 

[bathursttiger1]

Bathurst, birthplace of the great Ben Chifley, railway man and Prime Minister. Nice town.

I actually like being down town when the bells are chiming.

 

[westTAHger]

Vale Queen Elizabeth.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[Cobarcats]

She certainly had seen a lot in her reign of over 70 years.

May 2, 1952 -- World's first commercial jet service begins.
British Overseas Aircraft Corporation, London to Johannesburg.
April 12, 1955 -- Polio vaccine declared safe
Oct. 4, 1957 -- Launch of Sputnik 1
May 9, 1960 -- Birth control pill approved for use in US
May 16, 1966 -- China's Cultural Revolution begins
April 4, 1968 -- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
July 20, 1969 -- Apollo 11 moon landing
1969 -- Balmain defeat South Sydney in Rugby League Grand Final.
April 30, 1975 -- End of the Vietnam War
May 4, 1979 -- Margaret Thatcher becomes UK prime minister
May 8, 1980 -- Smallpox declared eradicated
June 5, 1981 -- AIDS first reported
April 26, 1986 -- Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Nov. 9, 1989 -- Fall of the Berlin Wall
April 27, 1994 -- Apartheid dismantled
April 10, 1998 -- End to the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Sept. 11, 2001 -- 9/11 attacks
2007-2009 -- The Great Recession
Jan. 3, 2009 -- Bitcoin launches
March 11, 2020 -- COVID-19 declared a global pandemic.

There are obviously a lot more events than this, these are just a few in a wonderful lifetime.

R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II 💐

 

[tiger_one]

And even the VFL (now AFL) see the Queen as a game-changer:

How the Queen changed Aussie Rules forever with first Sunday game

Australians can thank Queen Elizabeth II for Sunday football. It was her visit in 1970 that inspired the first Sunday VFL/AFL fixture, with former players recalling their brush with royalty at the MCG.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[kiwitiger]

Liz's first Prime Minister was Winston Churchill, who was born 1874. Her last Prime Minister, Liz Truss, was born 1975.

 

[PJ_]

She certainly had seen a lot in her reign of over 70 years.

May 2, 1952 -- World's first commercial jet service begins.
British Overseas Aircraft Corporation, London to Johannesburg.
April 12, 1955 -- Polio vaccine declared safe
Oct. 4, 1957 -- Launch of Sputnik 1
May 9, 1960 -- Birth control pill approved for use in US
May 16, 1966 -- China's Cultural Revolution begins
April 4, 1968 -- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
July 20, 1969 -- Apollo 11 moon landing
1969 -- Balmain defeat South Sydney in Rugby League Grand Final.
April 30, 1975 -- End of the Vietnam War
May 4, 1979 -- Margaret Thatcher becomes UK prime minister
May 8, 1980 -- Smallpox declared eradicated
June 5, 1981 -- AIDS first reported
April 26, 1986 -- Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Nov. 9, 1989 -- Fall of the Berlin Wall
April 27, 1994 -- Apartheid dismantled
April 10, 1998 -- End to the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Sept. 11, 2001 -- 9/11 attacks
2007-2009 -- The Great Recession
Jan. 3, 2009 -- Bitcoin launches
March 11, 2020 -- COVID-19 declared a global pandemic.

There are obviously a lot more events than this, these are just a few in a wonderful lifetime.

R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth II💐

No listing of the great merge between Balmain and Wests that brings us such joy?
Jokes aside, RIP Liz.
James Bond marathon time I think.

 

[Cobarcats]

No listing of the great merge between Balmain and Wests that brings us such joy?
Jokes aside, RIP Liz.
James Bond marathon time I think.

What happens now with the Queen's birthday public holiday, obviously it's going to be the King's birthday but is the Queen's cancelled, isn't it in a couple of weeks.
Elizabeth you could have waited until the holiday was over. Wait till I see you. 🙂

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

What happens now with the Queen's birthday public holiday, obviously it's going to be the King's birthday but is the Queen's cancelled, isn't it in a couple of weeks.
Elizabeth you could have waited until the holiday was over. Wait till I see you. 🙂

I'd say it will remain in June and call it the king's birthday holiday instead.