THE Queen wowed 175 guests from nearly 120 community groups when she toured the Manchester Jewish Museum.

Hundreds of onlookers also lined the streets in Cheetham Hill to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty on Wednesday.

Her visit was part of her Golden Jubilee tour, and a prelude to the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony yesterday.

The oldest guest,100-year-old Heathlands resident Ellis Robbins, had eagerly awaited the Queen's arrival: "I was up and ready dressed at10am this morning," she said.

Background music came from a King David High School trio: Lucy Glynn on flute, Melanie Warner on clarinet and Leora Caller on violin and led by Mrs Sandra Friedman.

As the Queen stood alongside Mr Basil Jeuda, chairman of the Manchester Jewish Museum Trust, she had to raise herself on tiptoe to see above the lectern holding the Torah scrolls.

She listened and nodded as Mr Jeuda told her that the scroll before them was 200-300 years old and rescued from Czechoslovakia before the Holocaust.

The Queen unveiled a plaque, and was presented with a cream posy by nine-year-old Shulamit Nelson.