THE countdown is on for one of the biggest parties Petersfield has ever seen, as the programme is rolled out for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

In the week of the 60th anniversary of the Queen's ascension to the throne in 1952, organisers have released details of a right royal knees-up in June.

Red tape and countless health and safety rules withstanding, arrangements for the townsfolk to let their hair down are in full swing.

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