Come along and join in the Celebrations of our Majesty the Queen

THURSDAY JUNE 2nd  2022 at 1.00pm

Commencing with a celebration slide show of the queens 70 years reign followed by a traditional
AFTERNOON TEA  and ever flowing refreshments while watching the Queens Coronation original footage in splendid colour, all in the surroundings of the regaling splendour of the Little Savoy Community Picture House,

“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”

Afternoon tea, that most quintessential of English customs is, perhaps surprisingly, a relatively new tradition.
Whilst the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China and was popularised in England during the 1660s by King Charles II and his wife the Portuguese Infanta Catherine de Braganza,
it was not until the mid 19th century that the concept of ‘afternoon tea’ first appeared.
Afternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon. The evening meal in her household was served fashionably late at eight o’clock, thus leaving a long period of time between lunch and dinner. The Duchess asked that a tray of tea, bread and butter (some time earlier, the Earl of Sandwich had had the idea of putting a filling between two slices of bread) and cake be brought to her room during the late afternoon. This became a habit of hers and she began inviting friends to join her.
So why not make it a date for your diary bring along some friends and book this once in a lifetime event
SEATS ARE LIMITED TO FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT