Scores of street parties took place across Greater Manchester on a wet Bank Holiday Sunday after people decided to brave the rain to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee.
A few events were called off or brought forward after the Met Office issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms across most of England for today (June 5).
However, in the true spirit of an often drizzly-Manchester, many organisers decided to throw caution to the wind and went ahead with their celebrations as planned, coming up with inventive ways to keep partygoers dry.
The Queen appears on the Buckingham Palace balcony as Jubilee celebrations end Alder Road in Failsworth considered cancelling their street party, before residents decided they could muddle enough gazebos, garden parasols, and tents together to keep everyone dry.
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