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# Historic banner recreated as part of Lichfield’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/historic-banner-recreated-as-part-of-lichfields-diamond-jubilee-celebrations/
- Published: 2012-06-06T09:30:08.000Z
- Updated: 2012-06-06T09:30:13.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 21:41, News

[![The Guildhall banners in 1897 and 2012](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/banner.jpg "The Guildhall banners in 1897 and 2012")](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2012/06/06/historic-banner-recreated-as-part-of-lichfields-diamond-jubilee-celebrations/banner/)

The Guildhall banners in 1897 and 2012

Lichfield rolled back the years as a celebratory Diamond Jubilee banner recreated part of the city’s celebrations during Queen Victoria’s landmark year.

A historic photo from 1897 showed a banner reading ‘Revered Beloved’ either side of an image of the Queen.

And Lichfield City Council produced a 2012 version to mark Her Majesty’s celebration outside the Guildhall.

“The banner appears in a famous old photograph of the Guildhall”, said town clerk Peter Young. “Surprisingly little has changed over the last 115 years, although the ground floor window was replaced by a door when the Guildhall became the fire station, and that door still remains even though it is no longer used.”

The 1897 banner was lit by gas lamps, with a gas pipe running from the lamp standard. The celebrations included a free concert, free tea for schoolchildren and a Grand Military tattoo.