A beacon blazed on the waterfront beside the Custom House in King's Lynn as a town with ancient royal links marked the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
West Norfolk mayor Lesley Bambridge threw the switch at the appointed time to send flames roaring into the sky.
It came after a day of celebrations in the town, which began with fairy-tale princesses and queens arriving at King's Staithe Square.
Then it was time for a singalong and live music by the river, as crowds got into the spirit of things on the square.
A civic parade led by a piper and mace bearers marched down the quay as the sun went down over West Lynn, before the moment everyone had been waiting for.
Today hundreds of young people will assemble on the quayside just before midday for a parade through town, while tonight there will be live music on King's Staithe Square.
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