IT was a quarter of a century since they were all last together.

But although they were all older – and some a bit wiser – their family bonds were still just as strong.

Two-hundred members of the Taylor family squeezed into Garsington Sports and Social Club for a massive reunion.

Tracey Veal, of Poplar Close, Garsington, spent a year trawling Facebook to gather cousins, aunts and uncles from across England for the Jubilee-themed bash on Sunday.

Every one of the guests was related in some way to Mrs Veal’s grandparents Fred and May Taylor, who lived in Oxford’s Abingdon Road in the 1920s.

Mrs Veal said: “Over the years things do start to drift, but it was time to bring the family back together and we felt the Jubilee was a great time to do it. We’re all very patriotic.”

Most of the family wore red, white and blue to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee at Sunday’s gathering.

Mrs Veal said: “The first bit of music that was played was God Save the Queen, and it was also the last piece we played, just for the few drunken stragglers.

“Everybody stood twice for the National Anthem.”

The revelry included a quiz about infamous family legends, such as Gary Mabee, who was on Tottenham Hotspur’s books in the 1970s before playing for Northampton Town.

There were also less obvious questions like: “Who stole a llama from the circus because they couldn’t get a lift home?”

(Answer: Tracey’s husband Dennis Veal.) Balloons were released in honour of those who were not able to make it, like 91-year-old Joan Tilling, the eldest of Fred and May’s seven grandchildren, who now lives in Blackbird Leys.

The couple have more than 250 descendants spanning five generations, many of whom still live in Oxfordshire.

The latest addition to the clan is Max Mabee, nephew of the family’s famous footballer, who was born in May this year, and the next new arrival is expected in August.

Mrs Veal, 48, said: “We are a prolific bunch. There were so many babies, I’ve never seen so many.

“It wasn’t just drizzling it was torrential, so we were grateful that the hall was big enough for us all to fit in.

The organised family has even planned the next reunion.

Mrs Veal said: “People were joking and saying let’s have another one in 25 years and there were shouts of ‘No, I won’t be here then!’ so we have said five years’ time.