Coronation Day 1953

[jakky]

  We had a street party, and treat for the children we went on a coach for a 'mystery tour',

the driver drove us round the promanade and the straight throught the  Gas Showroom's window

Luckily no one was hurt, but for me it was the most exciting part of the day,


Jakky

[erin21]

 
the driver drove us round the promanade and the straight throught the  Gas Showroom's window

Jakky

Oh dear bet your mum was worried sick.

Erin

[erin21]

On coronation day 1953 I was Six weeks into National service training at Woodside Barracks in the Mount Lofty ranges and was taken to Adelaide City to march through the town.A memorable day in this South Australian teenagers life.

Alftabor

Very impressive. Could do with some of the young ones partaking in some of that to day.!!

love the photo

Erin

[jakky]

 Hi Erin,

I really can't remember as it all a bit long ago now and I am getting doddery     but I must remember to use the spell checker re;promenade

Jakky

[PaulaToo]

I can remember the rain...............
All of us kids were invited in to watch the Coronation on the only television in the street, belonging to a dear old gentleman.
We were stunned and very quiet.
Then we had our street party...and the rain came down, and they tried to get us to go into some big garages that had been emptied for us. Well, it smelt horrible in there, and no one wanted to go. So they opened the school up and we had our party in the school hall.
I think some of us would have preferred to be out in the rain<laugh>

[erin21]

Paula

Funny what you remember. I wonder if the Queen is reading this??

Erin

[kooky]

I remember the Coronation because my father promised my mother we could have a television so she could watch! The only thing was we actually got it some weeks earlier so that my father could watch the 1953 cup final between Blackpool and Bolton.[We could do with Stanley Matthews now!]
I also remember that we had about 20 young men in our small living room, also watching the final. My father ran an amateur football team called Whitefield Youth and they all came. My mother and I spent all morning making sandwiches etc.
I was 9 and I still have my cup and saucer and book!

[erin21]

My mother and I spent all morning making sandwiches etc.
I was 9 and I still have my cup and saucer and book!

kooky

Those were the days!!

A man's world As ever

Erin

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Paula

Funny what you remember. I wonder if the Queen is reading this??

Erin

I'm sure she uses this site to look for those elusive ancestors.