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Preparations for Queen's Diamond Jubilee underway and drought was combatted with new boreholes in the Rutland & Stamford Mercury's dive into the archives

By Jonathan Smith
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jonathan.smith@iliffepublishing.co.uk
Published: 06:00, 26 March 2022

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Preparations were being made for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and an upcoming visit, as we take a look into the Mercury archives this week.

Every week we delve into the long archives of the Mercury with the support of the Stamford Mercury Archive Trust.

25 years ago: March 21, 1997 – Fund-raisers Becky Allen (7), Leanne Richardson (9), Jamie Marshall (10), Joshua Jones (7), Thomas Allen (7) and Daniel Harris (5) – who raised the most money – present the bumper cheque to Ann Castleton of the British Heart Foundation with headteacher Richard Platt. Other pupils look on.
25 years ago: March 21, 1997 – Fund-raisers Becky Allen (7), Leanne Richardson (9), Jamie Marshall (10), Joshua Jones (7), Thomas Allen (7) and Daniel Harris (5) – who raised the most money – present the bumper cheque to Ann Castleton of the British Heart Foundation with headteacher Richard Platt. Other pupils look on.

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