Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

A look at the flowers and tributes left at Green Dragon Square, Leicester in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who passed away on the 8th September 2022 at her Balmoral estate.  RIP your Majesty and Thank You. 

The Platinum Jubilee celebrations continued in Leicestershire with Countesthorpe holding many events including a Yarnbomb which featured both a postbox topper and a life sized knitted version of the Queen sat on a bench with her Corgi companion beside her.

  As the country celebrated the Queens Platinum Jubilee many villages marked it with a Yarnbomb created by the community, Cosby was no exception with a life sized knitted version of the Queen herself complete with Corgi dogs on a walk. Over on the nook a post box topper featured representations of the gold state carriage a guard and a very cute corgi, the Yarnbomb was created by the Cosby Crafters.

A look at the Platinum Jubilee Yarnbomb created in the village of Barwell by the Knutty Knitters group to mark HRH The Queen's 70 Years on the throne. We see bollard toppers featuring the Queen in her various colorful outfits, some very cute Corgi dogs and a lifesize crown with it`s many hand sewn Jewels making it shine just like the real thing.

On 13 April 2017 HRH Queen Elizabeth II visited Leicester, Traveling through the city Her Majesty and The Duke of Edinburgh where greeted by hundreds of flag waving royal fans lining the route before attending a traditional Maundy Thursday service at the cathedral. During Royal Maundy service the monarch distributed special minted money to 91 men and 91 women - representing each of her 91 years. My Video features the anticipation of the Royal car and offers you front row seats as Her Royal Highness passes by, later we see guests leaving as the royal standard is lowered.

As part of an evening of events taking place around Leicester's Christmas Light Switch on the Highcross Shopping Center and events company Maynineteen held an event called Snowtopia. The gathered crowds where entertained by performances from Spark ! drummers, Light walkers on Stilts, The Snow Queen and Neon Birds in a high energy and engaging event that turned St Peters Square into a Winter Wonderland full of musicality, rhythm & Impressive light effects. My film aims to give a taste of the evenings events. images follow  further images follow below

As HRH Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 90th official Birthday in the Mall Leicester`s Jubilee Square was Transformed into a garden party fit for a Queen with street performers dressed as Beefeaters on stilts, comedy Duo "The Gossips", Artist Ali Agayev from Leicester Art Zone and a variety of Dance and musical acts on stage. Attendees where encouraged to enjoy a selection of hand made cakes and organic food provided by Debbie Campbell cakes And Picks Organic Farms. Like all good parties (after a sing-a-long "Happy Birthday") we where treated to a slice of Royal Birthday Sponge Cake as the Swinging Brass Band Played a rendition of Happy Birthday. My film aims to capture the atmosphere of this event and features a selection of the acts performing. Happy 90th Birthday Ma`am.

Designed to promote a charity event centred around the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations at Wistow Rural Centre in Leicestershire this poster uses the instantly recognisable Union Jack flag as its background. The Flag`s famous lines are echoed by the use of a simple sans serif typeface and patriotic colour scheme of Red, White, Blue & Yellow (standing in for gold in this instance).The type is centre aligned with a crown at the top in a deliberate nod toward the modern resurgence of the Keep Calm And Carry On posters.The Campaign saw this poster reproduced in a number of sizes from A5 through to A3 & displayed in a number of locations around the local area of Wistow, A simple easy to read style was needed that could be easily reproduced across the various sizes without loosing the message.

On 3rd June 2012 hundreds of boats formed a flotilla to escort HRH Queen Elizabeth II on a pageant along the River Thames as part of her Jubilee Celebrations. The flotilla was headed by the man powered Gloriana followed (later on) by the Royal Family aboard the new Royal Barge Spirit Of Chartwell. In all more than 1,000 vessels took part in the event and my video filmed from the banks of the river shows just a few of them as they pass alongside the houses of parliament and beneath Westminster bridge.

This Poster was designed by me for The Oadby & Wigston Diamond Jubilee Charity Show held at Parklands Leisure Centre in Oadby during the Queens Diamond Jubilee year of 2012. The design takes its inspiration in equal measures from the music hall posters of the past and from the famous Keep Calm And Carry On posters of wartime Britain, This style allows for lots of information to be displayed in a small amount of space whilst not being overly complicated for the viewer to read. The poster uses a Red, White & Blue colour scheme appropriate for the subject matter and features the Union Jack flag repeated in these colours as a border. The design is broken up by the use of grass at the bottom of the page and a number of "Royal" Ladybirds scattered throughout (how many can you spot ?). The event will raise much needed funds for local charity's Menphys and the Oadby & Wigston Branch of Age UK.