1953

  • A Tale of two queens

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    Of the remainder of Coronation Day, my memories are very patchy. It was a very long day for a seven year old, and we must have divided our time between watching the TV, eating our coronation tea, and playing games in the garden. I can recall very little of the ceremony in Westminster Abbey, or…

  • Meeting Mr Hozey

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    I think we must have been the first guests at the Coronation Day party, but others arrived during the course of the next hour or so to take their places gathered round the TV set in the lounge. There are very few of them I can remember from the day, but there seemed to be…