As we prepare to celebrate the King’s coronation, residents of Shropshire share memories of Queen Elizabeth II’s historic moment in 1953.
Rita Moir with her Silver Jubilee Mug and her latest, Diamond Jubilee mug.Patricia Fairclough was 13 at the time of the coronation in 1953, and at school in Essex.
He said:"I was on the Mall near the Westminster end. I just remember seeing this magnificent gold carriage going past and her sitting inside, waving.Selby Martin The family walked across the Castle Fields in Whittington to go and join in the fun in the grounds of Whittington Castle."All the schoolchildren were presented with a Coronation mug, which I still have."Norman Angell was just 18 at the time of Queen Elizabeth's coronation.
"Everyone got in the spirit of the day and we didn't go to work because it was a Bank Holiday. I have always been a royalist."Commenting on the coronation of King Charles III, Mr Angell said he was going to dig out his Union Jack tie and wear something red, white and blue to mark the occasion. He currently has his official warrant framed on the wall of his room at Priorslee House and has warm recollections of his military career.
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