PRIOR TO THE REIGN of our current Monarch, the previous longest serving was Queen Victoria whose reign ended in 1901 after 63 years and seven months. It therefore seems appropriate as we celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's seventy years on the throne that we launch our new Poetry Platform display on Glossop Victorian Weekend.
The new display highlights the Poets Laureate who have been in post during those seventy years. Appropriately there have been seven poets who have held the post, acknowledging seven decades of our monarch’s reign from John Masefield (Laureate 1930 – 67) through to the current holder of the position, proud Yorkshireman, Simon Armitage.
Drop by the station and take a look at the display. With brief biographies of each poet and a few lines from their work, it's an opportunity to reflect on seventy years of the Queen through poetry.
The new display highlights the Poets Laureate who have been in post during those seventy years. Appropriately there have been seven poets who have held the post, acknowledging seven decades of our monarch’s reign from John Masefield (Laureate 1930 – 67) through to the current holder of the position, proud Yorkshireman, Simon Armitage.
Drop by the station and take a look at the display. With brief biographies of each poet and a few lines from their work, it's an opportunity to reflect on seventy years of the Queen through poetry.
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