Coronation Day 1953

[ozlady]

We had a carnival in our little village, fancy dress, floats, the works. I was QE1. Mum made me a crinoline thingy...... I can still feel the wire sticking in me! I have a piccie of me in my costume and no you can't see it!

[indiapaleale]

We had a party in the street for Coronation Day.....I was 10 and remember it well.

Dad bought our first television for the occasion....a 9 inch screen in a 30' cabinet!

Dad was a business man and bought a tin of sweets for every child on our street. The tin had a picture of the Queen on top...it was wonderful....the tin and the Coronation.!

[Emmeline]

Here is my Coronation day photo - London.
The lady is my cousins' grandma and six of those in this photo ended up in Australia and N.Z.
I remember at school being chosen to pick a name ' out of the hat ' for someone to be given a seat on the procession route. I still know the girl's name !
We were given a tin of sweets and a red, white and blue striped propelling pencil.
There was a stage set up  in the street for entertainment and earlier in the day we were all in fancy dress.
We watched the Coronation on TV and I remember in the evening Norman Wisdom was on and I laughed and laughed. If I am right there was also a Shakespearean play.
I am the one with the hat........
We came to N.Z. the following year.

[trish251]

Hi Emmeline

The lasses on the right standing so straight - reminds one of the  teachers saying  "stand up straight - shoulders back".      Its a wonderful family pic

Trish

[Emmeline]

Trish - Glad you enjoyed the photo - hard to believe it is almost 53 years old !

Sylviaann - Your mention of Queen Salote and the insignificant man in her carriage reminded me of the famous Noel Coward story.
He was watching the procession when her carriage went by and was asked ' Who is that sitting with the Queen ?'
He looked very hard and pronounced ' her lunch ' !

[bitty_matriarch]

I was born 7 weeks after the King died so was only 14 months old at the time of the Queen's coronation in 1953. 
All the children in the village were presented with a New Testament bible to commemorate the Coronation - it's up on my bookshelf now

  Ann

[erin21]

Ann

Hope its well read
Erin

[little meg]

In the mid 1970's my family were replacing some old lino in the kitchen, in those days they put newspaper down as an underlay.   
The newspapers we found were  1953 and were about the Coronation.
I wish I kept them.

Margaret

[ede61]

I remember watching the Coronation on a very small tv screen. It was also the first and last time I tasted sherry.

Does anyone else remember the pictures of sections of the procession published in a comic which could be pasted together to make up the whole thing?

Margaret