The Lighting of the Jubilee Beacon, Eye, Suffolk - 2nd June 2022

There's a lighting of the beacon in the bailey of the former Eye castle, where the Scouts are doing a barbeque, there's an electric folk band doing their thing, and the Queen's Head is providing a bar.

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It's early doors in the castle bailey

It's early doors in the castle bailey

The folk band starts its performance

Fred hangs out with some of his school-mates

Mario shakes hands with the mayor of Eye

Harry's got a hard-to-handle ice cream thing

The mayor puts his chain back on after lending it out

The mayor and a citizen of Eye

The Eye fire service is hanging around

Gov's dad does another video interview

Harry hangs out with his gang

The crowd builds up

There's some cool wispy cloud

The beacon is prepared

Harry and his gang on the hill

The beacon lighter is lit

Eye's oldest resident helps to light the beacon

The Eye Bach Choir does some singing

The mayor works the crowds

An accidental HDR photo has cool colours

The crowds watch the beacon

Crowds mill around

A Union Flag blanket

The beacon is well alight

The scene around Eye castle

Sparks fly out of the beacon