Today we have produced a special edition of the Southern Daily Echo to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

With parties already under way, and with the nation preparing to celebrate 50 years in its history, it is fitting that this paper, which has chronicled the passing of time, should mark this occasion.

We are sure you will want to buy and keep the special edition to pass on to future generations, in the way families have done for more than a century.

On pages six and seven today we re-produce two of our own pages from when the Queen came to the throne in 1952 and her coronation.

Watch out also for Wednesday's special Jubilee party edition, which will be packed with more than 30 pages of photographs of your celebration street parties and events.

The Southern Daily Echo is available from newsagents and supermarkets across Hampshire or by going to: http://www.thisissouthampton.co.uk/hampshire/southampton/contact/subscription.html - to order online.