Flying the flag for Morecambe: town bids to host Britain’s biggest jubilee lunch

Residents on Lancashire's coast see event as opportunity to win visitors back to a town that tourists have largely forsaken

I've got my gin, so I'm all right now," said Chez Ferdinand, a retired office manager in a crown and cape as she took a break from handing out plastic union-flag bowler hats and bow ties.

We've got all sorts here. We've got ploughman's, Eton mess, jubilee cake, scones and clotted cream ... We've got pink gin, we've got vodka, we've got wine, beer, Pimm's. What would you like?